Jardins partagés : une alternative pour la participation dans la gestion urbaine de proximité. Le cas du jardin Ezzouhour de Boumati à Alger

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This article analyzes shared gardens as a practice that fosters citizen participation in local urban management. The "Ezzouhour" garden in the AADL Boumati housing estate in El-Harrach, Algiers, as Algeria's first shared garden and a pilot operation, demonstrates that its implementation contributes to resident mobilization and appropriation. Shared gardens are stated to promote a sense of belonging and home, and to be a vector for successful local urban management and improved neighborhood living environments.