Fieldwork in Morocco.
Theres a wide diversity of possibility for fieldwork study in Morocco and our topics can easily be adapted to all levels from G.C.S.E to First Degree. Most of the data is easily collected from accessible locations and a wide range of techniques for data collection is feasible. Click here to see a sample.
Now "The Kasbah du Toubkal" is receiving guests, data is starting to be collected from local sources and its also hoped that the centre can provide a collection point for study of the rapidly changing Berber way of life.
Throughout the whole of any trip it is possible to collect information about the problems of development and L.D.C economies.
We have prepared work units on the following topics:
- Land Use in Marrakech.
- River Studies.
- Microclimate studies.
- Rural Settlement in the High Atlas.
- Irrigation in the Marrakech region.
- Irrigation in the High Atlas.
- Agricultural land use survey.
- Landscape perception studies.
Its also possible to study the following:
- Urban Morphology.
- The process of urbanisation.
- People/Environment relationships.
- Berber Subsistence economies.
- Impact of tourism on subsistence economies.
- Overgrazing and soil erosion.
- Irrigation in the Saharan Atlas.
Irrigation and land use in oases.
- Weathering and slopes in arid environments.
- Water as an agent of erosion in arid environments.
- Wind action and dune migration/management
- Endoreic river systems.
Nomadism as a way of life.
- Land reform and agricultural change.
Discover Ltd. have prepared a video based on the experiences of groups of students visiting Morocco and visiting Marrakech, "La Kasbah du Toubkal" and the preSaharan Draa valley. It includes some of the opening celebrations at the Kasbah, some thoughts by Dr. Tony Binns, a Past President of the Geographical Association and gives a very good impression of the benefits to be gained from a trip with Discover as well as showing a tour around the city of Marrakech.