Risks Associated to Transportation between the Socioeconomic Costs and Territorial Management Strategies: The Case of Kalaa Sraghna in Morocco

Abstract

The concept of risk has become widely circulated within the academic communities, and the reason behind this interest is the enormity of Losses and their high cost to humans and their properties. Hence, the reasons for studying these risks and searching for effective solutions emerged to reduce the size of its losses. Risks are divided into several types, including geological hazards such as earthquakes and volcanoes and climate risks such as storms, floods and desertification and geomorphologic hazards such as landslides and sedimentation…And environmental hazards such as air and marine pollution…Social risks such as breaking the family’s union and the emergence of social Disorder. This study comes to approach the problem of the risks associated with transportation and its economic and social costs, through the case of the province of Kalaa Sraghna, the transportation system poses three basic risks: The risk of traffic accidents, which leaves hundreds dead and thousands injured. The natural hazards can also make the roads affected by flooding, and the third risk is the problem of both air and sound pollution due to transportation. Geographical research has become required to provide solutions to these problems. In this context, we have presented a set of suggestions to treat and minimize the impact of these risks, for sustainable transport that satisfies the population’s need for mobility and contributes to territorial development.