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Article Dans Une Revue Ecological Economics Année : 2016

Place attachment as a factor of mountain farming permanence: a survey in the French Southern Alps

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In France, agricultural land abandonment constitutes a critical issue. Mountains, in particular, are reckoned to be particularly vulnerable to this phenomenon; therefore, several policy measures attempt to maintain agricultural activities in mountains. In addition to the role of targeted subsidies in reducing abandonment of mountainous areas, we contend that place attachment helps explain the permanence of economic activity in these areas. By using survey data and controlling for several variables likely to influence place attachment, we investigated the relationship between place attachment and living in high or lower altitude mountains in a sample of livestock farmers in the French Southern Alps. Applying an ordered probit model, we found high-mountain farmers to be relatively more attached to their place compared to medium-mountain ones. Our findings also suggest that social relations at the family and neighborhood levels, satisfaction at work, and the distinctiveness farmers assign to a place are important factors of attachment. However, we found no significant association between place attachment and farm profitability. Several policy implications regarding agricultural abandonment and support for mountain livelihoods are derived.
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Leonith Hinojosa Valencia, Eric Lambin, Naoufel Mzoughi, Claude Napoleone. Place attachment as a factor of mountain farming permanence: a survey in the French Southern Alps. Ecological Economics, 2016, 130, pp.308-315. ⟨10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.08.004⟩. ⟨hal-01413569⟩
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