International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 4

Transboundary landscapes of mountains in the central-west of Tunisia between human actions and policies of public management

  • Author:
  • Islem Saadaoui, Hayet Ilahi, Christopher R. Bryant, Hichem Rejeb
  • Total Page Count: 16
  • Page Number: 469 to 484

*Unité de Recherche “Horticulture, Paysage et Environnement”, AGR05UR2003, ISA-IRESA-Université de Sousse, BP 47, 4042, Sousse

**Laboratoire développement durable et dynamique territoriale, Département de Géographie, Faculté des Arts et des Sciences à l’Université de Montréal. C. P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville Montréal QC H3C 3J7

Online published on 12 February, 2015.

Abstract

The mountains of Bouchebka, in the central-west of Tunisia, form a natural and identity wealth of the region; it is about a joint natural landscape between Tunisia and Algeria. Given, the geographical position, the climatic constraints and the difficulties of the access; the intervention of the territories developers will be thus essential. In this regard, our study arises; it is to seek the possibility of inserting the territories in the development of public policies from a socio-economic study of the environment, which aims to set up a project called eco-green, this project is the establishment of an ecological leisure park. Using a contingent valuation method which is essentially based on inquiries and the socio-economic and factor analysis, it was possible to reveal the results of these evaluations seem very encouraging, in fact, 90% of respondents are willing to pay a well-defined as an active contribution of local actors consent, this contribution varies according to age, sex, income and education level of the respondents. These results reflect the conscience of civil society of the need for action and response to better manage such a space under the pretext of ensuring its sustainability.

Keywords

Mountain landscape, landscape border, west-central Tunisia, planning public anthropic action, policies