Urban streets as a socio-space of proximity and conflicts of use

Streets, like cities, are spaces of encounter and proximity. In the city of Cotonou, this proximity that they induce in themselves through their multifunctionality does not exclude the advent of numerous conflicts of use, which are analyzed here using materials from the social sciences, particularly sociology. We note that, in addition to formal codes, social codes exist that facilitate socio-spatial proximity between users. In the same way, many conflicts of use exist and induce social distances. Consequently, in a perspective of sustainable development of urban streets, it is necessary to borrow sociological mechanisms from governance by reinforcing the participatory mechanism. This book is intended for social scientists, sociologists-anthropologists, development actors, urban planners, project managers and urban planners.