| Titre | Les sites Web de territoire en milieu rural, représentation, enjeux et recompositions spatiales. / Territorial Web sites in rural areas : from representation to local development. | |
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| Auteur | Moriset Bruno | |
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Revue | Géocarrefour |
| Numéro | volume 75, no 1, 2000 Espaces ruraux et technologie de l'information | |
| Page | 25-38 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Web sites are increasingly used to represent rural territories. Producing a typology of theses sites is not easy both in terms of the webmasters and the geographical areas in which the sites operate. Individuals, firms, and local authorities have all set up sites, leading to a certain confusion. Personal sites have a prime purpose of identifying the individual and often have a strong link with regionalism. Public sector sites, however, are much more ambitious : to reinforce and to promote the identity of a territory, particularly with respect to external actors ; to facilite communication between local actors ; to provide a local data base available for on-line consultation. The creation of an 'entry point' into the local territory has become an essential element of development strategies. However, local decision makers are faced with two types of theoretical and technical problems. First, those which are specific to this new tool : difficulties associated with defining the domain, the location of the server and the conception and structure of the site. Second, those related to the spatial field of application. The creation of territorial 'entry points' corresponds dosely with the definition of 'pays' as spatial units, a process in the Rhône-Alpes region closely linked with the negotiation of 'global development contracts'. It is at this stage that problems emerge of adapting this new tool to fluctuating spatial divisions, which are often redundant, and subject to political tensions. Consequently, the creation of gateway sites, as a result of their central position at the heart of the local information system, may have considerable repercussions on the restructuring of territories. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/geoca_1627-4873_2000_num_75_1_2451 |
