The attractiveness of territories: theories and realities

L’attractivité des territoires: théories et réalités

Gérard-François Dumont and Laurent Chalard
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Laurent Chalard: ENeC - Espaces, Nature et Culture - UP4 - Université Paris-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The analysis of the attractiveness of territories seems evident if one believes the two models in vogue to describe it: the center-periphery model and that of the residential economy. However, a fine geographical analysis, conducted on comparable cities in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, both invalidates them. It highlights a typology that distinguishes five types of attractiveness. The diversity of the situations analyzed suggests that there is no reason why the lessons of this study are not valid in other territories of France, Europe or the World.

Keywords: attractiveness; Appeal; (French) Interministerial Agency for Spatial Planning and Regional Attractiveness (DATAR); (French) Interministerial Agency for Regional Planning and Competitiveness (DIACT); (French) Agency for Spatial Planning and Regional Action (DATAR); Nobel Prize; residential economy; centre-outskirts; model; theory; regional appeal; region; théorie; territoire; Attractivité territoriale; Attractivité; Brignoles; Salon-de-Provence; L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue; Gap; Istres; Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur; France; Prix Nobel; Krugman; économie résidentielle; centre-périphérie; modèle; Manosque; Draguignan; Cavaillon; Miramas; Briançon; Apt; Arles; Digne-les-Bains; Orange; Délégation interministérielle à l'aménagement du territoire et à l'attractivité régionale (DATAR); Délégation interministérielle à l'aménagement et à la compétitivité des territoires (DIACT); Délégation à l'aménagement du territoire et à l'action régionale (DATAR); 1963; 2006; 2009 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-03
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Published in Population et avenir, 2010, 697, pp.14-16. ⟨10.3917/popav.697.0014⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/popav.697.0014

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