Article Dans Une Revue Land Année : 2024

Missing Landscapes: A Geohistory of Parkland Landscapes in Northwestern Morocco

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Northwestern Morocco is characterized by highly anthropized landscapes under the combined effect of agricultural intensification, resource overexploitation, urbanization, and tourism, but also local reforestation. Reconstructing the recent changes in vegetation in the region of the lower valley of the Loukkos river near Larache and their relationship to the settlement history are particularly helpful for understanding the processes at work within the landscape construction. The geohistorical approach combines paleoenvironmental, documentary, and historical data. The last few centuries have seen the emergence of wooded stands, in which cork oaks are a structural element. As forests were retreating, parklands intended for agriculture, agroforestry, and herding, like the Spanish dehesa and Portuguese montado, began to emerge. Nearly all of them have disappeared today, but we can identify their legacy and evaluate their cultural significance through comparing them with their counterparts in the Iberian Peninsula, but also in other areas of Morocco. Their deep historical roots give this landscape an evolving heritage character that is directly linked to the communities’ lifestyles, culture, and history.

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hal-04811960 , version 1 (29-11-2024)

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Aziz Ballouche. Missing Landscapes: A Geohistory of Parkland Landscapes in Northwestern Morocco. Land, 2024, 13 (5), pp.649. ⟨10.3390/land13050649⟩. ⟨hal-04811960⟩
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