Conflicts over farmland uses and the dynamics of “agri-urban” localities in the Greater Paris Region: An empirical analysis based on daily regional press and field interviews

Darly, Ségolène; Torre, André

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.12.014

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“…They share qualities both with urban and rural areas, serving as an interface between them (Bryant, 1995;Darly and Torre, 2013). All across the globe agricultural periurban areas usually face the highest urban pressure.…”

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Pathways towards the integration of periurban agrarian ecosystems into the spatial planning system

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Introduction: The potential of periurban agrarian ecosystems is recognized as one of the cornerstones for improving urban sustainability; however, this potential has been disregarded in spatial planning and decision making. The main goal of the PAEc-SP project was to assess the feasibility of integrating periurban agricultural areas into spatial planning by developing a viable ecosystem services-based methodology.

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“…These works have led to reflections on the negative dimensions of proximity, including the conflicts related to competition over land or environmental amenities (Darly and Torre, 2013). These reflections on the limitations of proximity were then developed further by the authors dealing with innovation dynamics.…”

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Introduction: the role of proximity relations in regional and territorial development processes

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2014

Regional Development and Proximity Relations

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Proximity analyses have nowadays turned out to be a part of the toolbox of regional scientists, and this notion has recently become very popular in the field of politics, and private or public stakeholders. Proximity is an argument for selling food or financial products, as well as a good slogan for local networks or social devices or even for policymakers.In parallel, the notion of proximity has spread in the academic literature and is now commonly used by scholars in regional science, geography and spatial economics. The use of the word proximity has increased and grown in importance, in particular for authors interested in the question of milieus, districts, distance analyses, or in recent advances in economic geography or evolutionary geography. Interest is now extending to works dedicated to innovation processes, links between science and industry, relations between users and producers or subcontractors, national systems of innovation, innovative milieus, and also local labour markets or urban policies. Indeed, the use of the concept of proximity, plural by nature through its spatial as well as non-spatial dimensions, is the key for overcoming the apparent opposition between the reaffirmation of the importance of the local and the death of distance and for escaping the sterile confinement in one or the other extreme positions.But despite the substantial literature on proximity processes and relations, only a few academic works have been devoted to studying the link between regional development and proximity relations. This book intends to fill this gap and to pave the way for future research in this field. We consider that the integration of the notion of proximity into the framework of regional development analysis provides interesting input due to its plasticity and ability to draw connections between spatial, economic and social dimensions; but also suggests ways of possible changes for regional and territorial policies. The main aim is to try to assess the importance of proximity relations (or obstacles led by proximity André Torre and Frédéric Wallet -9781781002889

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“…The opposition of local communities to new infrastructures and plants, the so-called NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) syndrome, are considered a proxy indicator of the level of the perceived risk. Many scholars have examined the causes of local conflicts in different fields such as urbanization in agrarian landscapes (Darly and Torre, 2013;Torre et al, 2014), the committee against extractive industry (Hilson, 2002), and the interferences between wind power and military aviation (Lindgren et al, 2013 based for the most part on community involvement in decisionmaking processes Wittmer et al, 2006;Nijnik et al, 2009;Hessel et al, 2009;Kamruzzaman and Baker, 2013;Magsi and Torre, 2013;Saarikoskia et al, 2013).…”

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Exploring the relationship among local conflicts and territorial vulnerability: The case study of Lombardy Region

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a b s t r a c tDuring the last 10 years, opposition by local communities against the development of industrial facilities, energy technologies and transport infrastructures has steadily grown. Negative externalities on the environment, quality of life and health are the most frequent motivations of the opponents. Disputes are typically grounded in environmental, social and economic concerns about the local impacts of new development proposals. Within this context, this paper aims to explore the existence of a potential relationship between the level of territorial vulnerability and the distribution of local conflicts surveyed by the local and national press in the Lombardy Region (Italy). This type of relationship is investigated using an empirical analysis based on an overlay mapping of different informative layers. The vulnerability index has been calculated according to the most recent conceptual and analytical frameworks developed in the scientific literature. It is a multidimensional index grounded in environmental, social and economic criteria. The outputs of the vulnerability assessment have been placed into thematic maps to provide a comprehensive overview of the environmental and socioeconomic state of the Lombardy Region. In addition to the general degree of vulnerability, the maps display the local conflicts surveyed by the NIMBY Forum, an Italian survey of territorial disputes managed by the Agency of Research and Information Society. The maps provide a means of i) putting forward some hypotheses about the oppositions that have emerged around the localization of new facilities, including mainly industrial facilities, waste disposals, energy plants and transport infrastructures, and the vulnerability of the Lombardy Region; ii) identifying the driving factors of territorial vulnerability; iii) investigating whether the local oppositions are directly proportional to territorial vulnerability. The first results indicate that a direct relationship among territorial vulnerability and conflicts does not exist. This outcome, even on a preliminary basis, provides a new analytical perspective for understanding the reasons behind local community protests.

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Conflicts over farmland uses and the dynamics of “agri-urban” localities in the Greater Paris Region: An empirical analysis based on daily regional press and field interviews

Cited by 79 publications

References 18 publications

Pathways towards the integration of periurban agrarian ecosystems into the spatial planning system

Pathways towards the integration of periurban agrarian ecosystems into the spatial planning system

Introduction: the role of proximity relations in regional and territorial development processes

Exploring the relationship among local conflicts and territorial vulnerability: The case study of Lombardy Region

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