Das Siedlungsgefüge im südlichen Ostalgerien (Nememcha), Genese eines zentralörtlichen Systems seit Beginn der Seßhaftwerdung bis in die Postkolonialzeit

Abstract

The establishment and spread of regular grain cultivation has occurred in the area south of Khenchela-Tebessa (Nememcha) since about 1880 with varying temporary phases of transhumance-like economic and and settlement forms. This process was strengthened by the upheaval of the Algerian War of Liberation (1954-1962) and the regulatory interventions of State agencies since 1962 which have taken some time to become slowly tangible. Continuous growth of settlement centres is not only a consequence of rapid natural population increase, but also of a noticeable process of concentration in the entire settlement pattern. In the same connection, there was an increase in the importance of the larger settlement centres.