When urban shrinkage goes South. Morocco's extreme management of declining mining towns between paternalism, entrepreneurialism and abandonment
In 2019, urban abandonment became a burning issue in Morocco after the accidental deaths of several young people in clandestine mining operations. The deaths in Jerada, a shrinking town near the Algerian border, sparked the hirak (social movement). This article has three objectives. First, it introduces the issue of urban shrinkage in Morocco, a North African country where shrinkage was overlooked by public policies and research until 2019. We will show that the territorial decline in Morocco is a major phenomenon that currently affects a fifth of its cities. Second, we aim to demonstrate that while some factors of territorial decline in Morocco are similar to those identified in the North (demographic transition, urban spread and deindustrialisation), other factors are more country specific. We highlight three factors that are particularly linked to the Moroccan context: the climate's impact on the decline of agricultural regions; the role of geopolitical conflicts and their impact on the borders; and, lastly, the role of politics in a state, which was governed by an external regime during the colonial period and has since been under an authoritarian regime. In both cases, some peripheral regions were dependent on or even abandoned by the centre. Third, we propose preliminary channels of reflection on the different ways that urban decline has been silently managed in Morocco. The process of urban decline is likely to trigger major social action. In the meantime, the public authorities' failure to identify the issue clearly is problematic for the regions concerned.
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dig-cirad-fr-6085602024-03-05T19:01:06Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/608560/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/608560/ When urban shrinkage goes South. Morocco's extreme management of declining mining towns between paternalism, entrepreneurialism and abandonment. Rousseau Max, Harroud Tarik. 2023. Political Geography, 106 (102954), 8 p.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102954 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102954> When urban shrinkage goes South. Morocco's extreme management of declining mining towns between paternalism, entrepreneurialism and abandonment Rousseau, Max Harroud, Tarik eng 2023 Political Geography E14 - Économie et politique du développement U70 - Sciences humaines et sociales industrie minière retrait politique de développement urbanisation ville développement durable développement rural développement régional http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_49983 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_25209 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2228 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8088 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7823 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_35332 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6701 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6488 Maroc http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4940 In 2019, urban abandonment became a burning issue in Morocco after the accidental deaths of several young people in clandestine mining operations. The deaths in Jerada, a shrinking town near the Algerian border, sparked the hirak (social movement). This article has three objectives. First, it introduces the issue of urban shrinkage in Morocco, a North African country where shrinkage was overlooked by public policies and research until 2019. We will show that the territorial decline in Morocco is a major phenomenon that currently affects a fifth of its cities. Second, we aim to demonstrate that while some factors of territorial decline in Morocco are similar to those identified in the North (demographic transition, urban spread and deindustrialisation), other factors are more country specific. We highlight three factors that are particularly linked to the Moroccan context: the climate's impact on the decline of agricultural regions; the role of geopolitical conflicts and their impact on the borders; and, lastly, the role of politics in a state, which was governed by an external regime during the colonial period and has since been under an authoritarian regime. In both cases, some peripheral regions were dependent on or even abandoned by the centre. Third, we propose preliminary channels of reflection on the different ways that urban decline has been silently managed in Morocco. The process of urban decline is likely to trigger major social action. In the meantime, the public authorities' failure to identify the issue clearly is problematic for the regions concerned. article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/608560/1/ID608560.pdf text Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102954 10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102954 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102954 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102954 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/////(FRA) Projet La vie après la mine/VAMS |
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In 2019, urban abandonment became a burning issue in Morocco after the accidental deaths of several young people in clandestine mining operations. The deaths in Jerada, a shrinking town near the Algerian border, sparked the hirak (social movement). This article has three objectives. First, it introduces the issue of urban shrinkage in Morocco, a North African country where shrinkage was overlooked by public policies and research until 2019. We will show that the territorial decline in Morocco is a major phenomenon that currently affects a fifth of its cities. Second, we aim to demonstrate that while some factors of territorial decline in Morocco are similar to those identified in the North (demographic transition, urban spread and deindustrialisation), other factors are more country specific. We highlight three factors that are particularly linked to the Moroccan context: the climate's impact on the decline of agricultural regions; the role of geopolitical conflicts and their impact on the borders; and, lastly, the role of politics in a state, which was governed by an external regime during the colonial period and has since been under an authoritarian regime. In both cases, some peripheral regions were dependent on or even abandoned by the centre. Third, we propose preliminary channels of reflection on the different ways that urban decline has been silently managed in Morocco. The process of urban decline is likely to trigger major social action. In the meantime, the public authorities' failure to identify the issue clearly is problematic for the regions concerned. |
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When urban shrinkage goes South. Morocco's extreme management of declining mining towns between paternalism, entrepreneurialism and abandonment |
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