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Le temps et la concertation, facteurs importants de l'aménagement du territoire : une démonstration, les Landes de Gascogne

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[fre] Une quinzaine d'années ont passé depuis le lancement de l'opération d'aménagement de terrains à culture par les soins de la Compagnie des Landes de Gascogne. . Cette expérience avait donné lieu à de graves difficultés. Une trentaine d'attributaires de lots avaient protesté devant les mauvais résultats enregistrés au cours des premi ères années, et avaient porté l'affaire devant les tribunaux. . Ceux-ci donnèrent raison aux plaignants, en adoptant largement les conclusions des ' experts désignés. Ils accusèrent la C.A.L.G. d'avoir tenté une expérience hasardeuse, d'avoir vendu des terres impropres à la culture. . Quelques années après, il semble qu'il faille nuancer le jugement sévère porté contre la Compagnie. En matière d'aménagement de « sols vierges », le temps est un facteur important. C'est seulement au bout d'une certaine période que l'on peut se permettre de faire des constatations objec tives. . Il est difficile de demander à la collectivité de tout prévoir et de tout faire lorsqu'il s'agit d'une œuvre aussi délicate que la création d'exploitations agricoles sur des terrains nouvellement amendés. Le facteur humain joue un grand rôle. La valeur technique des attributaires, leurs possibilités financières, souvent nécessaires pour compléter les investissements collectifs, le facteur chance, sous la forme de conditions météorologiques, ont un poids considérable dans le succès ou l'échec de l'entreprise. . Avec un certain recul, l'expérience tentée par la C.A.L.G. semble avoir donné des résultats appréciables, en définitive. [eng] Time and collaboration : important factors in town and country planning. An example, les Landes de Gascogne - It is about fifteen years since the Compagnie des Landes de Gascogne began to develop and improve arable land. This experiment encountered great difficulties. Some thirty of those who had been allocated plots of land had protested over the poor results obtained during the first few yea rs and had taken legal action. The court found in favour of the plaintiffs, following the conclusions of the experts who had been appointed. They accused the C.A.L.G. of having undertaken a risky experiment and of having sold land unsuitable for farming. . Now that some years have gone by it would seem that this harsh judgment against the company should be reconsidered. In the reclaiming of virgin land time is an impor tant factor. It is only after a certain length of time that one can draw objective conclusions. . It is difficult to require local authorities to know in advance exactly what will happen when dealing with something as tricky as the implantation of farms on recently improved land. The human element is also important and the technical knowledge of those allocated plots, their financial possiblities — often necessary to supplement public investments — , and the element of luck — in the form of weather conditions — have a considerable influença on the success or the failure of the undertaking. . As time goes by the experiment attempted by the C.A. L.G. finally seems to have achieved some success.

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  • G. Frélastre, 1974. "Le temps et la concertation, facteurs importants de l'aménagement du territoire : une démonstration, les Landes de Gascogne," Économie rurale, Programme National Persée, vol. 101(1), pages 33-38.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recoru:ecoru_0013-0559_1974_num_101_1_2296
    DOI: 10.3406/ecoru.1974.2296
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