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Le paradoxe des oasis du sud tunisien : rénovation ou mort d'un concept ?

Abstract

International audienceConsidering the evolution of the irrigated areas in South-eastern Tunisia, the authors are questionning the use of the term oasis. Indeed, they note a difference between the modern day use of the very used term oasis, the representations which are associated with it, and the evolution of the rural irrigated landscape to be found in the region. The confusion around the term oasis comes from the fact that such agrarian landscapes are so multiform in their appearance but also in their intented purposes

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