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Cultural and heritage resources are currently becoming an additional pillar in local development policies, along with environmental, economic and social resources. They greatly contribute to the understanding of the production of the territory and to the identification of the modalities of the influences between man and his natural environment, to then describe the evolution of the exploitation of space over time and anticipate the future. Starting from a chronological vision and the methodological orientations of cultural geography, we will approach through this contribution the global changes in relation to the territory and the territorialization in the Moroccan pre-Saharan zones located in the south of the Anti-Atlas, in perspective of taking charge of cultural resources in the territorial development policies of these same areas. Among the alternatives little invested, the articulation of the triptych territory-heritage-landscape is likely to bring elements of response to the problem of the global development of the Moroccan pre-Saharan zones. The heritage resources replaced in their spatial framework prove to be able to contribute to giving back to the territories of the pre-Sahara a new functional configuration., Rivages, Vol 1, No 1 (2023)

This article is about the impact of built environment evolution to the detriment of liquid and solid sanitation in the coastal Chaouia area. As a matter of fact, the high population growth and the immigration streams, through the absence of the creation of salubrious dwellings and the establishment of adequate infrastructure, have considerably affected the agglomerations tissues: Bir Jdid, Sidi Ali Ben Hamdouch, Lemharza, and Chtouka. Therefore, the building extension represents one of the major challenges that affect the environmental balance in thecoastal Chaouia. This is owing to the increase in the volume of wastewater and solid waste produced along with the lack of means and qualified human resources, as well as the insufficient drainage of unstructured neighborhoods. All these factors led to significant degradation of the environment in the territories studied., Rivages, No 5 (2020)

In late December 2019, a patient in Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital in Hubei province in China was diagnosed with pneumonia. The illness was caused by a novel emerging coronavirus, Covid-19. By 20 February 2020, there were over 75000 cases of Covid-19 in China. Covid-19 was quick to spread beyond China’s borders. On 11 March, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic. By 23 mai, the WHO reported that there were 5388370 confirmed cases worldwide and over 343448 deaths. It is now clear that Covid-19 presents two major problems. The first problem is the economic transformations and crises in light of the current crisis "Coronavirus" and its comprehensive effects on all natural and human aspects, including economic ones, which caused countries to face crises of varying nature and severity, which did not spare even the most powerful economies in the world. The second problem is the varying degrees in the speed and nature of the measures taken with regard to the practice of domestic quarantine and the health policy undertaken in the face of this exceptional situation: closing of borders and public places, prohibition of grouping, closing of schools and universities, imposing wearing of masks on the whole population, etc., Rivages, No 4 (2020)

Management of Argan heritage in the Haha area and valorization issues The argan tree is widespread in the Haha area. It is considered a forest-fruit tree, fodder and endemic at the global level, which has made Morocco a real reservoir of this kind of trees. This product, regarded as terroir, carries a great cultural and biological diversity. It reflects the identity of the territory, and its development constitutes an asset and an opportunity for society. Thus, new social organizations such as cooperatives have emerged to promote the Argan tree. Accordingly, the cooperative sector finds its place in the process of socio-economic and sustainable development of the Haha zone. This article aims, on the one hand, to identify the main spatial, economic, social, environmental and heritage dimensions of the argan tree, and, on the other hand, to present the current situation of the argan cooperatives and to highlight the roles that these cooperatives play in sustainable territorial development. This article is based on bibliographical research, as well as on the field surveys and interviews we conducted with local stakeholders, including members and employees of argan cooperatives., Rivages, No 7 (2022)

