1. A look back at the co-construction of spatial recomposition strategies. The case of Occitanie (France): Feedback on the co-construction of special recomposition strategies. The case of Occitania (France).
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VALETTE, HÉLÈNE REY, RICHARD, ALEXANDRE, MICHEL, LAURA, RICHARD-FERROUDJI, AUDREY, HEURTEFEUX, HUGUES, LECHA, VICTOR, BARRAL, MARC, CABRIT, AMANDINE, NETTER, SARAH, and LANZELLOTTI, PROVENCE
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COMMUNITIES of practice ,LAND use planning ,SEA level ,INFORMATION sharing ,COASTS - Abstract
The increase in coastal risks linked to rising sea levels requires dynamic adaptation measures for a spatial recomposition of coastal territories. The challenges of appropriation of these measures and operationalization are major, multilevel and at the crossroads of different policies: planning, tourism, risk management, etc. Faced with these challenges, this article reports, in the case of the Occitanie region, on a process of co-construction of a spatial recomposition policy and its governance. In practice, this resulted in the co-construction of a regional reference framework, the establishment of a community of practice and the adaptation of territorial governance mechanisms. This article offers a reflexive analysis of this coconstruction. First, the process (30 months in total) is transcribed in the form of a chronicle detailing the diversity and complementarity of the methods implemented. The main achievements (common definition, principles of action, scale of intervention, temporal typology of actions) and the choices of a governance format are then presented, then discussed in relation to their contribution to the progressive constitution of a community of practice and the types of constraints encountered. The contributions to the community of practice are analyzed in terms of knowledge exchanges, pooling and collective learning. This reflexive feedback provides lessons for local actors but also more broadly for the adaptation of coastal territories. The increase in coastal risks associated with rising sea levels calls for dynamic adaptation measures to reorganize coastal territory. The challenges of appropriating measures and putting them into practice are major. They are multi-level and at the crossroads of different policies: land use planning, tourism, risk management and so on. Faced with these challenges, this article reports on a co-construction process towards a policy of spatial integrated managed retreat in the context of the Occitanie region and its governance. In practice, this resulted in the co-construction of a shared regional framework, building a community of practice and adapting territorial governance arrangements. This article offers a reflective analysis of this co-construction. Firstly, the process (30 months in total) is transcribed by means of a chronicle, detailing the diversity and complementarity of methods and approaches that have been used. The main achievements (common definition, principles of action, scale of intervention, temporal typology of actions) and the choice of a governance framework are then presented and discussed on how they could contribute to gradually build a community of practice as well as the types of constraints encountered. The contributions towards the community of practice are analyzed in terms of knowledge sharing, pooling and collective learning. This reflective analysis provides lessons for local stakeholders and, more broadly, for the transition of coastal territory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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