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...

Due to territorial and institutionnal reconstruction of the agglomeration of Montpellier, agriculture becomes an issue of the political urban project, to be investigated in the planning process. An analysis of local stakeholders shows that the agricultural issue is not mainly supported by the...

Territorial governance has become a major issue for public authorities. Studying the information generated by implementing sustainable agricultural contracts (SAC) on Reunion Island (Ile de la Reunion) has contributed to the development of new types of territorial governance projects. The...

This editorial introduces the special issue which aims to clarify, from a theoretical as well as applied point of view, and above all based on a multi-discipline approach (economics, geography, management science, political science, information sciences, psychology and geomatics), the...