Abstract This article aims to analyse the water policy of the French Protectorate in Morocco (1912–1956). After the proclamation of the protectorate, actions on the part of the new rulers affected both the modern and traditional water sectors. The authorities aimed to regulate water resources to help economic growth and favour the settlers living in the occupied areas. On the management side, they tried to adapt traditional institutions and practices to those of metropolitan France, while respecting tradition to some extent. During the first half of the 20th century, these colonial interventions caused profound changes in the established order, which can still be seen at the heart of water management systems used today in this part of the Maghreb. For the purposes of this article, we have adopted evolutionary and institutional theories and applied a methodology based on historical and anthropological analysis, with contributions from the fields of law, economics and geography.

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传统与现代：法国保护国时期摩洛哥的水务部门（1912-1956）

摘要 本文旨在分析法国保护国在摩洛哥（1912-1956）的水资源政策。在宣布保护国之后，新统治者的行动影响了现代和传统的水利部门。当局旨在调节水资源以帮助经济增长并有利于生活在被占地区的定居者。在管理方面，他们试图使传统的制度和做法适应法国大都会的制度和做法，同时在一定程度上尊重传统。在 20 世纪上半叶，这些殖民干预对既定秩序造成了深刻变化，如今在马格里布这一地区使用的水管理系统的核心仍然可以看到这种变化。就本文而言，