Les moyennes montagnes d'Europe occidentale : affaiblissement ou réadaptation des campagnes ?

Rieutort, Laurent

doi:10.3406/noroi.1997.6773

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“…Mountain areas have a less diversified economic base, more difficult accessibility, more orographic and climatic disadvantages for agrarian production, smallholder farms, etc. (Rieutort, 1997;Collantes, 2004a). Additional factors include deficiencies in equipment and services.…”

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Depopulation Processes in European Rural Areas: A Case Study of Cantabria (Spain)

Viñas

2019

European Countryside

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Europe witnessed massive migration away from rural areas throughout the 20th century. Spain was no exception to the rule, albeit with differences in timing and pace, and the population in Cantabria constitutes a paradigmatic case. Here, the rural exodus began early – before the mid-20th century – in some mountainous districts, but reached a peak in the 1960s and continued throughout the following decades. Since the 1990s, population levels in rural municipalities have fallen at a slower rate, while the population of the region as a whole has increased slightly. Disturbingly, the rural population has continued to decline in the early 21st century, in an overall context of almost zero population growth. The demographic trends analyzed here are not only different in time, but also in space. With the partial exception of regional capitals and their neighbouring communities, municipalities in mountain districts have witnessed such a substantial decline in their populations that they have experienced a genuine process of depopulation. This case does not explain the all-similar cases in rural Europe as a whole, but it can help in interpreting other comparable processes in different regions of southern Europe where depopulation reached its maximum in the second half of the 20th century and still continues today.

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Depopulation Processes in European Rural Areas: A Case Study of Cantabria (Spain)

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2019

European Countryside

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“…33 33 Similar problems were encountered by other medium‐height mountains in Europe. See Diry, ‘Moyennes montagnes’, and Rieutort, ‘Moyennes montagnes’. …”

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Rural Europe reshaped: the economic transformation of upland regions, 1850–2000¹

Collantes

2009

The Economic History Review

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Agriculture is no longer the main sector in the economy of rural Europe. Based on a comparative analysis of nine upland areas from five different countries (Scotland, Switzerland, France, Italy, and Spain), this article argues that, contrary to the claims of most social science work on ‘rural restructuring’, the decline of agriculture in the rural economy should be understood from a long‐term perspective and in relation to European industrialization, rather than as a recent process linked to postmodern dynamics. In fact, widely diverging paths of rural change during industrialization similarly imply occupational change.

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“…In the literature, the concept of medium-high mountains refers to either an altitudinal stage of high mountain environments or a full topographic entity of modest elevation (Rieutort, 1997). This paper refers to the second meaning of the term.…”

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“…In France, this corresponds to the Jura, the Massif Central and the Vosges Mountains whose elevation ranges from 600–700 to 2000 m. a.s.l. (Rieutort, 1997). In Europe, identification of such massifs may be more complex.…”

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Avalanche activity and socio-environmental changes leave strong footprints in forested landscapes: a case study in the Vosges medium-high mountain range

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The medium-high mountain ranges of Western Europe are undergoing rapid socio-environmental changes. The aim of this study is to show that their landscape can be strongly shaped by the actions of avalanche activity, humans and climate. The study area is the Rothenbachkopf-Rainkopf complex, a site representative of avalanche-prone areas of the Vosges Mountains (France). A geo-historical approach documents regular avalanche activity over more than 200 years on 13 paths. A diachronic analysis of historical maps and photographs demonstrates substantial afforestation (from 60 to 80% of the total surface since 1832). LIDAR data and field surveys highlight the existence of a longitudinal and transversal structure of trees. Hence, the avalanche, human and climate activity footprints are retained by the landscape, which rapidly adapts to these changing drivers. Specifically, the pattern of tree species and heights results from a near equilibrium with regular avalanche activity sometimes disturbed by major avalanches that induce quasi-cyclic changes in the landscape mosaic. The afforestation trend is attributable to profound changes in silvo-pastoral practices, supplemented by the impact of climate change. The wider relevance of the results in relation to the local context is discussed, as well as outlooks that can refine our understanding of this complex system.

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Les moyennes montagnes d'Europe occidentale : affaiblissement ou réadaptation des campagnes ?

Cited by 13 publications

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Depopulation Processes in European Rural Areas: A Case Study of Cantabria (Spain)

Depopulation Processes in European Rural Areas: A Case Study of Cantabria (Spain)

Rural Europe reshaped: the economic transformation of upland regions, 1850–2000¹

Avalanche activity and socio-environmental changes leave strong footprints in forested landscapes: a case study in the Vosges medium-high mountain range

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Les moyennes montagnes d'Europe occidentale : affaiblissement ou réadaptation des campagnes ?

Cited by 13 publications

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Depopulation Processes in European Rural Areas: A Case Study of Cantabria (Spain)

Depopulation Processes in European Rural Areas: A Case Study of Cantabria (Spain)

Rural Europe reshaped: the economic transformation of upland regions, 1850–20001

Avalanche activity and socio-environmental changes leave strong footprints in forested landscapes: a case study in the Vosges medium-high mountain range

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