This paper assesses the impact of structural funds on the manufacturing sector of 145 European regions in the context of a Verdoorn’s law for the period 1989-2004. Three main innovations are included. First, we pay attention to the nature of the cohesion objective under study. Second, the...

Individual housing is preferred by French people since world war 2, 87 % in 2006. This tendency has given birth to urban sprawl rejected by city-planner because it is a form of non sustainable development. They propose urban politics of densification, "the compact city", which may fail if one...

The development gap in La Réunion is a matter of debate to the extent that the concept of development is multifaceted and assessing the level or the gap in this matter is complex. The Human Development Index (HDI) of the United Nations Development Program is undoubtedly the most famous...

In the 1970s, Thomas C. Schelling proposed a model which claimed to show that a high degree of spatial segregation can result from individual preferences which do not in themselves aim to achieve such a degree of collective segregation. A perverse effect seems therefore to occur. However, the...

Most studies about the geographical location of a phenomenon or a population first aggregate data according to administrative boundaries which are generally not related to the issue. When the population under study is rare, and when the sample is not exhaustive, these aggregation choices often...

Bien que la région soit un concept multiforme, voire omniforme, le découpage régional est le cadre privilégié de la pensée spatiale et de l’action territoriale. Or la moitié des être humains du monde, et plus des trois quarts des européens, habitent dans une ville. Les villes...

La capacité de comprendre des situations interculturelles et de s’y adapter est appelée compétence interculturelle. Au cours des dernières années, ce concept de compétence interculturelle a acquis de plus en plus d’importance, essentiellement au niveau des contacts globaux entre les...

Depuis ces vingt dernières années, la pauvreté est devenue beaucoup plus apparente dans les pays industrialisés : le nombre de sans-abri augmente considérablement, sans qu'il soit possible de les chiffrer avec précision. Face à cette situation, des économistes proposent la solution du...

Studies have shown that trade relationships among countries in Africa including intra-regional groupings such as the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) is low. Therefore, intra-trade becomes critical in unlocking the growth potentials of the continent and its regional groupings. Taking cognizance...

La crise du COVID 19 a confirmé le rôle des autorités locales pour faire face aux différents effets de la mondialisation. En France, comme généralement dans les pays de l’OCDE, c’est à l’échelon régional qu’est allouée la responsabilité de produire et de mettre en oeuvre les...