2007 Nador, Morocco

The Moroccan authorities invited an INTA panel for the City of Nador, in the north east of the country close to the Spanish enclave of Melilla. The conurbation is about 500,000 inhabitants (the core city being 160,000). The authorities were to launch a massive regeneration programme.

The panel embarked upon an extensive assessment of the urban structure of the City of Nador and the development of a new urban vision, in the light of several large scale urban projects that have recently been completed or are currently being developed (a new railway station, development of a new 'corniche', restructuring of the city center), The team formulated a proposal for an integrated urban regeneration project that should anchor Nador in its position of capital of the province, Mediterranean growth pole and catalyst for industrial development of the Eastern region of Morocco.