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Titre La crise sahélienne / Crisis in the Sahel
Auteur Charles Toupet
Mir@bel Revue Géocarrefour
Titre à cette date : Revue de géographie de Lyon
Numéro volume 70, no 3-4, 1995 Sahel, la grande secheresse
Page 181-186
Résumé anglais The area of the Sahel is an environment facing various hazards. The severity of the present crisis results from the conjunction of both natural and anthropological factors : an unprecendented shortage of rainfall, overgrazing, a demographic explosion and the consequences of a modernisation of society which has forced nomads to become fixed settlers and led to uncontrolled urbanisation. To resolve this crisis, action needs to be taken in three areas : improve the management of water resources, control demographic growth and restore the vegetation cover.
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