Natural fragility and its relationship to the development of patterns of human intervention in the northern coast of Lasfi: the case of the coast of "Kram El-Dif" (Central Atlantic Front - Morocco)

Abstract

The location of the Eddaif karram coastline in the middle Atlantic fringe is one of the factors characterizing the spatial dynamics, with its effects on the vulnerable natural characteristics, and the modes of coastal exploitation. By manifesting itself at the level of the change in agrarian structure from market gardening to cereals, due to the degradation of natural resources such as water and soil, and the change in the land function from agriculture to urbanization and tourist activities. This coastal environment has been affected by external factors, which have had an impact on its environmental and socio-economic characteristics, represented by its proximity to the tourist center of Oualidia, which is experiencing rapid urban growth, which makes it affected by the repercussions of the high population density, which translates into a large quantity of polluted water resulting from household waste from Wastewater, which has affected the water table and wetlands, which are experiencing increasing degradation. Hence the importance of this article to explain the factors influencing the development of human intervention in the Karam Eddaif coastline, through the analysis of aerial photos of different time periods using imagery systems. geographical information, in addition to relying on field research to determine the various changes that have occurred in the relationship of the local population to the exploitation of the coast.