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Copyright Centro de Estudos Africanos do ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 2007

Abstract

The article presents a conceptual framework and the first results of an ongoing research on processes of natural resources management in peri-urban areas of Central Africa. Based on ethnographic data from the empirical realities of Kinshasa and Lubumbashi (Democratic Republic of Congo) and of Brazzaville (Republic of Congo), the text analyses especially the concepts of «environmental governance» and «peri-urban spaces», based on the logics of the very protagonists involved in the natural resources management. This way, the text explores the ambiguities, ambivalences, power relations and social tensions generated or sustained by certain peculiarities of the power strategies in which these social actors are involved. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

Details

Title
La Gestion des Ressources Naturelles dans les Zones Périurbaines d'Afrique Centrale
Author
Trefon, Theodore; Cogels, Serge
Pages
n/a
Publication year
2007
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Centro de Estudos Africanos do ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
ISSN
16453794
e-ISSN
21827400
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English; French; Portuguese; Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1398824967
Copyright
Copyright Centro de Estudos Africanos do ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 2007