Societies and Nature in the Sahel (Routledge/SEI Global Environment and Development Series)

This book 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, it offers a conceptual and practical approach to social organization and environmental management.

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.