Multifunctional agriculture, peri-urban spaces, agricultural lands, land use, rural space, sustainability, agricultural production, land management
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This article examines the contested uses of peripheral agricultural lands, focusing on the Tours agglomeration and the Protected Agricultural Zone (ZAP) in the Montlouis-sur-Loire vineyard.
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[...] (2012), "The adaptation of farmers to the peri-urban context", Norois pp. 35-47. Link: https://journals.openedition.org/norois/4265 The authors analyze how farmers adapt to the peri-urban context, focusing on a territory east of the Clermont-Ferrand agglomeration. The authors rely on the results of a survey conducted in this space. They find a low adaptation in terms of agricultural production and land management, while stronger signals are observed in the commercial field. Renting, H., Rossing, W.A.H., Groot, J.C.J., Van der Ploeg, J.D., Laurent, C., Perraud, D., Stobbelaar, D.J. [...]
[...] (2005), "Multifunctionality in European agriculture", in Brouwer, F. Sustaining Agriculture and the Rural Economy, Series Advances in Ecological Economics, Cheltenham/Northampton : Edward Elgar, pp. 81-103. Reference: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karlheinz-Knickel/publication/295402338_MF_in_EU_Agric/links/56ca0adf08ae11063709b20e/MF-in-EU-Agric.pdf In this chapter, the authors adopt a definition of agricultural multifunctionality, which is based on field experiences and takes into account the fact that the term concerns agriculture, land use, and rural space as a whole. The data presented by the authors are the results of the IMPACT project, a European research program in collaboration with seven European countries. [...]
