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Alors qu'il existe plusieurs atlas de l'Égypte ancienne, aucun atlas de l'Égypte contemporaine n'avait encore été publié. Cet ouvrage vient donc combler un vide, en offrant au grand public un panorama illustré de l'Égypte au début du XXIe siècle.Réunissant les contributions d'une cinquantaine de chercheur.e.s, il présente, sous une forme cartographiée et vulgarisée, les faits saillants et les enjeux de l'Égypte actuelle en matière politique, géopolitique, économique, démographique, sociale, environnementale et culturelle. Il s'appuie, à cette fin, sur des ressources documentaires inédites : les cartes notamment, qui exploitent les résultats du recensement officiel égyptien de 2017, offrent une version actualisée du territoire.Pour mieux connaître et comprendre l'Égypte d'aujourd'hui.

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After fifteen years of reconstruction in a relatively peaceful environment spanning the years 1990 to 2004, Lebanon has experienced successive violent political events resulting from complex entangled internal and external struggles. The Syrian crisis and its political, economic and demographic consequences on Lebanon have increased these tensions. This atlas sheds light on these new challenges and adds new data that complete the analyses already published in the Atlas du Liban. Territoires et société (Atlas of Lebanon. Territories and Society) released in 2007 by the same research team. Some of its components are included in this edition. Beyond the international regional crisis and the population movements, it takes into account Lebanon’s socio-economic dimensions, the environmental issues linked to uncontrolled urbanization and to natural risks, as well as conflicts due to local territorial management. This atlas is the result of a collaborative endeavor between French and Lebanese researchers. It uses a geographical approach that puts in the foreground a spatial analysis of social and natural phenomena. Public sources are scarce in Lebanon, especially at the local scale. They are sometimes less reliable and difficult to access. It is particularly the case for the Lebanese census data, conversely data are abundantly available on the refugees population, which is less known than the population of refugees. International data help compare Lebanon to its neighbors. Thematic data produced by some ministries are helpful to provide a detailed view regarding specific domains. Analyses processed on aerial and satellite images have produced essential data on urbanization and environment. Local thematic fieldwork surveys have provided additional data. The book consists of seven chapters. The first one deals with the territorial state-building seen in the light of regional geopolitics, and emphasizes internal violence and the reemergence of militias and armed groups that…

Geography --- cartographie --- migration --- géopolitique --- fragmentation --- pauvreté --- urbanisation --- dégradation environnementale --- inégalité régionale --- changement climatique --- mobilisation sociale --- pénurie d'eau --- pénurie éléctrique --- crise des déchets --- urbanisme --- reconstruction --- réfugié --- gestion locale --- décentralisation --- cartography --- refugees --- geopolitics --- regional inequalities --- poverty --- urbanization --- environmental degradation --- pollution --- climate change --- natural risks --- water shortage --- electricity shortage --- solid waste crisis --- city planning --- social mobilization --- local spatial management --- decentralization --- planning controversies