Living permanently in a temporary territory: the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria
Journal title TERRITORIO
Author/s Lina Scavuzzo
Publishing Year 2012 Issue 2012/61 Language Italian
Pages 5 P. 82-86 File size 1676 KB
DOI 10.3280/TR2012-061014
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This paper considers the political, social, and spatial consequences of the conflict in the Western Sahara and particularly the implications this has had in the development of refugee camps in Algeria. The essay revolves around three concepts. The first regards the support policies practiced by international governing bodies, through humanitarian aid aimed exclusively at satisfying basic needs. The second is the role international co-operation plays in the construction of a process of local development and therefore permanence in a territory the local community perceives as temporary. Finally, this paper considers the critical state created when a form of permanent habitation of a temporary territory collides with hostile environmental conditions in the absence of economic resources and above all the international policies that accompany this process.
Keywords: Sahrawi conflict; international co-operation; refugee camps
Lina Scavuzzo, Abitare permanente in un territorio provvisorio: i campi profughi Saharawi in Algeria in "TERRITORIO" 61/2012, pp 82-86, DOI: 10.3280/TR2012-061014