September 2012

Al Hoceima coast in Morocco

The coast of Al Hoceima is located in the central part of the northern coast of Morocco, along the Mediterranean Sea. The main coastal issues in this case include urban sprawl and weak coastal planning, limited resources management and vulnerability to climate change impacts.


The Pegaso work in Al Hoceima will thus focus on increasing a more effective stakeholder engagement to develop participatory and integrated policies. For this, the team will, over the coming months, implement different support tools such as participatory methods and evaluation of indicators for monitoring the state of the coastal environment and resources and prepare vulnerability maps to guide dialogue and better informed decision making at a regional and at the national level.


For the time being, the process of identifying the main stakeholders at regional and national level has been carried out using a classification method according to their importance, knowledge, attitude and perception within the use of coastal resources. Several meetings with these stakeholders have also been organized to examine challenges and potential strategies with the different sectors.


Better understanding of the ongoing coastal processes in response to sea level rise and vulnerability assessments to extreme events such as floods and storm surges will be developed to provide advice for risk management.


The first results based on the historical evolution of the coastline already show the predominant degradation characteristic of this coastline with 68% of it prone to erosion and 20% into some sort of equilibrium. Both indicators can help to prepare adaptation management.


The first results from these initial studies will be presented in Al Hoceima in October 2012.


The Case supervisors are Maria Snoussi and Hocein Bazaïri, University Mohammed V - Agdal.



More info: ma_snoussi@yahoo.fr

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