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Empty Diagonal
The empty diagonal (french: diagonale du vide) is a band of low-density population that stretches from the French department of the Landes in the southwest to the Meuse in the northeast. The diagonal's population density is very low compared to the rest of France. Description The low population density (less than 30/km², or 78/mi²) is caused largely by the rural exodus and urbanisation of the 19th and 20th centuries. Some commentators prefer to speak of a "low-density diagonal" () and regard the term "empty diagonal" as both pejorative and exaggerated. Still, DATAR used the term and it remains the most common term. The pattern is more readily apparent at the departmental level than at the regional level. It is part of a broader pattern of low population density that extends into Spain and Portugal and is known as the continental diagonal. History and evolution Before the emergence of the empty diagonal, an earlier demographic feature was the Saint-Malo-Geneva line tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-François Gravier
Jean-François Gravier was a French geographer famous for his work ''Paris and the French Desert'' published in 1947, and republished in 1953 and 1972. He denounces the extreme concentration of France in Paris, and the monopoly of that city over French resources. Detailed information in English oJ-F Gravier Quotation Bibliography * Gravier (J. - F.). Paris and the French desert, Portulan, Paris, 1947, 418 p. * Gravier (J. - F.). Paris and the French desert in 1972, Flammarion, Paris, 1972, 284 p. See also * Empty diagonal * Regional planning * Decentralization Decentralization or decentralisation is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those regarding planning and decision making, are distributed or delegated away from a central, authoritative location or group. Conce ... French geographers {{Geographer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |