The geography of post-war France : a social and economic approach /

The Geography of Post-War France.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Clout, Hugh D.
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Published: Pergamon Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford :
Publication Dates: [1972]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: [1st ed.].
Series: Pergamon Oxford geographies
The Commonwealth and international library
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080167657
Summary: The Geography of Post-War France.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xi, 165 pages) : maps.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781483153186
1483153185
Index Number: HC276
CLC: F156.59
Contents: Front Cover; The Geography of Post-War France: A Social and Economic Approach; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; CHAPTER 1. Fifty Million Frenchmen; MECHANISMS OF RECENT CHANGE; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 2. Planning France and its Regions; THE NATIONAL PLANS; REGIONAL PROBLEMS; DEFINING THE REGIONS; REGIONAL FUNCTIONS; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 3. Managing Rural and Urban Areas; PLANNING FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL RENOVATION; RECREATION; INDUSTRIAL PLANNING; TOWN PLANNING; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 4. The Paris Region.
CONGESTION IN THE CENTRE, CHAOS IN THE SUBURBSFROM CITY TO CITY-REGION; RENOVATING THE CITY CENTRE; ACCOMMODATING GROWTH IN OUTER PARIS; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 5. The Lower Seine; A TALE OF TWO CITIES; LOWER SEINE A.D. 2000; CHAPTER 6. The Lyons/Saint-EtienneMetropolis; LYONS; SAINT-ETIENNE; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 7. Lorraine; DECLINE AND FALL; THE RIVALS; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 8. Brittany; SEEKING SOLUTIONS; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 9. Languedoc; REPATRIATION AND DEMOGRAPHIC REVIVAL; LANGUEDOC'S PRIDE OR ITS GREATEST TRAGEDY?; RURAL RENOVATION; A FRENCH FLORIDA?; URBAN CONTRASTS.
FURTHER READINGCHAPTER 10. The Massif Central; FARMING FOR THE FUTURE; WOODLAND OR WASTELAND?; THE SETTLEMENT PATTERN OF THE FUTURE; THE ROLE OF TOURISM; FURTHER READING; Glossary; Geographical Index; Subject Index.