Champagne and Metal Flowers: Who is Invited to the Wind Generation Party in France?

Céline Burger (1) , François Mancebo (1)

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Sustainability has gradually become fundamental to the regional planning and decision-making process of French local governments. Local authorities are supposed to incorporate sustainability into their mode of governance. They do it, formally, but, the very idea of sustainable development implies a breakdown of the systems of reference for public action, and of individual and collective practices. So combining sustainability with preexisting governance uses is all but evident, as it appears with wind power plant development. In the Champagne-Ardenne Region, local authorities are caught in the cross fire among developers, farmers, landowners, environmental activists, without any tool to help decision-making.

Domaines: Architecture, aménagement de l'espace; Géographie

Céline Burger, François Mancebo. Champagne and Metal Flowers: Who is Invited to the Wind Generation Party in France?. Renewable Energy Governance, 2013, ⟨10.1007/978-1-4471-5595-9_13⟩. ⟨hal-02157970⟩