Territorialized Production Forms in Morocco: Provisional Assessment for an Own Model in the Pipeline

Abstract

With the recent "glocalization" movement that is imposed by openness to the global sphere and the necessary anchoring to the local, the productive systems - from here and elsewhere - can no longer be a-territorial or autarchic. As much as openness opens the competitiveness prospect, so much does the local territory assure a sort of "safety net" and refuge in case of global crises that have become frequent.Whether it is the paradigm of social movement or the canvas of a local production system, "glocalization" is justified by the potential for wealth that the territories of any nation seeking its international competitiveness conceal. In order to identify, understand and value this territorial resource, the diagnosis of the existing is essential. Sociospatial disparities are the core problems of regional development which is confronted with the double malaise of poverty and environmental degradation. Knowing that wealth is created within companies and that these businesses are the key players in territorial development, the analysis of the spatial anatomy of productive systems provides information on the symbiosis between the productive and the spatial.Without claiming to reproduce the evolution of productive systems and their spatial expressions in its completeness, this study aims at questioning the major territorialized forms that the productive system in Morocco has taken ever since their independence. It also aims at characterizing the specificities of Morocco in this area by launching a particular provisional assessment of the fact that this experience is maturing. The main objective of this research is to approach a model that is in the making in which Morocco can lead the rest of Africa at this spatial / productive level.

Keywords: Productive system, territorialized forms of production, glocalization, Integrated Industrial Platform (P2I), Clusters, Territorial Pole of Economic Cooperation (TCEP), Localized Production System (LPS).

DOI: 10.7176/JAAS/53-06

Publication date:March 31^st 2019