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Improving rural- urban coordination : policy implications F ocus on french experience french

Improving rural- urban coordination : policy implications F ocus on french experience french. Caroline LARMAGNAC – November 2012. Urbanisation in France. Employment is concentrated in the cities More people live farther from their workplace Urban areas are getting wider.

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Improving rural- urban coordination : policy implications F ocus on french experience french

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  1. Improving rural-urban coordination : policy implicationsFocus onfrenchexperience french CarolineLARMAGNAC – November 2012

  2. Urbanisation in France Employmentisconcentrated in the cities More people live fartherfromtheirworkplace Urban areas are gettingwider

  3. Functional links between urban areas Big and smallercities are connectedintofunctionalsystems

  4. Rural areas typology Many rural areas are underurban influence

  5. Urban-rural cooperation : a necessity An interesting case of cooperation : the area of Brest 400 000 inhabitants, 89 communes, 7 intercommunalités, 1 pays, 1 SCOT, 1 pôle métropolitain Main topics of cooperation : spatial planning and urbanism, digital development, touristic promotion, integrated maritime policy

  6. Urban-rural cooperation : limits and difficulties High number of administrative levels and actors in the largest areas (cf. the area of Lyon) Defensive / contemptuous positions to overcome Leadership competitions Strategy versus proximity

  7. Urban-rural cooperation : how public policies can help ? Simplifying the mostcomplex territorial organisations, but assuming the need of severallevels : some for strategy and planning, some for implementation Avoidingseparate rural and urbanpolicies Creatingopportunities for working in common, encouragingpartnerships Promotingcomplementarities Favorising a multi-levelgovernance

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