Laurent Cailly is a senior lecturer at the Université François-Rabelais in Tours and a member of the Citeres (Cités, territoires, environnement et sociétés – “Cities, territories, environment and societies”; UMR 6173) research laboratory. His work concerns residential strategies, mobility and periurban ways of life. With Martin Vanier, he co-directed La France, une géographie urbaine (Armand Colin, 2010).