J1 C'est parti

After a cross presentation that permit everybody to better know who was the others and where we will work, we spent a long time to better define what "peirurbanity" is and of course it’s difficult because this translation of a French and Portuguese word does not exist in English. However, it seems that this concept could be shared by the group. Even if many differences exist from one country to another, it’s possible to define some characteristics of these areas. Thus, we shared us in 4 groups to go deeper inside 4 topics : geographical differences, influence on forestry and farming activities, "periurban" indicators, social context.

We will develop these points in the next issue. And at the end, a nice meeting with stakeholders and representatives concluded this fully day.

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[PJ]

Hello,

For periurbanity concept or périurban indicator you can read these papers :

Working Group 1-6 - Procedure of negotiation between local populations and authorities: the rural context and its changes
Convenors: Cécilia Claeys-Mekdade MEKDADE@wanadoo.fr, Mathieu Leborgne & Etienne Ballan


Trying to avoid social conflicts and/or to make more democratic decision, the authorities seem to choose more frequently consensus building instead of imposition. Especially, but not only, led in the development field, those negotiations belong to a rather old practice and are more or less frequent, depending on the country. Nevertheless, these different policies of consensus building have to face common problems. One of them, that we propose to discuss in this workshop, is the population change, challenging in particular the usual categories of urban and rural. The use of notions such as "rurban", "periurbanity" or "neorurality" shows the difficulties faced by scientists and politics in dealing with these social changes. One of the most significant changes (and maybe also the most unexpected) is probably the reversal of demographic movements, implying an increase of the rural population where people working in the agricultural sector have come to be minority. Have the evolutions of rural population an impact on consensus building? Does it influence the forms of the negotiation, as WELL AS the objects negotiated and the results produced, especially in the way to deal with politics, technology and nature (production versus leisure)? What kind of relationship can (IT) be observed between agricultural and non-agricultural populations involved in consensus building? Are there oppositions, cohabitation, tries for collaboration or hybridizations? Finally, are there appreciable differences from a country to another?


Cavailhès (J.), Peeters (D.), Sekeris (E.), Thisse (J.-F.) 2004 – The Periurbain City. Why to Live between the Suburbs and the Countryside ?
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 34 (6) : 681-703.
Abstract. The last 30 years have witnessed the emergence of a new pattern of urban development in France, called the periurban belt. It is defined as a belt outside the city occupied both by commuting households and by farmers. We develop a new residential model in which households may choose to live with farmers because they value the rural amenities created by the farmers. The land market equilibrium conditions allow us to obtain an analytical solution and to provide some insights about the robustness of the periurban form against further decreases in commuting costs. Finally, the model is calibrated on French data.