A legal geography perspective on protected areas : lessons learnt from Table Mountain National Park (Cape Town, South Africa)

While legal geography is an emerging discipline, especially in North America, it is not yet a clearly defined field of research in France. In this article, we develop a conceptual framework based on a French legal theory applied to a protected area to show the convergence of perspectives between geo...

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Huvudupphovsman: Belaidi, Nadia
Materialtyp: Article ou chapitre numérique
Språk:Anglais
Publicerad: Revue géographique de l’Est 2019
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Länkar:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sammanfattning:While legal geography is an emerging discipline, especially in North America, it is not yet a clearly defined field of research in France. In this article, we develop a conceptual framework based on a French legal theory applied to a protected area to show the convergence of perspectives between geography and law. Focused more specifically on how social values carried by law contribute to building space and place, this paper seeks to highlight a productive approach to the analysis of social relations.