Sports facilities as a strategic tool for structuring seaside resorts: The examples of Deauville, Dieppe, and Le Touquet Paris-Plage

Penel, Guillaume; Pécout, Christophe; Machemehl, Charly

doi:10.1080/07053436.2016.1151222

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“…Like spa towns, resorts, dedicated to high-society leisure, meet the needs and expectations of the 'leisure class' (Veblen, 1899(Veblen, /1970). To make their project viable, the stakeholders in tourism (politicians, business men) invest in, equip, bring life to and promote their territory through leisure activities and sports, all actions that can be defined as a seaside transformation process (Penel, Pécout, & Machemehl, 2016). From this voluntarist approach, which appears as a constant in the history of seaside resorts, stems major mutations on a spatial level (creating recreational areas) and on a social and cultural level (inhabiting and living in recreational areas).…”

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Inhabiting seaside resorts through recreational sports

2017

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This research is interested in the history of three tourist towns along the coast of Manche Deauville, Dieppe, and Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, which are amongst the stations closest to the capital and the historic cradle of sport, England. The thesis states that sport is an indispensable part of the 'Habiter' bathing from the Second Empire to the Second World War. The latter participates in an essential way in the appropriation of the seaside. Urban development, the construction of equipment, the dynamism of practices and the evolution of sports shows are analyzed using the scientific literature and various archival documents to illustrate the importance of sport in the definition of the Habiter des villégiateurs. RÉSUMÉ Cette recherche s'intéresse à l'histoire de trois villes touristiques alignées sur la côte de la Manche Deauville, Dieppe et le Touquet-Paris-Plage et qui sont parmi les stations les plus proches de la capitale et du berceau historique du sport l'Angleterre. La thèse formule que le sport constitue un élément indispensable de l'« Habiter » balnéaire du Second Empire à la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Celui-ci participe de façon essentielle à l'appropriation du bord de mer. Les aménagements urbains, la construction des équipements, le dynamisme des pratiques et l'évolution des spectacles sportifs analysés à partir de la littérature scientifique et de divers documents d'archives montrent l'importance du sport dans la définition de l'Habiter des villégiateurs.

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“…The development of sporting disciplines masks questions regarding the occupation of space and assertions of identity that are essential in order to understand 'dwelling'. Although spaces devoted to a practice -particularly skate parks (Saravi, Chaves, & Machemehl, 2012), snow parks (Soulé, Reynier, & Pabion-Mouriès, 2016) and the seafront (Penel, Pecout, & Machemehl, 2016) -are subject to controversies and negotiations concerning their possible uses and their public. The qualities of the places are an essential notion in order to understand the motivation behind these conflicts.…”

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confidence: 99%