International audienceIn France, suburbia has become an intellectual category regularly resorted to by the media, most notably the written press. It has even become the topic of a debate in which journalists and specialists actively take part. Urban sprawl and the new ways of life it underlies elicit diverging interpretations that transcend the usual ideological divides. Furthermore, the different geoethical registers used to characterize suburbia all end up dramatizing and discrediting a phenomenon that now appears to be a societal problem. Thorough debates on the political remedies that ought to be marshaled are nonetheless wanting.En France, le périurbain est devenu une catégorie intellectuelle utilisée de façon régulière par les médias, par la presse écrite notamment. Il est même devenu l’objet d’un débat d’idées auxquels participent activement journalistes et spécialistes. L’étalement urbain et les nouveaux modes de vie qu’il sous-tend donnent lieu à des interprétations divergentes qui transcendent les clivages idéologiques habituels. En outre, les différents registres géoéthiques employés pour caractériser le périurbain ont pour point commun d’aboutir à la dramatisation et à la disqualification d’un phénomène qui apparaît désormais comme un problème de société. La discussion sur les remèdes politiques nécessaires demeure en revanche moins avancée

Gérald Billard, Aude Cordier, Ludivine Lemoine Anatomy of a Chinese New Town Riverside in the Nankin area A New Town under construction outside Nankin, Riverside sees itself an a model of harmonious coexistence between industry, residential living and nature. Unequal compliance with the environmental standards set out and the partial expropriation of local agricultural activities along with the limited commitment by private investors all slow the transformation of the ideal into tangible reality. The sustainable development phraseology borrowed from international bodies masks a market based and segregationist urban development model that is less harmonious.

L’objet de cet article est de tester deux méthodes de recensement permettant d’offrir une représentation de la géographie de la fermeture résidentielle avec contrôle des accès en France. La première est basée sur une identification (sites Web des promoteurs) des programmes immobiliers en cours de commercialisation qui peuvent être considérés comme fermés avec contrôle des accès. La deuxième est un recensement des annonces de logements mis en vente ou proposés à la location compris dans un ensemble fermé et/ou sécurisé. La géographie esquissée est marquée par l’ubiquité et la discrimination territoriale au profit du sud. Quelques pistes sont explorées pour comprendre ces logiques géographiques.

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Nowadays, the issue of rural development has a central place on the agenda of policymakers, particularly in the field of transportation. In low-density areas, there is a lack of alternatives to car use, but at the same time internal combustion vehicles are currently contested in Western societies for their impacts on global warming. As part of the solution, in the past couple of decades, carsharing (CS) schemes have been growing worldwide, but mainly in urban areas. This paper focuses on a recent socially oriented electric CS scheme launched in 2018 in the countryside of Le Mans, France. This program is supported by the local government whose goal is to provide new offers of transportation for those in need and also provide alternatives to cars. By studying the CS program's first year of implementation, we found a dichotomy between the social expectations of the local government and the reality of use by the population. On the basis of a filled-out questionnaire and the analysis of the cars' navigation data, we first present the profile of the early adopters. We found that they are mostly male and tend to be over 60 years old. They are also highly motorized and from the upper-middle and upper classes. Secondly, it appears that the program is having difficulties finding regular users. In this regard, this study shows how important it is for public policy to be based on a