This article, dealing with the city of Nantes and its suburbs (pop. 500 000), aims to remind geographers that a knowledge of the physical geography of a site (its roots) is necessary so that a good understanding of the history of the growth of a city, as well as the contemporary nuances of its urban morphology and social lifeway be gained. If one examines the relief, the soil, the agricultural and land organisation and finally the different forms of urbanisation, one finds a continuous chain of causes and consequences which remains for a long time in the urban landscape (remanence ans residual effects). The author thinks that a study of human geography should always be based on maps with contour patterns (relief). To his eyes reducing it ...
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ABSTRACT With the aim of reflecting on the future of the city idea within the process that leads to ...
The agglomeration of Nantes, the industrial estuary of the basse Loire ans the seaside resort front,...
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Compared to environmental and regional studies, urban geography was for a long time a rather neglect...
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The history of urban geography in the journal «Méditerranée» has reinforced and broadened the themes...
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Urban geographies. — Many geographers had been waiting impatiently for the publication in French of ...
International audienceLe présent article propose une réflexion sur le sens de la localisation et de ...
ABSTRACT With the aim of reflecting on the future of the city idea within the process that leads to ...
The agglomeration of Nantes, the industrial estuary of the basse Loire ans the seaside resort front,...
The article first attempts to show the reasons for the tight links between geography and town and co...
Compared to environmental and regional studies, urban geography was for a long time a rather neglect...
Deux tableaux, une figure et deux cartes commentées illustrent cet article.International audienceThe...
International audienceThis article’s purpose is to draw attention to the results of the latest censu...
Abstract. - The aim of this text is to clarify the different meanings of the word "field", through t...
Abstract - This article gives a general view on the evolution or urban populations in the world from...
The article recounts the historical bases (economic, social and cultural) and geographical (urban sc...
This article studies the cemetries of Marseilles. The author shows that they can be interesting obje...
The history of urban geography in the journal «Méditerranée» has reinforced and broadened the themes...
L’agriculture urbaine est en plein essor en France et l’intérêt est tel qu’elle s’impose de plus en ...
Cet article propose une courte socio-histoire de l’orthogonalité urbaine et de la spécialisation fon...
Urban geographies. — Many geographers had been waiting impatiently for the publication in French of ...
International audienceLe présent article propose une réflexion sur le sens de la localisation et de ...
ABSTRACT With the aim of reflecting on the future of the city idea within the process that leads to ...
The agglomeration of Nantes, the industrial estuary of the basse Loire ans the seaside resort front,...