Tourism, migration and gender in the context of climate change: The case of the Merzouga oasis (Morocco)

Tourism, emigration and climate change are three elements that are inter-related in the context of the Merzouga region, oasis located in the south-east of Morocco. This area is seriously affected by drought, rising temperatures, and lack of water. This situation has caused serious losses in agricult...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Berlanga Adell, María Jesús, El Khamsi, Rajae
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Recursos:Centro Scalabriniano de Estudos Migratórios (CSEM)
Repositorio:REMHU (Online)
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:remhu.csem.br:article/1989
Acesso em linha:https://remhu.csem.org.br/index.php/remhu/article/view/1989
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:cambio climático
género
Merzouga
migración
turismo
climate change
gender
migration
tourism
Descrição
Resumo:Tourism, emigration and climate change are three elements that are inter-related in the context of the Merzouga region, oasis located in the south-east of Morocco. This area is seriously affected by drought, rising temperatures, and lack of water. This situation has caused serious losses in agriculture. Ant it has led the population - previously nomadic - to abandon livestock farming and take refuge in tourism as an economic alternative as well as emigration. All of this happens in a society where there are strong gender inequalities. In this paper, we try to demonstrate how these three phenomena feed off each other. To do this, a qualitative approach was used by doing fieldwork in the region while adopting a gender perspective.