In plural societies, social welfare can be a terrain of political contestation, particularly when
public welfare functions are underdeveloped and ethnic or religious groups provide basic …

Land use planning for flood risk reduction has been significantly addressed in literature.
However, a clear methodology for flood mitigation oriented land-use planning and its …

Municipal solid waste management is a public service which, when it fails, can rapidly
become overwhelming for communities and authorities. It is also during the deepest crisis …

This study could not have been completed without the generous assistance of several
people. We extend warm appreciation especially to Todd Jarvis, Alexis Carles, Agathe …

Abstract Recognized by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
as a global developmental and environmentally threatening process, land degradation (LD) …

1 En avril 2015, la photographe Myriam Boulos présente à Beyrouth la série Nightshift,
regroupant les clichés de jeunes noctambules qui boivent, dansent et font la fête sur le toit …

La société libanaise démontre des capacités de mobilisation politique remarquables, mais
une singulière faiblesse des revendications sociales. Depuis la fin de la guerre civile (1990) …

Quels liens existe-t-il entre recomposition identitaire et dynamiques postconflit dans le cas
libanais? Comment se redéploient les frontières de l'identité collective libanaise par rapport …

The ongoing Syrian civil war has been characterized as the greatest crisis of forced
displacement since the Second World War, and has disproportionately affected neighboring …

Abstract In Beirut, Lebanon, the failure of state-led transport strategies enabled the rise of
private initiatives that appear to be monopolies organized through overlapping political …