THE CONSUMPTION OF DOMESTIC GAS IN A TROPICAL SAHELIAN METROPOLIS BETWEEN A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND ADAPTATION OF HOUSEHOLDS TO NEW WAYS OF LIVING: THE CASE OF THE TOWN OF N’DJAMENA IN CHAD.
THE CONSUMPTION OF DOMESTIC GAS IN A TROPICAL SAHELIAN METROPOLIS BETWEEN A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND ADAPTATION OF HOUSEHOLDS TO NEW WAYS OF LIVING: THE CASE OF THE TOWN OF N’DJAMENA IN CHAD.

Summary/Abstract: This study analyses the strategies by the Chadian government to reducedeforestation around the town of N’Djamena as well as over the national territory.Up till date, we observe an increasing growth in the population of the capital ofChad. This growth leads to the abusive and consistent use of fuel wood andcharcoal by the households. This situation is detrimental to the environment and tohuman activities with risks on the real-life of the population. Surveys carried outwith the populations and interaction with resource persons as well as directobservations in the field permitted us to bring out the difficult adaptation ofpopulations to the requirements of modernity and to the sometimes inadequatestrategies of the Chadian government to limit human pressure on the forestresources of N’Djamena. It becomes very imperative to educate the population andto ameliorate their living conditions so as to control energy consumption and avoidcompromising the vegetation cover around Lake Chad and in the Sahel.

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