The Intersection of Slums and Environmental Justice in Morocco Undergraduate
Abstract
The purpose of this research paper is to address environmental justice in
Morocco as it relates to slum life and slum relocation efforts. As such,
the paper deals with the kingdom’s waste management activities in both
rural and urban areas, and political policies that shape slum life and slum
relocation. The research was gathered through close readings of
Moroccan and non-Moroccan academic books and online publications,
official reports, newspaper clippings, and websites regarding the topics
at hand. After analysis of the data, it was concluded that throughout the
past few decades the Moroccan government has been instituting topdown
policies that marginalize slum communities and deny them
environmental justice. However, evidence collected through this
research also shows the government has been taking an increasing
interest in environmental protection and waste management since 2006,
and hopefully this trend offsets some of the negative impacts of its
authoritarian policies on Moroccans’ access to environmental justice.
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