It is generally recognized that the presence of specific resources constitutes one of the ways of territorial development. However, in certain situations, generic resources (easily usable in other productive contexts) can nearly constitute specific resources. This paradox occurs thanks to two...

This article is a general introduction to the special issue of the ASRDLF symposium held in Martinique in 2011. It attempts to explain the reasons why a strong attention is being paid to migrations while international or long distance migrations are a profound and permanent reality. Wars,...

Agriculture in Martinique still occupies a specific place and role although the activity is declining. The weak contribution of export agriculture (traditional crops : banana and sugar cane) to development, raises concerns about diversification and food security and sketches the broad outlines...

Regionalization of policies is today a new reference for local public authorities, through contracts and definition by local actors of jointed development projects. In France, territorial projects in rural areas, are linked to many formalized devices. We study in this paper three territorial...

Bien qu’en net recul, l’agriculture occupe une place singulière à la Martinique. Elle se caractérise par la prédominance de productions végétales (banane, canne-à-sucre), issues de systèmes de production orientés sur l’extérieur. En marge de ces cultures dites conventionnelles,...

La Trame verte et bleue (TVB), nouveau dispositif d’action publique visant à enrayer la perte de biodiversité traduit un renouvellement des référentiels de justification des politiques de conservation et de leur stratégie territoriale. Il s’agit d’intégrer la planification...