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Governance changes in peri-urban farmland protection following decentralisation: A comparison between Montpellier (France) and Rome (Italy)
- Source :
- Land Use Policy, Land Use Policy, Elsevier, 2018, pp.535-546. ⟨10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.09.027⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- International audience; Many countries have implemented laws and planning instruments to preserve farmland on the urban fringe. This paper aims at a better understanding of the governance changes in peri-urban farmland protection following decentralisation processes in France and Italy. We compare the implementation of farmland protection instruments in the two city regions of Montpellier and Rome. From a governance perspective, we highlight the practical issues of effectiveness and social acceptability arising from power devolution, different forms of governance, and the potential conflicts when planning control shifts to lower-than-regional bodies. Our analysis is based on qualitative methods. Primary data were collected through document analysis, participant observation and in-depth interviews aimed at understanding local stakeholders’ practices and points of view on access to farmland, housing and building rights. We find that around Rome and Montpellier, decentralisation has produced multiple decision-making authorities and increased the complexity of procedures. Despite more regulatory constraints in agricultural areas, farmland conversion has persisted. However, decentralisation processes have also changed ways of governing and favoured local alternative initiatives for farmland protection and farming development on the urban fringe. New modes of governance involve public local authorities, farmers’ representative bodies (Montpellier) and civil society organisations (Rome). In both cities, they have a positive but limited impact on the effectiveness of farmland protection instruments. Their social acceptability varies, depending on who is really included in the participation process.
- Subjects :
- Civil society
Monitoring
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]
Geography, Planning and Development
0211 other engineering and technologies
02 engineering and technology
Participant observation
010501 environmental sciences
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Agricultural land
Urban planning
Urban fringe
Social acceptability
Farm buildings
Innovation
Agricultural land, Urban planning, Urban fringe, Social acceptability, Farm buildings, Innovation
01 natural sciences
Decentralization
urban planning
[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
Power (social and political)
urban fringe
farm building
Environmental protection
Political science
11. Sustainability
Environmental planning
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Forestry
Planning and Development
Geography
Policy and Law
business.industry
Corporate governance
021107 urban & regional planning
innovation
Devolution
Management
agricultural land
Agriculture
Settore SECS-S/03 - Statistica Economica
social acceptability
business
Qualitative research
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 02648377
- Volume :
- 70
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Land Use Policy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....45680cfda0f72a40d703d05b9c816947