Supporting citizen initiatives as part of a project to revitalise a rural municipality: the example of Volonne

Supporting citizen initiatives as part of a project to revitalise a rural municipality: the example of Volonne

This article examines how drawing up and managing sustainable planning projects in a rural context may reconfigure relations between citizens and public stakeholders, looking at the case of Volonne (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). Picking up on the participatory dynamic initiated when the town centre ÉcoQ...

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Main Authors: Bonnin-Oliveira, Séverine, Hatt, Emeline
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Language:Anglais
Published: Territoire en mouvement 2024
Subjects:
co-construction
action publique
initiatives citoyennes
territoires ruraux
ÉcoQuartier
public action
rural territories
ecodistrict
citizen initiatives
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:tem_11892 https://doi.org/10.4000/12hyn urn:doi:10.4000/12hyn en https://journals.openedition.org/tem/11892 2024-10-14T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/12hyn https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Supporting citizen initiatives as part of a project to revitalise a rural municipality: the example of Volonne Territoire en mouvement Université de Lille info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1950-5698 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1954-4863 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/tem Bonnin-Oliveira, Séverine Hatt, Emeline co-construction action publique initiatives citoyennes territoires ruraux ÉcoQuartier public action co-construction rural territories ecodistrict citizen initiatives This article examines how drawing up and managing sustainable planning projects in a rural context may reconfigure relations between citizens and public stakeholders, looking at the case of Volonne (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). Picking up on the participatory dynamic initiated when the town centre ÉcoQuartier was created, grounded in measures to promote consultation, dialogue, and co-construction, Volonne saw an active and multifaceted citizenship dynamic emerge, analysed here. We consider rural municipalities’ capacity to support and embed citizen initiatives in such approaches seeking to transform the built environment and to develop a “sense of community” in rural areas. Our research brings out the diversity of citizen initiatives and how they help improve the living environment, as well as underscoring the need to modify traditional frameworks of public action. Getting public actors and citizens to work together requires adjustments and connections—some yet to be devised—to respond to coordination difficulties and the risk that initiatives be scaled back to a small group of participants. Cet article traite de la recomposition des relations entre acteurs publics et citoyens dans la définition et la conduite de projets d’urbanisme durable en milieu rural, à partir de l’analyse du cas de Volonne (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). Dans une forme de prolongement de la dynamique participative initiée lors de la création de l’ÉcoQuartier centre-bourg (labellisé étape 4 par le Ministère), alliant des dispositifs de consultation, de concertation et de co-construction, cette commune rurale a vu l’émergence d’un engagement citoyen multiforme étudié dans cette recherche. Nous questionnons dans cette perspective la capacité des communes rurales à accompagner et pérenniser les initiatives citoyennes dans ces démarches visant la transformation du cadre bâti et le développement du “vivre ensemble” dans les espaces ruraux. La recherche a mis en lumière la diversité des initiatives citoyennes et leur participation à l’amélioration du cadre de vie mais aussi la nécessaire modification des cadres d’action publique traditionnels. L’association entre acteurs publics et citoyens appelle des ajustements, des articulations qui restent pour partie à trouver pour répondre aux difficultés de coordination ou au risque de resserrement des initiatives autour d’un groupe restreint de participants.
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topic co-construction
action publique
initiatives citoyennes
territoires ruraux
ÉcoQuartier
public action
co-construction
rural territories
ecodistrict
citizen initiatives
spellingShingle co-construction
action publique
initiatives citoyennes
territoires ruraux
ÉcoQuartier
public action
co-construction
rural territories
ecodistrict
citizen initiatives
Bonnin-Oliveira, Séverine
Hatt, Emeline
Supporting citizen initiatives as part of a project to revitalise a rural municipality: the example of Volonne
description This article examines how drawing up and managing sustainable planning projects in a rural context may reconfigure relations between citizens and public stakeholders, looking at the case of Volonne (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). Picking up on the participatory dynamic initiated when the town centre ÉcoQuartier was created, grounded in measures to promote consultation, dialogue, and co-construction, Volonne saw an active and multifaceted citizenship dynamic emerge, analysed here. We consider rural municipalities’ capacity to support and embed citizen initiatives in such approaches seeking to transform the built environment and to develop a “sense of community” in rural areas. Our research brings out the diversity of citizen initiatives and how they help improve the living environment, as well as underscoring the need to modify traditional frameworks of public action. Getting public actors and citizens to work together requires adjustments and connections—some yet to be devised—to respond to coordination difficulties and the risk that initiatives be scaled back to a small group of participants.
author Bonnin-Oliveira, Séverine
Hatt, Emeline
author_facet Bonnin-Oliveira, Séverine
Hatt, Emeline
author_sort Bonnin-Oliveira, Séverine
title Supporting citizen initiatives as part of a project to revitalise a rural municipality: the example of Volonne
title_short Supporting citizen initiatives as part of a project to revitalise a rural municipality: the example of Volonne
title_full Supporting citizen initiatives as part of a project to revitalise a rural municipality: the example of Volonne
title_fullStr Supporting citizen initiatives as part of a project to revitalise a rural municipality: the example of Volonne
title_full_unstemmed Supporting citizen initiatives as part of a project to revitalise a rural municipality: the example of Volonne
title_sort supporting citizen initiatives as part of a project to revitalise a rural municipality: the example of volonne
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