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DOI	10.30682/nm2205f
	Oasis extension trajectories in Kebili territory, Southern Tunisia: drivers of development and actors' discourse
	Mekki, Insaf; Ferchichi, Intissar; Taouajouti, Nesrine; Faysse, Nicolas; Zairi, Abdelaziz
通讯作者	Mekki, I
来源期刊	NEW MEDIT
ISSN	1594-5685
EISSN	2611-1128
出版年	2022
卷号	21 期号:5 页码:85-101
英文摘要	Since the 1970s, the Kebili region in Southern Tunisia has undergone important landscape transformations due to the rapid expansion of date palm plantations based on illicit boreholes tapping the underlying deep aquifers. These private initiatives, called extensions, have developed on collective unfarmed areas outside historical oases. These landscape transformations have taken place in heterogeneous and complex trajectories and have raised sustainability concerns of groundwater resources. To address this concern, local actors need to build a joint vision of on-going landscape transformations. The objective of the present study is: (I) to analyse the trajectories of the landscape change, (II) to give an overview of the socio-economic and the environmental drivers, and (III) to better understand local actors' perception of on-going changes taking place in the oasis extensions. The study builds on spatial analysis, on surveys and participatory workshops with actors of the Kebili region. The rapid development of oases extensions was triggered by economic factors that led to the development of innovative techniques to access water, land, and energy. Extensions were first created on lands in proximity of ancient oases before spreading to other areas. These extensions can be described as spontaneous, where farmers exploit new lands outside ancient oases. With the support of local councils in charge of land management, other extensions were initiated on lands located far from ancient oases. While the rapid development of these extensions led to improved date palm production, it was also the source of increased groundwater consumption. Actors have identified the overexploitation of groundwater resources as the main threat to the sustainability of the Kebili region, but there has been no discussion on how to respond to this concern. The current study highlights the need for a contextualized analysis of the heterogeneous trajectories of date palm extensions in order to inform sustainable natural resource management frameworks.
英文关键词	Landscape changes Groundwater management Palm Date Sustainability
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold, Green Submitted, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:001126977300007
WOS关键词	LAND ; AGRICULTURE ; MANAGEMENT ; ISSUES ; WATER ; UNITS
WOS类目	Agricultural Economics & Policy ; Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Agriculture
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/393871
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mekki, Insaf,Ferchichi, Intissar,Taouajouti, Nesrine,et al. Oasis extension trajectories in Kebili territory, Southern Tunisia: drivers of development and actors' discourse[J],2022,21(5):85-101.
APA	Mekki, Insaf,Ferchichi, Intissar,Taouajouti, Nesrine,Faysse, Nicolas,&Zairi, Abdelaziz.(2022).Oasis extension trajectories in Kebili territory, Southern Tunisia: drivers of development and actors' discourse.NEW MEDIT,21(5),85-101.
MLA	Mekki, Insaf,et al."Oasis extension trajectories in Kebili territory, Southern Tunisia: drivers of development and actors' discourse".NEW MEDIT 21.5(2022):85-101.