Thinking about development and the environment simultaneously is one of the biggest scientific and societal challenges of the 21st century. Understanding the interactions between biophysical systems and human activities in an era of global change requires overcoming disciplinary divides and opening up new epistemological perspectives.
This book explores these challenges using a territorial lens. Combining various scales of analyses (from global to local) and contexts (both urban and rural) in the North and in the South, it analyzes the relationships between environment and development through a variety of geographical objects (i.e. cities, rural and agricultural areas, coastlines, watershed), themes (i.e. ecological transitions, food, energy, transport, agriculture, mining activities) and methodologies (i.e. qualitative and quantitative approaches, modeling, in situ measurements).
By engaging in a dialogue between social science and natural science disciplines, within different fields and with a variety of forms of knowledge production, this book provides essential information for understanding and reading the complexity of a globalized world. This book is targeted at academics and students in social sciences and at stakeholders in the field of territorial and environmental management.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
Élisabeth PEYROUX, Christine RAIMOND, Vincent VIEL and Émilie LAVIE
Part 1 How to Rethink Frames of Reference: Paradigms, Models, Epistemological and Theoretical Foundations 1
Chapter 1. The Food Transition, a Unique Model? 3
Christine RAIMOND, Cécile FALIÈS, Angèle PROUST and Bernard
Chapter 2. Development and Urban Environment Through the Prism of Risk and Crises 23
Alexis SIERRA, Anaïs BÉJI, Axelle CROISÉ, Cyriaque HATTEMER, Pascale METZGER, Marie PIGEOLET and Irene VALITTUTO
Chapter 3. City, Environment and "Sustainable Development": Critical Approaches and Renewal of Urban Research 41
Élisabeth PEYROUX and Pascale METZGER
Chapter 4. Locating Heritage in the Cities of the South: Dialogue from Valparaiso and Yaoundé 61
Sébastien JACQUOT, Marie MORELLE and Muriel SAMÉ EKOBO
Part 2 Themes and Common Objects to Cross Global Changes and Territorial Dynamics 81
Chapter 5. The European Union and the Energy Transition: Development, Environment and Regional Integration 83
Angélique PALLE and Yann RICHARD
Chapter 6. Transport in Africa: Between Global Influences and Local Know-how 103
Jérôme LOMBARD, Nora MAREÏ and Olivier NINOT
Chapter 7. Digital Revolution in Urban Transportation of the Southern Cities Questioned 121
Kei TANIKAWA OBREGÓN, Lisa COULAUD and Olivier NINOT
Chapter 8. Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining and Territorial Development in Africa: A Difficult Equation 141
Anna DESSERTINE, Raphaëlle CHEVRILLON-GUIBERT, Laurent GAGNOL, Julie BETABELET, Lamine DIALLO, Robin PETIT-ROULET, Edith SAWADOGO, Tongnoma ZONGO and Géraud MAGRIN
Chapter 9. New Approaches to City--Countryside Relations 161
Martine BERGER and Jean-Louis CHALÉARD
Chapter 10. Using Scientific Modeling for Adaptation of Agriculture to Climate Change: A Political and Organizational Challenge 181
Malika MADELIN and Évelyne MESCLIER
Chapter 11. Hydrogeography: Towards a Systemic Analysis in the Context of Global Changes, from Watershed to Spillway Basin 201
Vincent VIEL, Émilie LAVIE, Guillaume BROUSSE, Benoît CARLIER, Luc MICHLER, Mathilde RESCH, Gashin SHAHSAVARI and Gilles ARNAUD-FASSETTA
PART 3 Knowledge Production and Knowledge through the Relationship between Science and Society 221
Chapter 12. The Ecological Transition of the Coastline in France 223
Frédéric BERTRAND and Brice ANSELME
Chapter 13. IPCC Reports and their Implementation into Policy: Between Science and Strategy 243
Jean-Claude BERGÈS and Hubert COCHET
Chapter 14. Research, Expert Assessment and Development: The Difficult Dialogue Between Social Sciences and Public Policies Around Lake Chad 261
Géraud MAGRIN, Charline RANGÉ, Audrey KOUMRAÏT MBAGOGO, Abdourahamani MAHAMADOU, Jacques LEMOALLE and Christine RAIMOND
List of Authors 279
Index 285
About the Author :
Élisabeth Peyroux is a geographer and researcher at the CNRS, France. Her research focuses on urban policies and development issues in Africa.
Christine Raimond is a research director at the CNRS, whose research combines development and the environment through the study of the management of living things and territories.
Vincent Viel is a lecturer at Université Paris Cité, France, and a geomorphologist specializing in the analysis of continental hydrosystems.
Émilie Lavie is a geographer and lecturer at Université Paris Cité. Her work focuses on water management and hydrosystems in arid environments.
