Le paradoxe des oasis du sud tunisien : rénovation ou mort d'un concept ?

Slaheddine Abdedaiem (1, 2) , Bénédicte Veyrac-Ben Ahmed (3)

1 CRDA - Commissariats Régionaux au Développement Agricole
2 Université de Gabès
3 GEODE - Géographie de l'environnement

Considering the evolution of the irrigated areas in South-eastern Tunisia, the authors are questionning the use of the term oasis. Indeed, they note a difference between the modern day use of the very used term oasis, the representations which are associated with it, and the evolution of the rural irrigated landscape to be found in the region. The confusion around the term oasis comes from the fact that such agrarian landscapes are so multiform in their appearance but also in their intented purposes.

Mots clés: diversity of situations; new irrigated areas; notion of oasis

Mots clés: oasis; diversité des situations; nouveaux périmètres irrigués; notion d'oasis

Domaines: Géographie

Slaheddine Abdedaiem, Bénédicte Veyrac-Ben Ahmed. Le paradoxe des oasis du sud tunisien : rénovation ou mort d'un concept ?. Colloque "Oasis dans la mondialisation : ruptures et continuités", Colloquium "Oases in globalization: ruptures and continuities", Colloquio "Los oasis en la globalización: rompimientos y continuidades", Dec 2013, Paris, France. pp.21-28. ⟨hal-01024436⟩