Espaces ruraux et politique des pôles: les Pôles d’Excellence Rurale en France

Danièle Capt, Francis Aubert and Denis Lépicier ()
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Danièle Capt: CESAER - Centre d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales Appliquées à l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement
Francis Aubert: CESAER - Centre d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales Appliquées à l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement
Denis Lépicier: CESAER - Centre d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales Appliquées à l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement

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Abstract: We analyze how choice of development strategy (cluster policy) in rural areas depends on local spatial and socioeconomic characteristics. We study cluster policy (Les Pôles d'Excellence Rurale) in rural France. We use statistical analysis (multinomial logit) to study how the choice of theme of development in 379 local projects (from among tourism, bio- ‐resources, population- based services, technology) is affected by three main categories of characteristics (local resources availability, market accessibility and territorial organization) of rural areas. We find significant relations between area characteristics and theme of development that differ among themes. The main development factors of rural areas rest on the potential of local resources, particularly in tourism and bioresources. But these relations are neither unequivocal nor systematic; they have to take into account the development pattern of rural areas and particulate the different levels at which regional growth strategy is determined.

Keywords: Aménagement du territoire; France; Ressources locales; Zone rurale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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Published in Canadian Journal of Regional Science / Revue canadienne des sciences régionales, 2012, 35 (1), pp.29-40

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