About the Author

Élisabeth Peyroux is a geographer and researcher at the CNRS, France. Her research focuses on urban policies and development issues in Africa.

Christine Raimond is a research director at the CNRS, whose research combines development and the environment through the study of the management of living things and territories.

Vincent Viel is a lecturer at Université Paris Cité, France, and a geomorphologist specializing in the analysis of continental hydrosystems.

Émilie Lavie is a geographer and lecturer at Université Paris Cité. Her work focuses on water management and hydrosystems in arid environments.