datapopalliance/P144-morocco-road-access

L’objectif principal de cette application est d’identifier les territoires enclavés ou isolés au Maroc. Ces territoires souffrent d’un accès limité aux échanges économiques, aux services essentiels et aux opportunités d’emploi situées dans les zones environnantes. # 🛣️ Road Access and Isolation Analysis in Morocco This project estimates the **percentage of isolated territories in Morocco** by analyzing the relationship between **road networks**, **population distribution**, and **accessibility** to key services or population centers. --- ## 🌍 Overview Transportation accessibility is a crucial factor in equitable development and service delivery. Using **OpenStreetMap**, **WorldPop**, and **OpenRouteService**, this project identifies and quantifies territories in Morocco that experience poor road connectivity or limited access to essential services. --- ## 🎯 Objectives - Map and analyze the **road network** across Morocco. - Compute **isochrones** (travel time areas) using OpenRouteService. - Overlay **population data** to estimate the share of isolated inhabitants. - Quantify the **percentage of isolated territories** (e.g., beyond 20 minutes walk to the closest all weather road). --- ## 🗂️ Project Structure P144-morocco-road-access/ ├── Data/ # Input geoparquet Morocco boundaries, or road network data ├── output/ # output folder ├── Road_Access.ipynb/ # Jupyter notebooks for analysis and map export ├── src/ # Python scripts and utilities ├── requirements.txt # Environment dependencies └── README.md # Project documentation └── ors-config.yml # Configuration to set-up ORS Local Server ## 🧠 Methodology 1. **Data Collection:** Import road and territorial data (e.g., from OpenStreetMap or Moroccan government sources). 2. **Processing:** Use tools like `GeoPandas`, `Shapely`, and `OpenRouteService` to analyze accessibility. 3. **Analysis:** Compute isolation metrics such as travel time to nearest all weather roads. 4. **Visualization:** Plot maps and charts showing isolated areas. ## Installation Code implemented in Python 3.12 ### Setting up environment Clone and go to repository ``` $ git clone github.com $ cd P144-morocco-road-access ``` Create, activate enviro …