THE CONSUMPTION OF DOMESTIC GAS IN A TROPICAL SAHELIAN METROPOLIS BETWEEN A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND ADAPTATION OF HOUSEHOLDS TO NEW WAYS OF LIVING: THE CASE OF THE TOWN OF N’DJAMENA IN CHAD
Journal Title: Revista Universitara de Sociologie - Year 2016, Vol 0, Issue 1
Abstract
This study analyses the strategies by the Chadian government to reduce deforestation around the town of N’Djamena as well as over the national territory. Up till date, we observe an increasing growth in the population of the capital of Chad. This growth leads to the abusive and consistent use of fuel wood and charcoal by the households. This situation is detrimental to the environment and to human activities with risks on the real-life of the population. Surveys carried out with the populations and interaction with resource persons as well as direct observations in the field permitted us to bring out the difficult adaptation of populations to the requirements of modernity and to the sometimes inadequate strategies of the Chadian government to limit human pressure on the forest resources of N’Djamena. It becomes very imperative to educate the population and to ameliorate their living conditions so as to control energy consumption and avoid compromising the vegetation cover around Lake Chad and in the Sahel.
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Clotaire NDZIE SOUGA, Gilbert FONDZE BANBOYE, Albertine DEYEMBAYE
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