L’improbable préemption des territoires à risque industriel majeur
Using the notion of pre-emption rights as envisaged by public authorities (i.e. central State services and local authorities), the paper aims to show the effects of boundary delimitation of prevention plans for technological risks on local governance and regional planning. Inter-communal councils propose a new organisation of legal and financial resources as well as of political and territorial resources. Even if the legal context stays unclear, the anticipated use of pre-emption reveals new forms of regulation between the State and local authorities. The process of pre-emption questions the future of planning and development at the interface between urban and industry areas, and also the extent to which industrial risks are evaluated by adjacent urban zones.