https://metropolitics.org/ Favoriser les débats et confronter les savoirs et les savoir-faire sur la ville, l'architecture et les territoires. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://metropolitics.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH20/siteon0-bf96f.png?1760617828 https://metropolitics.org/ 20 144 https://metropolitics.org/Is-rurality-a-thing-of-the-past.html https://metropolitics.org/Is-rurality-a-thing-of-the-past.html 2015-01-08T05:50:00Z text/html en Philippe Dubourg & translated by Oliver Waine France rural governance local governance intercommunality village metropolization territorial equality <p>In the era of globalisation and metropolisation, is rurality an old-fashioned concept, a thing of the past? The arsenal of reforms and laws that have been passed – indeed, often forced through – in recent years in France seems to give weight to this idea, while the economic crisis has proved to be the perfect opportunity to (dis)unite small local authorities under the steamroller of global finance. <br class='autobr' /> Metropolisation means concentrating not only economic life but also collective human existence</p> - <a href="https://metropolitics.org/-Debates-.html" rel="directory">Debates</a> / <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-France-+.html" rel="tag">France</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-rural-+.html" rel="tag">rural</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-governance-+.html" rel="tag">governance</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-local-governance-+.html" rel="tag">local governance</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-intercommunality-+.html" rel="tag">intercommunality</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-village-+.html" rel="tag">village</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-metropolization-+.html" rel="tag">metropolization</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-territorial-equality-+.html" rel="tag">territorial equality</a>