We proceed from the hypothesis that organisational factors are more cogent in comparatively peripheral rural areas, away from the more immediate effects of the selective slackening of population and activities, than in other types of area. We propose a framework within which to analyse the...

An understanding of economic and social disparities at the micro-regional level primarily involves relations between urban and rural areas. We examine the ?pays? as established by legislation on territorial planning and development, drawing up an inventory of these areas which were set up on a...