[ Les pratiques résidentielles des étudiants de l’université Alassane Ouattara: Entre insuffisance des résidences universitaires et proximité du lieu d’étude ]
Volume 37, Issue 1, June 2018, Pages 26–37
OUSSOU Anouman Yao Thibault1 and KONAN Nzué2
1 Département de Géographie, Université Alassane Ouattara, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Département de Géographie, Université Alassane Ouattara, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
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Stricken by a deterioration in its infrastructure and equipment, the Ivorian university has experienced a renewal of its space by the rehabilitation of all its university infrastructure since 2012. This study aims to analyze the causes and consequences of different residential practices of students enrolled at Alassane Ouattara University. This investigation is possible thanks to a gray literature on the issue of student housing, cartographic backgrounds on the space studied, as well as field work including interviews, a questionnaire and direct observation. The results of our case study reveal that UAO students can not all find accommodation in university residences because of their inadequacy. Thus, the latter then adopt several modes of housing with their many consequences for their accommodation namely, university residences, students hosted and students renting excluding residences academics. Moreover, despite this multiple mode of residence, students prefer the proximity of university sites for their accommodation to the extent that they all prefer to approach these sites to benefit from the services offered.
Author Keywords: Bouaké, University, Student, Residence, Residential location.
Volume 37, Issue 1, June 2018, Pages 26–37
OUSSOU Anouman Yao Thibault1 and KONAN Nzué2
1 Département de Géographie, Université Alassane Ouattara, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Département de Géographie, Université Alassane Ouattara, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2018 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Stricken by a deterioration in its infrastructure and equipment, the Ivorian university has experienced a renewal of its space by the rehabilitation of all its university infrastructure since 2012. This study aims to analyze the causes and consequences of different residential practices of students enrolled at Alassane Ouattara University. This investigation is possible thanks to a gray literature on the issue of student housing, cartographic backgrounds on the space studied, as well as field work including interviews, a questionnaire and direct observation. The results of our case study reveal that UAO students can not all find accommodation in university residences because of their inadequacy. Thus, the latter then adopt several modes of housing with their many consequences for their accommodation namely, university residences, students hosted and students renting excluding residences academics. Moreover, despite this multiple mode of residence, students prefer the proximity of university sites for their accommodation to the extent that they all prefer to approach these sites to benefit from the services offered.
Author Keywords: Bouaké, University, Student, Residence, Residential location.
Abstract: (french)
Frappées par une dégradation de ses infrastructures et équipements, l’université ivoirienne a connu un renouvellement de son espace par la réhabilitation de toutes ses infrastructures universitaires depuis 2012. Cette étude vise à analyser Les causes et les conséquences des différentes pratiques résidentielles des étudiants inscrits à l’université Alassane Ouattara. Cette investigation est possible grâce à une littérature grise sur la question du logement étudiant, des fonds cartographiques sur l’espace étudié, ainsi que des travaux de terrains entre autre les entretiens, un questionnaire et une observation directe. Les résultats de notre étude de cas révèlent que les étudiants de l’UAO n’arrivent pas à tous se loger dans les résidences universitaires du fait de leur insuffisance. Ainsi, ces derniers adoptent alors plusieurs modes de logements avec leurs nombreuses conséquences pour leur hébergement à savoir, les résidences universitaires, les étudiants hébergés et les étudiants en location hors résidences universitaires. Par ailleurs, malgré ce multiple mode de résidence, les étudiants affectionnent la proximité des sites universitaires pour leur logement dans la mesure où ils préfèrent tous se rapprocher de ces sites pour bénéficier des services offerts.
Author Keywords: Bouaké, Université, Etudiant, Mode de résidence, Localisation résidentielle.
How to Cite this Article
OUSSOU Anouman Yao Thibault and KONAN Nzué, “The residential practices of students at Alassane Ouattara University: Between inadequacy of university residences and proximity to the place of study,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 26–37, June 2018.
