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-==== IRSTEA - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (National Research Institue on Science  and Technology for Environment and Agriculture) ====
+==== IRSTEA - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture====
+(National Research Institute on Science  and Technology for Environment and Agriculture)
-**Irstea: a targeted research institute aimed at decision and action
+**Irstea: a research institute specialized in decision support and action
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 **Irstea’s main missions**
-Initiating, implementing, coordinating and supporting, on the medium and long-term, on its own initiative or at the request of the government, all scientific and technological research in the areas of developing sustainable land management, especially agricultural and natural land, and their resources.
+Initiating, implementing, coordinating and supporting scientific and technological research in the fields of sustainable land and resource management, in the medium as well as in the long-term. The projects are either based on its own initiative or on request by e.g. governmental institutions.
 **Grenoble Center - "Territories" Department**
-The research and analysis of the Mountain Territories Development Research Unit mainly involves social sciences. Work is aimed at characterising and facilitating the integration of environmental considerations into rural and mountain development plans as part of overall sustainable development.
+Research and analyses of the research unit Development of Mountain Areas operate mainly in the field of social sciences. Our research concentrates on rural and mountain territories, from rural areas on the fringes of cities to protected areas. These regions are subject to significant pressure, especially from urban factors, and their environment represents a development asset – since it offers amenities that can be harnessed – and a major vulnerability, since it must be preserved. Our teams look at various development aspects.
-Our reasearch concentrates on rural and mountain territories, from rural areas on the fringes of cities to protected areas. These regions are subject to significant pressure, especially from urban factors, and their environment represents a development asset – since it offers amenities that can be harnessed – and a major vulnerability, since it must be preserved. We look especially closely at agriculture in mountain areas with a view to encouraging sustainable agriculture by balancing farming needs with those of the environment. We also examine tourist activities in terms of how they are organised and their consequences for given regions. Our sociological research seeks to increase understanding of contemporary evolutions in ‘nature policies’ and environmental science policies and how these overlap. Research examines territories as study subjects and analyses the operators, practices and public policies that influence, or derive from, their development. The research is carried out in the aim of supporting decision-making and development policies.
+One group focuses on dynamics and regulation of areas under urban influence: residential choice and segregation, land and territorial planing. A second is concerned with agricultural activities in mountain areas with a specific interest in sustainable agriculture that balances farming needs with those of the environment. Another group examines tourist activities, how they are organised and which consequences they have for given regions. Our sociological research seeks to improve the understanding of contemporary evolutions in ‘nature policies’ and environmental science policies and how these overlap. The research is carried out with the aim to support decision-making and the development of policies.
+**Researchers involved**
+  * Dominik Cremer-Schulte, spatial planner, PhD candidate in economics
+  * Hugues Francois, database specialist
+  * Mihai Tivadar, spatial economist
+  * Frédéric Bray, database specialist
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