Societies and Nature in the Sahel

ISBN-13: 9780415141024 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 376 str.

Claude Raynaut; Emmanuel Gregoire; Pierre Janin

Opis

This volume provides an in-depth analysis of the diverse Sahara Desert environment. Drawing on a range of research and historical development, this work explores the links between environment and social systems in the Sahel, integrating ecological, demographic, economic, technical, social and cultural factors. Examining the conditions for land occupation and natural resource use in the Sahel, this volume offers a conceptual and practical approach to social organization and environmental management in the face of rapid environmental change. With a focus on the Francophone states, this work presents important implications for future intervention strategies in order to address the crisis of desertification across sub-Saharan Africa.

Spis treści

1 THE BIRTH OF THE LAND QUESTION 11 THE TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIAL RELATIONS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 2 THE EMANCIPATION OF THE WORKFORCE 12 CONCLUSION: RELATIONS BETWEEN SOCIETY AND NATURE—THEIR DYNAMICS, DIVERSITY AND COMPLEXITY

O autorze

Claude Raynaut is a Researcher at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Bordeaux, France; Philippe Lavigne Delville is a Researcher at the Research and Study Group on Techniques (GRET), France; Jean Koechlin is a Professor of Biogeography, Michel Montaigne University, Bordeaux, France; Pierre Janin is a Researcher at the French Institute for Development in Cooperation (ORSTOM), France; Emmanuel Grégoire is a Researcher at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Bordeaux, France.