| Titre | Le renouveau villageois sur la rive gauche du Rhône entre Drôme et Durance | |
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| Auteur | René Grosso | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 49-50, 1973 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | L'urbanisation des campagnes |
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| Page | 265-295 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Village Renewal on the Left Bank of the Rhone between Drome and Durance.
The author is concerned with the causes and forms of village renovation in the Rhone Valley. The population of this region, which since the middle of the last century, had diminished, is now beginning to increase, due to the creation of residential suburbs in the villages peripheral to urban centers and to the restoration of abandoned villages. The agglomeration composed of Avignon and its surrounding towns illustrates the classical procedure by which suburbs develop in relation to housing policies, and also shows the effects of urban expansion on village structure and dimension. New relations between the town and the surrounding countryside, and also between urban and rural residents of villages, are formed, and the resulting urbanization, considered in the light of Juillard's definitions, is either that produced by "urbanizing" towns whose influences penetrate the countryside and contribute to its evolution, or that of "insular" industrial centers who do not stimulate their surroundings. The population of the Rhone Valley has grown not only because of the expansion of urban agglomerations but also because of the renovation of abandoned farms and villages by part-time residents of urban origin, tourists, artists and anti-social non-conformists. By their example, the newcomers encourage the local inhabitants to preserve and exploit the natural and historical assets of their region. Four cases are described in detail to show the different ways in which abandoned villages have been revived. In conclusion, the author deplores the creation of villages without villagers, where residents of urban origin have completely replaced native inhabitants and have transformed the site to meet urban needs and desires; he feels that villages where occupants and visitors of diverse origins are associated promise a more durable form of rural renovation. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1973_num_49_1_1872 |
