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100 1 0 _aBoudoux d’Hautefeuille, Madeleine
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245 0 0 _aThe Road Network as a Factor in Socioeconomic Development: An Analysis of the Challenges Raised by Road Projects in French Guiana
260 _c2014.
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520 _aThe paper discusses the socio-economic challenges associated with road projects promoted in French Guiana, where seven out of a total of twenty-two municipalities are only accessible by air or river. On the basis of an analysis of the documents overseeing land planning in French Guiana two main issues are highlighted: regional territorial continuity on one hand and land control and management on the other one. In a second step, based on fieldwork, the article discusses two case studies one in the Eastern part (National Road 2 between Régina and Saint-Georges) and the other in the Western part (road Saint-Jean/Apatou) of French Guiana, in order to assess the effects of the projects in relation to their initial objectives. The measured gap between them feeds the deconstruction of a causal link “road = development” which seems nevertheless to be assumed without question in the policy documents of French Guiana.
690 _aFrench Guiana
690 _aland
690 _aterritorial continuity
690 _aend of isolation
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786 0 _nEspaces et sociétés | o 156-157 | 1 | 2014-03-01 | p. 177-195 | 0014-0481
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-espaces-et-societes-2014-1-page-177?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
999 _c478263
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