تغير العلاقات الاجتماعية للاسرة الحضرية : دراسة ميدانية لحي 140 مسكن بالمدينة الجديدة الشيخ سيدي محمد بلكبير-أدرار

Abstract EN

This study aims at identifying and observing the important changes that affected the social relations and the social structure of the urban family in an urban environment, and it reached the following findings: First, the urban environment contributed to a large extent in changing the structure of the family, so most families in this environment became miniature nucleus after it had been large extended.

Second, the emergence of new social values amongst the members of the of the urban family which are marked by women's work and clear reduction in the size of patriarchal authority.

Third, the appearance of dysfunctional family relationships amongst relatives and the members of the extended family in the urban society.

Lastly, we noticed a weakness and fragility in social solidarity and neighbourhood relations given that urban areas are constantly producing new ways of life and different models of behavioural patterns