The protest of local public decision-making and land-use conflicts in French rural and peri-urban areas
Résumé
This article introduces an economic framework concerning the protest of local public decisions. This protest reveals a great deal about the difficulty of the local public decision-makers to organize land-use planning without conflicts. This protest proves to be the favorite way for the residents of rural areas and commuter towns to signal and to conserve their property rights concerning their living environment.