Liwa : la mutation d'une oasis agricole en réserve stratégique au service de la sécurisation en eau d'Abou Dhabi

Alain Cariou (1)

1 ENeC - Espaces, Nature et Culture

The recent emergence of Abu Dhabi as new urban pole integrated into the networks of the globalization has profoundly altered former socio-economic and spatial balance of the oasis of Liwa. Oasis was formerly the political and economic heart of the region, it is relegated from now on to the rank of periphery to the service of the coast métropolisation. This reversal of the space translates a break in the perception, the practices and the functions devolved to oasiens spaces. It raises the question of the evolution of the relations between the city and the oasis.

Mots clés: United Arab Emirates; Abu Dhab i; strategic water reservoir; water use policy; groundwater management; globalization

Mots clés: oasis; Liwa; Emirats arabes unis; Abou Dhabi; réserve stratégique d'eau; politique de l'eau; gestion des eaux souterraines; mondialisation

Domaines: Géographie

Alain Cariou. Liwa : la mutation d'une oasis agricole en réserve stratégique au service de la sécurisation en eau d'Abou Dhabi. 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.49-60. ⟨hal-01024476⟩