The Social Dimension in the Planning of Cities in the Middle Morocco: Salé's Model

Few studies have dealt with the topic of the history of city planning in medieval Morocco. Historians' neglect of this subject can be attributed to three main reasons. The first is the scarcity of urban morphographic writings from the medieval period. The second reason is the need for more awareness of the importance of architectural heritage and the neglect by regulatory bodies in activating legal protection for heritage sites and supporting those working on them. The third reason is historians' lack of interest in toponymy, which geographers traditionally dominated. Our choice of this topic aims to achieve two main objectives. The first is a methodological objective, which aims to build a comprehensive study through the field and cartographical studies and historical textual analysis. The second is a substantive objective, which aims to study the forms of planning in medieval Moroccan cities, as well as the extent of attention paid by the legislator to the social dimension in the distribution of areas, including residential areas and artisanal gatherings on the urban map, through the case study of the city of Salé.