State Engineer and PhD in Geography with over twelve years of experience at the intersection of territorial analysis, geographic information, land governance and spatial decision support. My work combines professional engineering practice, field-based territorial knowledge, scientific research and advanced geospatial technologies.
A multidisciplinary profile combining territorial engineering, geographic knowledge, land governance, geospatial sciences and applied research.
State Engineer in Urban Planning and Territorial Development with more than twelve years of professional experience. Since 2013, professional practice has included national cartographic operations, territorial and spatial analysis, geographic data production and validation, field investigations, geographic reference systems and geospatial decision support.
PhD in Geography with research focused on territorial governance of agricultural collective lands in Morocco. Research interests connect land governance, territorial dynamics, rural transformations, public policy and geospatial approaches to territorial decision support.
Expertise developed across professional engineering, applied research, teaching and territorial fieldwork.
QGIS, ArcGIS, spatial analysis, cartographic modelling, multi-criteria analysis, spatial statistics and spatial data management.
Google Earth Engine, optical and radar imagery, land-use and land-cover classification, change detection and time-series analysis.
Random Forest, XGBoost, SVM and spatial predictive modelling, including urban expansion simulation using SLEUTH, LCM and PLUS.
Topographic mapping, GNSS, levelling, orthophotos, photogrammetry, map production and geospatial quality control.
Land information systems, cadastre, collective lands, melkisation, land governance, land valuation and rural land management.
Urban and territorial planning, land-use planning, territorial development, spatial analysis and territorial decision-support approaches.
Professional experience combining national cartographic operations, territorial analysis, geospatial engineering, teaching and applied expertise.
Professional activities include field missions across nearly 90% of the Moroccan territory, territorial and cartographic data collection and validation, national cartographic reference data operations, analysis of spatial and territorial dynamics, geographic reference systems and the development of geospatial tools for field data collection and quality control.
Teaching advanced GIS applied to territorial planning and supervising Master's-level work in Geospatial Sciences and Land Governance, including projects involving GeoAI, Machine Learning, Google Earth Engine, remote sensing and spatial predictive modelling.
Additional professional activities include agricultural land prospecting and valuation, support for land and territorial studies, environmental impact assessments, and real estate valuation assignments involving land, residential, commercial, industrial and logistics assets.
Research at the intersection of geography, land governance, territorial dynamics and geospatial modelling.
Research addressing collective land reform, institutional land governance and the territorial implications of melkisation.
GIS-based multi-criteria spatial assessment combining agricultural conditions, land characteristics, accessibility and AHP-based decision modelling.
Oral presentation accepted · Fez, Morocco · 7 October 2026.
A curated selection from a broader cartographic production developed through doctoral and applied research. These maps illustrate three complementary dimensions of territorial change in the Sidi Kacem region: urban expansion, collective-land vulnerability and agricultural land valorization potential.
Multi-temporal mapping of built-up expansion across the study area, combining observed urban development in 1985, 2005 and 2022 with projected built-up growth for 2040 and 2050.
The map highlights the spatial concentration of urbanization around existing settlements and major transport corridors, providing the spatial basis for assessing future pressure on agricultural and collective lands.
Prospective spatial assessment of collective-land exposure to urbanization by 2050. Vulnerability levels distinguish areas of very low, low, moderate and high prospective pressure.
The analysis identifies spatial hotspots where projected urban expansion may increasingly interact with collective farmland, supporting anticipatory land governance and territorial planning.
Spatial representation of agricultural land valorization potential within collective farmlands of the Sidi Kacem irrigated perimeter, classified into low, medium and high potential.
The final index integrates irrigation accessibility, existing crops, soil characteristics, road accessibility and slope through a GIS-based multi-criteria framework supported by the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP).
Academic training connecting geography, territorial planning, geospatial sciences, land governance and law.
For academic collaboration, research, teaching, geospatial projects, territorial studies and professional enquiries, you can contact me directly or connect through my professional and scientific profiles.