Indicateurs des impacts du développement sur l'environnement : une comparaison Afrique - Europe
We calculate and present in this paper quantitative data about the impact on the environment for a cluster of Western European countries and a cluster of Western African countries. Six major topics are considered: (1) land use, (2) modification of atmospheric composition, (3) decline in water resour...
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| description | We calculate and present in this paper quantitative data about the impact on the environment for a cluster of Western European countries and a cluster of Western African countries. Six major topics are considered: (1) land use, (2) modification of atmospheric composition, (3) decline in water resources, (4) change in nitrogen cycle, (5) loss of biodiversity, (6) exploitation of fisheries. We show how the choice of indicators may strongly influence the results within these areas. We find that the relative impacts of African countries show higher than those of European countries, taking into account their specific economic levels. We conclude with several explanations of this major result, which all require an increased consideration of sustainable development objectives in Africa. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a07c7abeb3464e31b8280c9864cc4d952025-08-20T03:32:20ZfraÉditions en environnement VertigOVertigO1492-84422006-09-0172Indicateurs des impacts du développement sur l'environnement : une comparaison Afrique - EuropeBruno KestemontL. FrendoEdwin ZaccaiWe calculate and present in this paper quantitative data about the impact on the environment for a cluster of Western European countries and a cluster of Western African countries. Six major topics are considered: (1) land use, (2) modification of atmospheric composition, (3) decline in water resources, (4) change in nitrogen cycle, (5) loss of biodiversity, (6) exploitation of fisheries. We show how the choice of indicators may strongly influence the results within these areas. We find that the relative impacts of African countries show higher than those of European countries, taking into account their specific economic levels. We conclude with several explanations of this major result, which all require an increased consideration of sustainable development objectives in Africa.https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/2300biodiversityAfricaEuropeindicatorsecological footprintgreenhouse gas |
| spellingShingle | Bruno Kestemont L. Frendo Edwin Zaccai Indicateurs des impacts du développement sur l'environnement : une comparaison Afrique - Europe VertigO biodiversity Africa Europe indicators ecological footprint greenhouse gas |
| title | Indicateurs des impacts du développement sur l'environnement : une comparaison Afrique - Europe |
| title_full | Indicateurs des impacts du développement sur l'environnement : une comparaison Afrique - Europe |
| title_fullStr | Indicateurs des impacts du développement sur l'environnement : une comparaison Afrique - Europe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Indicateurs des impacts du développement sur l'environnement : une comparaison Afrique - Europe |
| title_short | Indicateurs des impacts du développement sur l'environnement : une comparaison Afrique - Europe |
| title_sort | indicateurs des impacts du developpement sur l environnement une comparaison afrique europe |
| topic | biodiversity Africa Europe indicators ecological footprint greenhouse gas |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/2300 |
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