Atlas of Lebanon : New Challenges
Chadi Abdallah
Elektronisk ressurs Engelsk 2019
Utgitt | Beyrouth : Presses de l’Ifpo , 2019
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Omfang | 1 online resource (128 p.)
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Opplysninger | After fifteen years of reconstruction in a relatively peaceful environment spanning the years 1990 to 2004, Lebanon has experienced successive violent political events resulting from complex entangled internal and external struggles. The Syrian crisis and its political, economic and demographic consequences on Lebanon have increased these tensions. This atlas sheds light on these new challenges and adds new data that complete the analyses already published in the Atlas du Liban. Territoires et société (Atlas of Lebanon. Territories and Society) released in 2007 by the same research team. Some of its components are included in this edition. Beyond the international regional crisis and the population movements, it takes into account Lebanon’s socio-economic dimensions, the environmental issues linked to uncontrolled urbanization and to natural risks, as well as conflicts due to local territorial management. This atlas is the result of a collaborative endeavor between French and Lebanese researchers. It uses a geographical approach that puts in the foreground a spatial analysis of social and natural phenomena. Public sources are scarce in Lebanon, especially at the local scale. They are sometimes less reliable and difficult to access. It is particularly the case for the Lebanese census data, conversely data are abundantly available on the refugees population, which is less known than the population of refugees. International data help compare Lebanon to its neighbors. Thematic data produced by some ministries are helpful to provide a detailed view regarding specific domains. Analyses processed on aerial and satellite images have produced essential data on urbanization and environment. Local thematic fieldwork surveys have provided additional data. The book consists of seven chapters. The first one deals with the territorial state-building seen in the light of regional geopolitics, and emphasizes internal violence and the reemergence of militias and armed groups that…
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Emner | Geography
cartographie cartography changement climatique Vis mer... city planning
climate change crise des déchets decentralization décentralisation dégradation environnementale electricity shortage environmental degradation fragmentation geopolitics gestion locale géopolitique inégalité régionale local spatial management migration mobilisation sociale natural risks pauvreté planning controversies pollution poverty pénurie d'eau pénurie éléctrique reconstruction refugees regional inequalities réfugié social mobilization solid waste crisis urbanisation urbanisme urbanization water shortage |
ISBN | 2-35159-549-1
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