Didier Vye

Didier Vye is an associate professor in geography and a member of the Joint Research Center CNRS/La Rochelle University « Littoral, Environnement et Sociétés » (UMR 7266 LIENSs). The main topic of his research is to interrogate the « Sustainable City » paradigm in a coastal context. He studies the link between uses and representations of people living in the coastal zone and public policies in these specific territories. His research contributes to the understanding of coastal zones issues, such as the tension between attractiveness and vulnerability or social and environmental inequalities.

Quand les mobilités influencent la perception des changements territoriaux.

Le cas des résidents secondaires en Charente-Maritime.

Didier Vye, Caroline Blondy, Caroline Bontet, Stéphane Donnat, Christine Plumejeaud-Perreau et Luc Vacher | 23.03.2017

The frequent comings and goings within various living places characterise second home owners. Neither truly tourist nor inhabitant in the region of their second home, this population category is hybrid, because they are owners of a home where they do not usually live during the year. This raises the question of their right to express themselves about the changes affecting the territory where their second home is located. Their way of living in this multipolar residential system, with the [...]