Abstract
This article addresses the planning and development of rural space (aménagement de l'espace rural) in Morocco, a discipline the author considers to lack a complete theoretical and scientific foundation. The first part defines rural space and its implications, distinguishing it from urban, agricultural, and pastoral space, and presents the natural distribution of Moroccan territory (agricultural, pastoral, forest, and uncultivated land). The second part analyzes the major obstacles to rural planning: institutional obstacles arising from the dispersion of competences among numerous ministries (notably Interior and Agriculture) and among central and local actors, and financial obstacles reflected in weak local finances and the limited, geographically concentrated intervention of funding institutions such as the Communal Equipment Fund and the National Agricultural Credit Bank. The third part examines the legal and technical planning instruments (rural agglomeration development plans, alignment plans, structure and orientation schemes, rural framework schemes), most of which lack binding legal force. The author calls for an urgent, integrated reform.
Recommended Citation
Lami, El Maâti
(1990)
"The Question of Rural Space Planning in Morocco,"
Revue Marocaine de Droit, d'Economie et de Gestion (Moroccan Journal of Law, Economics and Management): Vol. 9:
Iss.
2, Article 20.
https://doi.org/10.66499/2665-7112.1648
Available at:
https://scholarhub.univh2c.ma/remadeg/vol9/iss2/20
DOI
10.66499/2665-7112.1648