Citizen Participation and Urban Governance: A Vital Partnership for Enhancing Quality of Life in Boumerdes city – algeria-

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to expose the shortcomings of Algeria's housing policy and to highlight the significance of urban improvement as a new approach. This approach aims to restore the city's role as a structuring unit for urban coherence and social cohesion. From this perspective, this work attempts to embody the principle of citizen participation in enhancing their places of residence. The Frantz Fanon housing estate in Boumerdes clearly exemplifies the deterioration of collective housing in Algeria and other developing countries.To achieve our objective, we conducted a household survey. The collected data was analyzed using statistical methods with SPSS25 software, and the results were presented graphically and cartographically. This simplified the findings, emphasized the problems, and helped in extracting solutions, all supported by Geographic Information Systems.