La gestion urbaine est le reflet de politiques publiques multiples et du degré de la démocratie locale. L’analyse du système de gestion de la ville de Marrakech, à travers l’appréciation de la portée et des limites de l’action publique présumée régulatrice vis-à-vis des intérêts divers et divergents liés à la production du sol urbain, permet de remettre en cause les logiques de ce système qui s’apparente à un acte tributaire d’une volonté éphémère et non d’une politique exercée suivant un cadrage réglementaire et normatif pondéré. La gestion urbaine au niveau de la ville de Marrakech se fait en l’absence de documents d’urbanisme à même d’aider à l’organisation et au développement urbains. Le manque de jalonnement en la matière et le manque d’expertise se traduisent souvent par des tergiversations et tractations quant à l’instruction des dossiers d’autorisations. Les outils de la gestion urbaine se limitent aux lotissements, groupes d’habitations, constructions et morcellements. On manque de certains outils d’aménagement urbain comme les zones d’aménagement concerté et les projets opérationnels, comme on manque d’un cadrage normatif lucide, sachant qu’on s’adosse à des circulaires et grilles reflétant les principes du modèle fonctionnaliste et la primauté de l’habitat sur l’urbanisme. En outre, la pratique de la dérogation en urbanisme affecte négativement la production du sol urbain de Marrakech, comme elle risque de défigurer le paysage naturel et agricole de son périurbain. Ce faisant, la gestion urbaine se réduit aux tractations et compromis et demeure tributaire des situations locales et conjoncturelles, faisant courtiser les intérêts des pouvoirs les plus forts. Pourtant la rationalité de la prise de décision en matière de gestion urbaine doit être perçue dans une prospective territoriale, eu égard aux différentes échelles d’aménagement et d’urbanisme. Ainsi, ce travail met l’accent sur les interfaces entre la planification stratégique de la ville, les moyens juridico-institutionnels et techniques mobilisables et les outils de la gestion urbaine. Il en est ainsi question, pour faire autrement, de partager une stratégie d’acteurs, de réguler l’action collective sur la ville, de voir large et profond dans les normes et servitudes de gestion urbaine en s’appliquant à construire un système normatif à la fois souple, facilitateur et précis., African and Mediterranean Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, Issue 5: V.3 N°1 (2021)

Espace Géographique et Société Marocaine, No 33-34 (2020): Spécial: hommage aux jeunes chercheurs africains

Espace Géographique et Société Marocaine, No 22 (2018): Systèmes productifs locaux au Maroc

Espace Géographique et Société Marocaine, No 18 (2017): Des territoires marocains

يطرح وباء "كوفيد-19" معضلتين رئيستين: الأولى: هي الأزمات والتحولات الاقتصادية في ضوء الأزمة الحالية وانعكاساتها على جميع الجوانب الطبيعية والبشرية، بما في ذلك الأنشطة الاقتصادية، التي تسببت في مواجهة بلدان العالم لأزمات متفاوتة الطبيعة والحدة، والتي لم تنجُ منها حتى أقوى الاقتصادات في العالم. والثانية: هي التفاوتات في سرعة الاستجابة وطبيعة الإجراءات الاحترازية لتطويق الوباء، من حيث إعلان الحجر الصحي المحلي، والسياسة الصحية المتبعة إزاء هذا الوضع الاستثنائي من إغلاق الحدود والأماكن العامة، وحظر التجمعات، وإغلاق المدارس والجامعات، وفرض ارتداء الأقنعة... إلخ. يهدف هذا البحث إلى إبراز الملامح الوبائية لـ "كوفيد-19" بالمغرب والعالم، بناء على المعطيات الرسمية التي تتم متابعتها بانتظام لهذا الغرض، من خلال وضع خرائط لعدد الحالات المتراكمة، من أجل تحليل وتفسير وتيرة انتشار الفيروس خلال فترة إنجاز هذا البحث. كما يرمي هذا البحث إلى المساهمة في العملية البحثية في ميدان ما يزال خصبًا، خاصة أن الموضوع جديد، ولم يوجد بعد حلّ جذري لمواجهة الوباء، مما يجعل ذلك من بحثنا مدخلًا يمهد للقيام بأبحاث أخرى. Covid-19 presents two major problems. The first problem is the economic transformations and crises and its effects on all natural and human aspects, including economic ones, which caused countries to face crises of varying nature and severity. Even the most powerful economies in the world could not survive those crises. The second problem is the varying degrees in the speed and nature of the measures taken with regard to the practice of domestic quarantine and the health policies undertaken to face of this exceptional situation such as: closing borders and public places, prohibition of grouping, shutting down schools and universities, imposing the wearing of masks. Through this study, we have tried to contribute, even partly, in the research process in a field that is still very fertile, especially since this is yet a current issue and a solution to this health crisis has not been found, which renders our study the beginning of many others to follow. The results of this work describe the epidemiological profile of covid-19 in Morocco and in the world from data which are updated regularly. A map of cumulative cases in order to characterize the speed of spread of the virus during the study period was established. We should respond to two hypotheses: First, there has been an increase in the numbers of confirmed infected cases as a result of the process of mixing between the population in light of the failure and delay of some countries in the application of quarantine, and the difficulty of applying the discipline to the health emergency, which indicates the difficulty of counting cases and containing this pandemic as soon as possible. Second, which the emergence of Coronavirus resulted in the awakening of a sense of citizenship. It has also stimulated solidarity in a number of countries, and highlighted the importance of providing medical structures on the level of risks and challenges, and also the vitality of investment in scientific research.