Despite a growing interest for the development of urban and periurban agriculture (UPA), little is known on the characterization of these particular systems. On the one hand the urban spread around cities radically modifies the shape and the landscape of the territories under urban influence. On...

Since 2007, the organic farming is becoming a part of the European and French agricultural policies, It is display in local and national programs as a factor of territorial development, in particular for the new form of periurban areas. The politicians use this argument to boost the emancipation...

This paper highlights the success factors of the governance of the Champagne supply chain. Scholars on economic organisation stress the role of the contractual enforcement to explain the stability of the economic exchanges and the ability of the economic and political actors to foster their own...

The East European high-speed rail started in June 2007. It modifies the French and European transportation map and the accessibility of the beneficiary cities. Economic actors in these cities do expect a lot of positive effects: economic dynamism, new firms and population arrival, development of...