The aim of this paper is twofold. First, drawing on the work undertaken on components of local economies based on externally generated residential development, we seek to examine how the presence of neo-ruralites has revitalized the economy of the village of Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux, a rural...

This paper adresses the impact of the World Bank¡¯s urban development projects on territorial governance in Africa. From the analysis of eight projects completed in Senegal between the 1960s and beyond 2006, the paper identifies the process through which the World Bank adapts systems of actors...

Innovation can be technological, social, and territorial in dimension, although the latter two dimensions are under-researched.A more inclusive definition of innovation is sought by examining all three of the aforementioned dimensions. Following a brief introduction, part one of this...

This article explores a new government policy in Quebec, the Plan de développement d'une communauté nourricière (plan for developing food self-reliant communities), and its possibilities as a niche for socio-territorial innovation. Beyond the issue of food, the policy creates an opportunity...