The Geopolitics of Urban Green Belts

Between Exclusionary Zoning and the Militarisation of Urban Space

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3948828
AutoresMaryame Amarouche (0009-0004-4509-2436, ENTPE, UMR EVS 5600/UMR ART-Dev 5281, France), Éric Charmes (0000-0002-4171-1701, ENTPE, UMR EVS 5600, France), Max Rousseau (0000-0002-9115-048X, CIRAD, UMR ART-Dev 5281, France - INAU, Morocco, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen28
Número5
Páginas1735-1756
Fecha de publicación2023-10-20
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650045.2021.1961222
OpenAlexW3193324115
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas51

For French-speaking geographers, the term urban geopolitics refers to the research stream that the journal Hérodote developed to analyse the increasing complexity of and conflict in and around territorial policies. For their English-speaking counterparts, the concept commonly refers to a more recent approach to analyse among others the militarisation of urban space. Despite their differences, this paper shows that both approaches can be usefully combined. Indeed, a combined approach can shed new light on urban processes by enriching the comparison between seemingly “similar” urban policies in the Global North and South. The aim of this paper is to discuss the merits of the two schools of urban geopolitics. To do so, it compares the creation of green belts in the peripheries of large cities to control urban sprawl: Lyon (France) and Rabat (Morocco)

Civil engineering · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Environmental planning · Geography · Geopolitics · Political science · Politics · Regional science · Sociology · Urban planning · Urban policy · Urban space · Urban sprawl · Zoning · French Urban and Social Studies · Law · Urban Planning and Governance · Urbanization and City Planning