Environmental Hazards Assessment at Pre-Saharan Local Scale: Case Study From the Draa Valley, Morocco

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Author(s): Ahmed Karmaoui (Association des Amis de l'Environnement, Morocco), Adil Moumane (Ibn Tofail University, Morocco)and Jamal Akchbab (Association des Amis de l'Environnement, Morocco)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 18
Source title: Decision Support Methods for Assessing Flood Risk and Vulnerability
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Ahmed Karmaoui (Southern Center for Culture and Sciences (SCCS), Morocco)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9771-1.ch012

Keywords: Environment & Agriculture / Environmental Science and Technologies / Hydraulics & Water Engineering / Information Science Reference

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Ecosystem management requires biophysical and socio-economic measurement. The intervention of the government and the local community in order to combat the degradation of ecosystems must take into account the effects of the environmental hazards. This can reinforce the inhabitants' ability to adapt at local level. The impact on ecosystem and resources are numerous and complex. Consequently, a multidisciplinary evaluation is needed. In this context, a new approach was proposed, called environmental hazards assessment at local scale. It was used to evaluate the risk of several oasis resources to multiple hazards in the Middle Draa Valley. The findings show that for all resources, desertification is the biggest challenge affecting this area followed by drought, sandstorms, and then floods. This risk assessment approach can provide guidance for future assessments.

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