期刊名称：Cuadernos de Geografía: Revista Colombiana de Geografía
印刷版ISSN：2256-5442
出版年度：2015
卷号：24
期号：2
页码：205-219
DOI：10.15446/rcdg.v24n2.50221
语种：Spanish
出版社：Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Geografía
摘要：The Sahel is a region located south of the Sahara Desert that is affected by a combination of problems, including droughts, soil degradation, demographic pressure, malnutrition, poverty, migration, conflicts, and refugees, among others. In this region, environmental changes strongly impact sociocultural, political and economic dimensions. These changes also act as multipliers of social tensions and stimulate political instability. The goal of this article is to identify these problems and analyze environmental variables to address the territorial context. This study seeks to interpret a range of sources, such as cartographical data, statistics and academic publications, that may allow for not only the complex network of persisting conflicts but also emerging conflicts in this cross-border African region to be comprehensively visualized and understood.
