Casablanca - Paul Puschmann
a demographic miracle on Moroccan soil?
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A century ago, the modern metropolis of Casablanca, which today houses some three million inhabitants,was a small and unimportant coastal settlement. At that time, the Medina of Dar el Beida - as Moroccans often call the city - had only about 25,000 inhabitants.
However, the arrival of the French changed Casablanca's destiny forever. Foreign investment and the construction of a large artificial ocean port transformed Dar el Beida swiftly into the new economic heart of Morocco. Economic prosperity went hand-in-hand with demographic growth, as more and more rural migrants moved to the booming town in search of work. Like many other cities in the developing world, Dar el Beida attracted many times more migrants than it had jobs to offer. Consequently, unemployment increased and slums sprang up across the city. These ominous developments, however, did not stop hundreds of thousands of new immigrants arriving over the last century. As such, social disaster became inevitable.
The author of this book explores the ca...
However, the arrival of the French changed Casablanca's destiny forever. Foreign investment and the construction of a large artificial ocean port transformed Dar el Beida swiftly into the new economic heart of Morocco. Economic prosperity went hand-in-hand with demographic growth, as more and more rural migrants moved to the booming town in search of work. Like many other cities in the developing world, Dar el Beida attracted many times more migrants than it had jobs to offer. Consequently, unemployment increased and slums sprang up across the city. These ominous developments, however, did not stop hundreds of thousands of new immigrants arriving over the last century. As such, social disaster became inevitable.
The author of this book explores the ca...
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Original publisher's paperback, pictorial frontcover, large 8vo: 172pp., illustrations - graphs - tables, conclusion, notes & references, general bibliography. Leuven=-Den Haag, Acco Academic z.j. [Auteur: PUSCHMANN, PAUL] [Titel: Casablanca: A Demographic Miracle on Moroccan Soil]
