Canadian Journal of Regional Science articles from March 2006

Canadian Journal of Regional Science archives from March 2006

Letter from the editor/Lettre du directeur de la Revue.(Editorial)
March 22, 2006... November 2006 This special issue of the Canadian Journal of Regional science deals with a major interest in regional science, the construction and critique of policies and programs in aid of regional development in rural areas. The...

Public policy and rural space: an introduction/Politique publique et espace rural: une introduction.
March 22, 2006... The objective in this Introduction is to present a broad conceptual framework within which the various articles in this special issue devoted to public policy and rural space tan be situated. Furthermore, since the articles deal with French...

Market openness and geographical concentration of agricultural and agro-food activities: the challenges for French regions./L'ouverture du marche et la concentration geographique des activites agricoles et agro-alimentaires: les defis pour les regions francaises.
March 22, 2006... Abstract The aim of this article is to analyze the impact of market openness on the geographical concentration of agricultural and agro-food activities between various regions of France. Production which is the most exposed to...

Quality, origin and globalization: overall justifications and national frameworks: the geographical indication case./Qualite, origine et globalisation: justifications generales et contextes nationaux, le cas des Indications Geographiques.
March 22, 2006... Abstract This article is based on research undertaken in the context of the European project Dolphins (Development of Origin Labelled Products: Humanity, Innovation and Sustainability). This project (2000-2004) involved a European...

Regulation of agriculture: the regions as a New Locus for working towards territorial coherence between agricultural policies? The Rhone-Alpes Region in the European context./Regulation de l'agriculture: les Regions comme nouveau lieu de mise en coherence territoriale des politiques agricoles? La region Rhone-Alpes dans le contexte europeen *.
March 22, 2006... Abstract In the European Union (EU), two major recent changes have been framing the development of agricultural regulation. First, a decentralization trend can be observed in most of the member states, resulting from both national and EU...

From management situations to 'action-territories': Lessons for Territorialized policy. The case of territorial farm contracts in the French Departments Overseas./De la situation de gestion au territoire actionnable des enseignements en matiere de politique territorialisee. Le cas des Contrats Territoriaux d'Exploitation dans les Departements d'Outre *.
March 22, 2006... Abstract Although public action always uses the term 'territory', it has difficulties in integrating social issues cast in territorial terms. The territory, defined as a space which has a 'sense' and which gives a 'sense' to those who live...

The construction of micro-regional territories and their economic relevance: the case of the pays in France./La construction de territoires micro-regionaux et leur signification economique : Le cas des << pays >> en France.
March 22, 2006... Abstract This paper reports on multidisciplinary research into the setting up of local development areas in France known as pays. Under the impetus of the 1999 blueprint legislation on territorial development, the pays policy is designed...

Planning policy and agricultural multifunctionality in Alpine Sillon./Politiques d'amenagement et muitifonctionnalite agricole dans le sillon alpin *.
March 22, 2006... Abstract The Sillon Alpin is an attractive and dynamic area in the Rhone-Alpes region. Due to important economic and demographic growth, but also to topographic constraints related to the mountain environment, the increasing land...

Institutional arrangements and public policies: what types of interaction to enchance the contributions of agriculture to local development?/Formes de coordination et politiques publiques: quelles articulations dans une perspective d'ancrage territorial de l'agriculture en France?
March 22, 2006... Abstract In French rural areas, many collective actions associating farmers have emerged in the last rive decades more or less through the impetus given by public policies. The aim of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is to promote...

The implementation of environmental policies by local actors: a study of a zone located in France./La mise en oeuvre de politiques environnementales par des acteurs locaux. Etude sur une zone d'etude situee en France *.
March 22, 2006... Abstract Public actors at the local level have been increasingly requested to participate in public intervention in the environmental domain. Thus, in France, 'communes' (the smallest administrative subdivision in France) and their...