Abstract
Marrakech is an example of the urban processes currently taking place as well in Morocco as in many cities of the world: gentrification, socio-economic polarization, deregulation in housing market or tourism activities. The recent economic crises have led to a North–South migration of European citizens looking for new opportunities in Marrakech. These immigrants contribute to the development of new socio-economic and artistic activities and their presence has an important impact on the transformation of the city. Indeed, both the Medina and Gueliz are evolving in response to these new actions, modifying the urban dynamic as well as the image of the Red City.
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Haut-Comissariat au Plan, Royaume de Maroc.
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Interview translated from French to English by the authors.
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Interview translated from French to English by the authors.
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“The Office was shut down with the outbreak of the Second World War, but reopened in 1946 with a new name—the Office National Marocain du Tourisme” (Pons et al. 2009: 29).
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Interview translated from French to English by the authors.
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Meanwhile this Frenchman lives with his family in a peripheral neighbourhood of Marrakech, works in Gueliz, almost never goes back to the Medina, but plans to stay in Morroco.
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From 167.233 to 120.643 inhabitants.
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Interview translated from French to English by the authors.
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Interview translated from French to English by the authors.
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The research leading to these results has received funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013/under REA grant agreement no [612639] MEDCHANGe.
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Schiltz, A., Estevens, A. (2019). Where the Past Meets the Future: Migration and Socio-spatial Segregation in a Divided City. The Case of Marrakech. In: Paradiso, M. (eds) Mediterranean Mobilities. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89632-8_11
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