Human Geography French Regional Policy Mind Map

French Regional Policy
Aims
Limit Growth of Paris
PAR (1956)
Programme d Action Regional
22 Regions, given funding
for own development
DATAR 1963
Delegation a Amenagement du
Terriotoire et a l'action
What?
Regional Growth Poles
(Metropoles d'Equilibre)
Urban areas given financial help to
develop teriary industry, education, and
industry (see Myrdal)
8 in total
Successes
PAT (1980's on)
Project Subsidies of 35,000 FFR per job and 17%
of investment in standard areas, 50,000
FFR per job and 25% investment in
maximum rate areas
Change of focus from large scale
industrial develapment to creation of
employment in local procets
Rural Rebirth 2003
Faliures
Successes
Decentralise Industry
Reduce regional inequality
Reviralse Peripheral areas
Limited Success
How?
Where?
Success
Negative Impacts
Replaced DATAR due to economic
recession (cheaper)
Prime unique d Amengement Ternitorial
Why?
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