DINIYO in SAN-PÉDRO from Port City to Coastal Metropolis
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International Urban Planning Workshop of San-Pedro - 2021 DINIYO IN SAN-PÉDRO From port city to coastal metropolis How can the future of a burgeoning coastal metropolis be envisaged in which economic and social development is balanced with the responsible management of natural assets? Topic Document Les Ateliers de Cergy is a non-profit association created in 1982 at the initiative of the original town planners of the New Town of Cergy-Pontoise. Today, it is an international network of professionals, academics and decision-makers. Focused on the practice of urban planning and project management, the association organizes workshops conceived as spaces for collective design and creativity. In France and abroad, these workshops provide project managers with an international perspective and illustrated proposals for their territorial strategies and urban development projects. Through the confrontation of diverse professions and cultures, they also offer an opportunity to question traditional forms of exchange and learning at the highest levels. Per the request of the City Ministry of Ivory Coast and the City Hall of San-Pédro, Les Ateliers Internationaux de Maitrise d’Œuvre Urbaine de Cergy-Pontoise, with the support of the French Development Agency, is organizing an international urban planning workshop entitled: DINHIO IN SAN-PÉDRO From port city to coastal metropolis This document presents the topic of the workshop to be held in San-Pédro, Ivory Coast. Intended for the workshop’s partners and the entire international network of Les Ateliers, it will serve as an introduction to the territory and its challenges as well as a call for professional interested in participating. It is the culmination of a series of collaborations with national and local stakeholders during various preparatory missions and events: • Meeting between Mr. François Albert AMICHIA, City Minister of Ivory Coast, and Mr. Pierre André PERISSOL, President of Les Ateliers, in Paris in February 2019. • Participation by the City Minister of Ivory Coast in the jury of the Ouagadougou Workshop in March 2019. • Participation and intervention by the President of Les Ateliers at the International Seminar for the Formulation of the National City Policy in Ivory Coast in June 2019. • Field visit to San-Pédro and meeting between the President of Les Ateliers and Mr. Félix ANOBLE, Mayor of the City of San-Pédro. • Participation by the City Minister of Ivory Coast and the Deputy Mayor of San-Pédro in the jury of the Kampala Workshop • Exploratory mission to San-Pédro from 12 to 17 January 2020: City Ministry of Ivory Coast, AFD, French Embassy, BNETD, Order of Urban Planners, team of experts from Les Ateliers de Cergy. • Participation by Les Ateliers at the Abidjan Meetings for Sustainable Cities in February 2020 We would like to thank all the people we met during these various missions and events. Following the unique methodology of Les Ateliers de Cergy, this workshop will bring together twenty local and international professionals to volunteer their time and expertise on-site in San-Pédro in march 2021. After a few days of site visits and meetings with stakeholders to discovery the territory, the participants will be divided into multidisciplinary teams to begin brainstorming potential strategies and projects for the territory. The participants will be accompanied by a local committee of partners who will provide their insights and thoughts on the work being produced during various moments of exchange. At the conclusion of the workshop, a jury of international and local experts, chaired by local and national authorities, will spotlight and expand on the best elements of each teams’ proposals. Due to the global health crisis brought on by COVID-19, Les Ateliers has adapted its methodology to the constraints of health and security measures (such as social distancing) introduced by countries across the globe, as well as to the drastic reduction in national, regional and international travel. As such, the usual intervening missions, such as the Partners’ Committee, will not be able to be held on-site, and the field research missions typically conducted by assistants in the months leading up to the workshop have been postponed. The final dates for the workshop will be communicated once there is a clearer picture of the evolution of the international situation and the local political calendar. Les Ateliers, utilizing the power of new technologies, will hold a series of round-table discussions and metropolitan evenings by videoconference. Requests for information and/or documentation [email protected] San-Pedro Workshop Team Pilots: Mrs. Halimatou MAMA AWAL, PhD in Architecture, Professor–Researcher, Co-pilot Mr. Marc ERRERA, Architect–Urban planner, Co-pilot Local consulting experts: Mr. Yao Lambert KOUAMÉ, PhD in Geography and Urban Planning, Local consulting expert Assistant pilot: Mr. Terric JOUAILLEC, Geographer–Urban planner, Assistant pilot Project director: Mrs. Véronique VALENZUELA, Geographer, Project Director at Les Ateliers de Cergy 1. San-Pédro: A contrasting geography and recent history ................................................. 6 1.1. A strategic cross-border port city for the development of southwestern Ivory Coast ..... 6 1.2. Beginnings: From fishing encampment to the building of a town .................................. 8 1.3. Opportunities from migration: Valorizing diverse, cosmopolitan cultures ................... 10 2. Economic drivers ................................................................................................................ 12 2.1. The Autonomous Port and its expansion project: What does it offer and what is its relationship to the city and its environment?........................................................................ 12 2.2. Processing companies and the tertiary sector: What spinoffs could support the coexistence of formal and informal activities and serve as a nurturing foundation? ........... 14 2.3. The territory’s major projects: What is the global vision for a city built around multiple projects? ............................................................................................................................... 15 2.3.1. Planned infrastructure for CAN 2023, a large stadium in the works: What does the future hold for this infrastructure once the event is over? ................................................... 15 2.3.2. The arrival of the university in San-Pédro: What form or model will this university of the future take? ..................................................................................................................... 15 2.3.3 The new international airport: Strengthening the national and international attractiveness of the territory ................................................................................................ 16 2.3.4. The new city district project: Turning local resources and constraints into opportunities for the future of the existing city, a place of ingenuity .................................. 16 2.4 Tourism and festivals with national and international perspectives: Revealing the natural and cultural potential of the city ............................................................................... 17 3. Natural resource management in the face of urban expansion and climatic constraints .................................................................................................................................................. 20 3.1. Vegetation cover and the Rapides Grah Classified Forest: A responsible management of resources .......................................................................................................................... 21 3.2. Water management and flood risks: Building better with environmental constraints .. 23 3.2. Water management and flood risks: Building better with environmental constraints .. 24 3.3. Land erosion: Resilient coastal and shoreline development ......................................... 24 4. Workshop Topic ................................................................................................................. 25 Territories of interest ............................................................................................................. 26 1.1. A strategic cross-border port city for the development of southwestern Ivory Coast Located in West Africa, Ivory Coast shares its borders with 5 countries (Liberia and Guinea to the west, Mali and Burkina Faso to the north, and Ghana to the east). Its southern border consists of a coastline that stretches 550 kilometres along the Atlantic to the Gulf of Guinea. The climate in the south is humid equatorial, whereas the north is dry tropical. In 2017, Ivory Coast’s population was estimated at 26,594,750 inhabitants. The population is characterized by its diversity and significant ethnic mix. There are nearly 60 ethnic groups that can be divided into 4 main groups: the Mandes in the northwest, the Krou in the western central areas and southwest, the Gour in the northeast and the Akan in the centre, southeast and east. There are, therefore, some 70 different languages spoken in the country, although French is the official language. Dioula, the most widely spoken language in West Africa, also occupies an important place in the daily lives of Ivorians, especially in commercial exchanges. The City of San-Pédro has one of the highest urban growth rates in the country. Economically, it is the second most important city after Abidjan (the economic