This article discusses a study of the perceptions of ecosystem services in pond fish farming in the Lorraine region, one of the principal pond fish farming regions in France. In total, 668 people were surveyed from four types of population: fish farmers, economic and institutional stakeholders,...

Multi-actor and multi-level governance mechanisms are of increasing importance. This paper discusses the nature of such mechanisms and the conditions for their evaluation. Drawing on recent research, the paper reviews governance evaluation methods and concludes that they are insufficient to...

Testing an analytical framework. Territorial governance has become an issue in the development of public policy and for those involved in territorial development. This paper presents an analytical framework for territorial governance developed as part of a multidisciplinary research project...

This paper is based on three surveys concerning the beaches of Palavas les Flots and Mauguio-Carnon in the Hérault department. It compares the perceptions of marine submersion risk and the preferences for risk management methods of several types of beach users and of managers, and industry and...

This paper describes the elaboration of an observation system based on a participative multicriteria valuation method in order to take into account the sustainability problem related to the Thau lagoon in the Mediterranean area of France. These methodologies enable the elaboration, selection and...

The objective of this article is to increase knowledge of the understanding, expectations, preferences and behaviour concerning beach functions and adaptation measures addressing increasing beach vulnerability due to climate change. Surveys were carried out on 881 full-time and secondary...

Cette communication présente les conditions de mise en oeuvre et les résultats d’une démarche participative de choix multicritère visant, dans une logique de recherche action, à accompagner la mise en place de l’observatoire du territoire par le Syndicat Mixte du Bassin de Thau (SMBT)....

Qu’est-ce qu’un économiste ? Un cynique, aurait pu répondre Oscar Wilde, « qui connaît le prix de tout mais la valeur de rien ». Vraie ou fausse, cette affirmation résume assez bien une opinion générale qui s’est exprimée encore récemment lors de la parution en 2010 du rapport...

Les principales causes de la dégradation des écosystèmes et de la crise annoncée de la biodiversité sont désormais bien identifiées ; présentées le plus souvent en cinq catégories (GBO3, 2010) : destruction, dégradation et transformation des habitats ; surexploitation des ressources...

The purpose of this paper is to broaden the Terrestrial Transport Infrastructure (TTI) assessment process into the field of Ecosystem Services (ES), i.e., the benefits people derive from ecosystems. Taking into account ES in an ex ante assessment of public infrastructure projects is of critical...