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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 607, 2025
6th International Conference of GIS USERS (ERRACHIDIA GIS-USERS’2024)
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Article Number | 04023 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Climate Change-Environment-Natural Hazards | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202560704023 | |
Published online | 22 January 2025 |
Geomatics applied to the evaluation of urban growth in the city of Meknes, Morocco
1 Department of Geology, Laboratory of Geoengineering and environment, Research Group “Water Sciences and Environment Engineering”, Faculty of Sciences, Moulay Ismail University, Zitoune, BP10201, Meknes, Morocco.
2 National Institute for Scientific and Technological Research in Water, University Ibn Zohr – Agadir.
3 Geo-Resource, Geo-Environment and Oasis Geological Heritage Research Group, Engineering Sciences and Techniques Laboratory, Geosciences Department, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Moulay Ismail University, Presidency, Marjane 2, Meknes BP 298, Morocco.
4 Department Earth and Environmental Sciences, Geography and Tourism Research Group, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium.
* Corresponding author: rhaziabdelaziz73@gmail.com
Like other countries, urbanization in Morocco continues to increase in an accelerated way and in all its regulatory forms via urban planning documents and irregular on sensitive and vulnerable sites lacking basic infrastructure and sometimes exposed to various risks. This is where geomatics comes in, as a valuable tool to observe urban expansion and analyze urban spaces. Geomatics, which combines mapping, remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS) and geospatial information technologies, offers an integrated approach for the collection, analysis and visualization of spatial data. Thus, thanks to geomatics, decision-makers can better understand, manage the spatial and social dynamics of the city and make good decisions to reduce the exposure of vulnerable populations and infrastructures and achieve a resilient city and a balanced reorganization of the city's components and its sustainable development.
Key words: Geomatics / urbanization / peri-urbanization / vulnerable / sustainable development
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2025
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