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NOTE | What if rural areas inspired urban ones? Toward a new approach to regional development – Jean Jaurès Foundation

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Fondation Jean Jaurès - Si le rural inspirait l'urbain ?

ABSTRACT

 Is the city the quintessential model of territorial development, at the expense of rural areas, as if they were outdated or ill-suited to modern demands? Yet, because of their unique characteristics, rural areas have developed ways of doing business, working, and conceiving of social ties that could inspire urban stakeholders—and even help them reinvent themselves.”

Gabrielle HALPERN, Jean JAURÈS Foundation

Keywords: living environment, economic development, territorial development, rural development, space, training, hybridization, identity, imaginaries, innovation, housing, lifestyle, nature, new narratives, digital, relationship to time, rural, ruralities, solidarity, rural territories, transitions, transportation, urban, social life, city. 

Illustration: Jean Jaurès Foundation

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