L'aménagement rural et la région : problèmes de méthodes

It is impossible to understand change in rural society to day and to try to influence it without referring to an all round conception of planning. There are two kinds of studies, broad surveys and sector analysis. This information, to be used in decision making has to be precise, practical and understandable. Each survey should answer these questions : where, why, how must we act ? The State orders more and more country planning surveys. A methodology and a philosophy of this type of surveys have thus been developed. Country planning cannot be inspired by an autarcie idea of rural development. It should on the contrary support local and external initiatives to realize the goals fixed.