Geography of population-based and tourism services at the functional economic area level in France

Une analyse de la géographie des services résidentiels et touristiques à l'échelle des bassins de vie français

Francis Aubert (), Denis Lépicier () and Jean-Christophe Dissart ()
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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
Jean-Christophe Dissart: IRSTEA - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture

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Abstract: The objective of this paper is to contribute to the characterization of "residential" activities that correspond to services to the population, be it permanent or temporary, in a given locality. The spatial distribution of employment in these population-based activities is analyzed at the geographic scale of functional economic areas. The estimation of tourism-related employment uses the minimum requirements technique to assess the specific impact of tourism attractiveness on the population-based services. To explain the geography of population-based employment, explanatory factors relate to local market potential and the ability of territories to attract or retain consumers. Though, generally speaking, the distribution of population-based employment follows the urban hierarchy, one should also take account of sectoral characteristics that set non-market services somewhat apart, as well as geographic specificities in periurban areas and tourism resorts.

Keywords: minimum requirements approach; population-based economy; location factors; tourism employment; économie résidentielle; emplois touristiques; facteurs de localisation; méthode du besoin minimal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-06
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Published in Revue d'économie régionale et urbaine, 2011, 3, pp.527-548. ⟨10.3917/reru.113.0527⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/reru.113.0527

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