Contenu du sommaire : Gouvernance transfrontalière et gestion environnementale

Tackling transboundary marine emissions in Southern China is highly problematic because of the asymmetrical governance styles adopted by Hong Kong and mainland Chinese governments. HK-based policy entrepreneurs have used the opportunities afforded by their network governance approach to make initial headway in controlling marine and port-related emissions. Their further efforts to build a transboundary regulatory regime have been thwarted by mainland China's top-down hierarchical mode of governance. It is demonstrated that the outcome of policy entrepreneurs' actions is highly contingent upon some larger institutional parameters.

This study examines land use change in a river catchment from a transboundary perspective using the Shenzhen River Catchment in China as a case study. By analyzing remote sensing images taken in 1993 and 2013, results highlight the asymmetric development across the administrative border. The Hong Kong side remains largely rural with a well-preserved Ramsar site, while its Shenzhen counterpart experiences rapid urbanization. Preliminary investigation of land use change drivers suggests divergent political, economic and social circumstances have shaped the contrasting landscape. The authors recommend the implementation of a transboundary Strategic Environmental Assessment for better spatial planning and wetland protection in this border region.

This paper analyzes conflict and cooperation dynamics in transboundary river basins through examples in Mesoamerica (Southern Mexico and Central America). Shared management of these basins represents a major challenge at these borders. We are trying to question the political and social dimensions of transboundary water management through the study of cooperative initiatives and conflicts that may bring current stakeholders into opposition.

Why are transboundary water issues between China and India seen as leading to conflicts in the future, rather than as avenues of cooperation for mutual development? These avenues could have potential spillover effects on territoriality issues and the overall geopolitics of the region, as well as on Sino-Indian bilateral relations. Leaving aside the invidious question of conflict between China and India, this study will set out a case for cooperation and emphasize the benefits of cooperating on transboundary water management. The paper is primarily an analysis of the existing literature on the specific case study, and an attempt to underpin the various conditions of conflict and cooperative behavior between China and India on their shared transboundary rivers and waters.

In Algeria, a policy that refers to a bottom-up process has been implemented since 2004 aimed at revitalizing rural areas. Its operational tool is the integrated rural development proximity project (PPDRI). After ten years of implementation, the impact of these policies is questionable. We will use the results of a case study to analyze the organizational and implementation processes of the PPDRI from a territorial development perspective.

We examine the effects of Forest Stewardship Council certification for the forest communities in Brazil, taking into account the pre-existing institutional and social dynamics. Our surveys' findings show that the introduction of certification has some positive effects for smallholders in the short term. However, because of the poor interaction between this private regulation and the existing public institutions, there is no real incentive for producers to make a long-term commitment to certified timber extraction.

The aim of this article is to evaluate the relevance of the principal-agent model as a framework for the concession analysis of the Cameroonian railway. Several parameters define this agency relationship: the power delegation from the State (principal) to the dealer (agent), the hypothesis of information bias in favor of the agent, the existence of a risk sharing mechanism. However, the agency theory is undermined due to the poor definition of the perimeter of the concession. Consequently, there is an increase of agency costs and this paves the way for actors' strategic behaviors.

The emancipation of the islands of Oceania cannot be confined to removing them from the United Nations' list of seventeen territories to be decolonized. In this context, we will seek to determine whether the MIRAB (Migration, Remittances, Aid, Bureaucracy) reference model of the Pacific economies is still up to the challenges of globalization. The aim of this article is to place the different insular economic development models in perspective in order to assess the various routes available to French territories.