The use of large green infrastructures in peri-urban areas, such as urban forests, has become one of the most relevant tools to mitigate some of the negative impacts of urbanization while providing multiple benefits to city dwellers. However, these peri-urban forests are often highly contested spaces. Agroforestry offers a promising solution to reconcile diverging interests in the peri-urban context. In this study, we look at the Maâmora cork oak forest in Morocco, which exemplifies some of the challenges faced by large-scale green infrastructures that become enmeshed in rapid urbanization. We explore these dynamics and (1) map how local residents perceive a peri-urban agroforest, (2) characterize groups of residents according to their perceptions, and (3) disentangle preferences for the development of green infrastructure. To do this, we conducted 278 participatory mapping interviews in three urban and three rural settlements around Maâmora, mapping urban and rural residents’ uses, values, disvalues, and development preferences. Our results show how urban agroforestry could reconcile multiple demands in peri-urban green spaces. However, our analysis reveals contrasting development preferences between rural and urban residents and points to a growing disconnection from nature among urban dwellers, which risks marginalizing diverse perspectives from those residents more closely connected to the landscape. Our analysis also highlights the importance of exploring disvalues for a better recognition of the plural values of nature and to identify potential conflicts in the context of urban and rural planning.

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北非大都市区农林业的价值观和发展选择分歧


在城郊地区使用大型绿色基础设施，例如城市森林，已成为减轻城市化的一些负面影响同时为城市居民提供多种好处的最相关工具之一。然而，这些城郊森林往往是竞争激烈的空间。农林业为调和城郊环境中的不同利益提供了一个有前途的解决方案。在这项研究中，我们着眼于摩洛哥的 Maâmora 软木栎林，它体现了在快速城市化进程中陷入困境的大规模绿色基础设施所面临的一些挑战。我们探讨了这些动态，并 （1） 绘制了当地居民如何看待城郊农林，（2） 根据居民群体的感知来描述他们的特征，以及 （3） 解开对绿色基础设施发展的偏好。为此，我们在马莫拉周围的三个城市和三个农村住区进行了 278 次参与式测绘访谈，绘制了城市和农村居民的用途、价值观、贬值和发展偏好。我们的结果表明，城市农林业如何协调城郊绿地的多种需求。然而，我们的分析揭示了农村和城市居民之间截然不同的发展偏好，并指出城市居民与自然的脱节日益严重，这有可能使那些与景观联系更密切的居民的不同观点被边缘化。我们的分析还强调了探索 disvalues 的重要性，以便更好地认识自然的多元价值，并识别城市和乡村规划背景下的潜在冲突。