[en] The sedentarisation of shepherds at the margins of the dessert and the introduction of private land ownership in the high Algerian Steppe plains has led to deep transformations of the way of dwelling that increase desertification. There is an urgent need to understand this process of transformation and its drivers, which are more anthropogenic than natural. Based on field observations, an oral survey with 188 household heads and statistical analyses, the paper describes the process of desertification where short term economic strategies and political misunderstanding are the key elements.
Research Center/Unit :
Laplec Lepur : Centre de Recherche sur la Ville, le Territoire et le Milieu rural - ULiège
Disciplines :
Human geography & demography
Author, co-author :
Schmitz, Serge ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géographie > Service de géographie rurale (LAPLEC)
Boussaïd, Adel; University Zian Achour Djelfa
Language :
English
Title :
Puzzling out the deriving forces of desertification in the high Algerian steppe plains
Publication date :
August 2021
Number of pages :
75
Event name :
28th Colloquium of the Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems of the International Geographical Union
Event organizer :
CSRS, IGU
Event place :
Zagreb, Croatia
Event date :
August 23-25 2021
Audience :
International
References of the abstract :
LUKIĆ, A. (Ed.) (2021) Rural on the Move: Transitions, Transformations, Mobilities and Resistance. Book of Abstracts of the 28th Colloquium of the Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems of the International Geographical Union, Online Conference, 23 – 25 August 2021, Zagreb, Croatia, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography
Funders :
Ministery of Education and Scientific Research (Algeria)
