The organization of the defense support system: an economic geography perspective

2017

In the context of restricted budgetary resources and the growing cost of maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) activities, a major issue for modern armed forces is to sustain defense platforms. A possible method consists of realizing economies of scale through the concentration of maintenance activities, which involves the spatial reorganization of existing industrial sites dedicated to MRO. This article provides a formalized framework to discuss the optimal organization for the MRO of defense platforms in space. The public planner organizes the maintenance of defense platforms with only two possible spatial configurations. In the dispersed configuration, two industrial production units i…

Les trajectoires résidentielles des familles périurbaines : quelles perspectives face aux évolutions démographiques et d’emplois ?

2014

Maîtrise de la croissance urbaine : outils, comportement des acteurs et impacts environnements

2015

Le service public de l’efficacité énergétique : une garantie de l’intérêt général des générations futures ? Compte-rendu du séminaire du programme Ap…

2014