Waterfront Metropolis Abidjan. Between everyday urbanity, spontaneous urbanisation, town planning and real estate development

该研究项目涉及关于城市权利的讨论(Lefevbre 1968)，以及关于反叛城市的辩论(Harvey 2014)。阿比让将作为非洲大都市的经验性案例研究进行审查，这些大都市一方面有海滨，一方面可持续发展受到辩论。另一方面，人们注意到跨国房地产公司越来越多地参与城市规划。与此同时，无计划的定居点和非正式商业区沿着滨水区演变，每天都在城市化。居民和企业主批准的公共空间被镇行政当局强行收回，以重建公共秩序和国家控制。自发居住区和商业区也经常面临与城市现代化项目的冲突，这些项目应该增加公共空间的经济价值，并应该有助于生态的可持续发展。这项研究遵循三个目标：(1)撰写关于阿德贾惠定居点的民族志，在其他自发的定居点被驱逐后，该定居点在大都市中心的一个半岛上自发扩大；(2)通过分析阿比让每天的城市化、无计划的城市化、城市规划和房地产开发的历史和政治相互作用，对阿贾惠案件进行背景分析；以及(3)分析关于埃布里-泻湖沿岸的可持续滨水发展和阿比让公民身份的论述。主要的研究问题是：由于日常城市化、无计划城市化、城市规划和房地产开发的动态相互作用，滨水大都市阿比让如何变化，谁的利益得到保护？这座城市的人类学研究物质基础设施、全球资本主义条件下的空间生产以及居民的行为。选择了一种功能美学的方法(Pieterse 2013)，它考虑了Adjahui的供应，以及定居点的历史和半岛城市化的演变。将在阿比让的背景下研究城市公民身份、获得住房、就业、流动和政治参与权的政治主张和实际落实情况(巴埃加斯和马歇尔兄弟会，2007年，2009年，Newell，2012年，Fredericks和Diouf，2014)。民族志将基于以下方法：横断面行走、照片记录、定居点的空间描述、民族普查、传记访谈、参与者观察和建立个案研究。这些方法将得到遥感的补充。为实施背景研究和话语分析，将进行专家访谈和分析媒体报道。

The research project refers to discussions about the right to the city (Lefevbre 1968), as well as to debates on rebellious cities (Harvey 2014). Abidjan will be examined as empirical case study for African metropolises with a waterfront where sustainability is debated on the one hand side. On the other hand side, an increased engagement of transnational real estate companies has been noticed in town planning. At the same time, unplanned settlements and informal business areas evolve along the waterfronts and with them every day urbanity. Public space appropropriated by inhabitants and owners of businesses is forcefully claimed back by the town administration in order to re-establish public order and state control. Spontaneous quarters and business areas often also face conflict with urban projects of modernisation, which should increase the economic value of public space, as well as should contribute to ecological sustainability. The research follows three objectives: (1) to write an ethnography about the settlement Adjahui, which has spontaneously expanded on a peninsular in the middle of the metropolis after other spontaneous settlements had been evicted; (2) to contextualise the Adjahui case by analysing the historical and political interplay of every day urbanism, unplanned urbanisation, town planning and real estate development in Abidjan; and (3) to analyse discourses on sustainable waterfront development along the Ébrié-Lagoon and citizenship in Abidjan. The main research question is: How does the waterfront metropolis Abidjan changes as a result of the dynamic interplay of every day urbanity, unplanned urbanisation, town planning and real estate development and whose interests are safeguarded?The anthropology of the city investigates material infrastructure, the production of space under conditions of global capitalism, as well as practices of the inhabitants. A functional-aesthetic approach (Pieterse 2013) was selected, which considers the supply in Adjahui, as well as the history of the settlement and the evolution of urbanity on the peninsular. Urban citizenship, the political claim and practical implementation of rights to access housing, employment, mobility and political participation will be researched in the context of Abidjan (Baégas & Marshall-Fraterni 2007, Isin 2009, Newell 2012, Fredericks & Diouf 2014).The ethnography will be based on the following methods: transect walks, photo documentation, and spatial description of the settlement, ethnographic census, biographical interviews, participant observation, and the establishment of individual case studies. These methods will be complemented by remote sensing. For the implementation of the contextual study and discourse analysis, especially expert interviews will be conducted and media reports analysed.