The towns of Chekka and Koura today have become prime examples of what public policies in Lebanon generate.
The “Green Koura” in residents’ memories sat atop an abundance of groundwater and stretched along a seafront punctuated with fishing ports and salt basins. The transformation of the coastal and inland towns into cement factories, companies, and quarries brought about devastating social, economic, environmental, and health effects.
This conversation seeks to expand inhabitants’ struggles to all regions, to make Koura’s situation, and the disastrous land policies that have allowed it to perpetuate, more visible.
Introduction on land policies and environmental justice will be made by Public Works Studio team, followed by presentations by Fifi Kallab and Fares Nassif.
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