Urban mobility and sustainable development in the southern and Easthen Mediterranean

Abstract

In a context of rapid urbanisation in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMCs), urban mobility is a crucial issue in terms of sustainable development. Following the recommendations of the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development adopted in 2005 by the 21 riparian States and the European Community as Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention, Plan Bleu (one of the regional activity centres of the UNEP/MAP) addressed the issue of sustainable urban mobility by carrying out six case studies in SEMCs’ agglomerations: Aleppo (Syria), Algiers (Algeria), Cairo (Egypt), Istanbul (Turkey), Tangiers (Morocco), and Tunis (Tunisia). This essay summarises outcomes and recommendations of the case studies.