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R esume : La ville de Cotonou, capitale economique du Benin, s’est developpee au detriment des espaces verts. Or ceux-ci sont essentiels pour assurer une bonne qualite de vie et l’epanouissement des citadins. La presente recherche a pour objectif de recenser les espaces verts publics de la ville de Cotonou et d’analyser leurs modes de gestion. La methode des itineraires a ete utilisee pour retrouver les espaces verts dont la liste a ete obtenue a la Mairie de Cotonou. Pour chaque espace vert public retrouve, il a ete procede a son geo-referencement ( tracking ), la determination de sa superficie ainsi qu’a son classement. Les resultats montrent que la ville de Cotonou dispose de 70 espaces verts dont 44 sont lineaires et 26 sont polygonaux (ronds-points, jardins, squares, etc.). Les espaces verts lineaires font 63,291 km de long et ceux polygonaux ont une superficie totale de 109579,61 m 2 . Nonobstant leur faible importance, les espaces verts de la ville de Cotonou abritent une multitude d’especes vegetales. Il importe donc que les autorites municipales accordent beaucoup plus d’interet aux espaces verts publics (jardins, parcs, squares, etc.) dans les futurs plans de developpement urbain afin d’accroitre l’esthetique de la ville. Mots cles : Ville de Cotonou, espaces verts, croissance urbaine, developpement municipal. Abstract The city of Cotonou, the economic capital of Benin, has developed at the expense of green spaces. However, these are essential to ensure a good quality of life and the development of city dwellers. The objective of this research is to identify the public green spaces in the city of Cotonou and to analyze their management methods. The route method was used to find the green spaces the list of which was obtained from the Cotonou Town Hall. For each public green space found, it was geo-referenced (tracking), its area determined as well as its classification. The results show that the city of Cotonou has 70 green spaces of which 44 are linear and 26 are polygonal (roundabouts, gardens, squares, etc.). The linear green spaces are 63.291 km long and the polygonal ones have a total area of 109,579.61 m2. Notwithstanding their small importance, the green spaces of the city of Cotonou are home to a multitude of plant species. It is therefore important that municipal authorities pay much more attention to public green spaces (gardens, parks, squares, etc.) in future urban development plans in order to enhance the aesthetics of the city. Keywords: City of Cotonou, green spaces, urban growth, municipal development |
