Projet urbain et interface ville-port en Méditerranée. Perspectives pour une recherche comparative

Urban project and the city-port interface in the Mediterranean. Perspectives for comparative research. This article compares Rachel Rodrigues-Malta’s research on European port cities, carried out in 2004 with funding from IRSIT, and later research on mega-projects in North African cities (FSP Project). Although, in terms of methodology, the research in North Africa did not have the same objectives and took a wider approach to urban projects that that found by the Villes Interface Portuaire research team, it identified clear convergences with regard to governance and image for regeneration of waterfronts and city/port interfaces. These convergences open up possibilities for a comparative study in the Mediterranean Basin and offer insights into the heuristic opportunities in the research carried out by Rachel Rodrigues- Malta and encourage us to follow in her footsteps.