Open AccessIn the footsteps of Jean Gottmann: From Le Havre to harbors between globalization and the quest for identity
Author(s) -
François Gay
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
ekistics and the new habitat
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2653-1313
DOI - 10.53910/26531313-e200370420/421284
Subject(s) - state (computer science) , identity (music) , globalization , sociology , media studies , art history , history , library science , humanities , political science , art , aesthetics , law , algorithm , computer science
The author has had a double role as professor (regional and urban geography) and as a specialist of problems of town planning. He was influenced by the thinking of Jean Gottmann. As a teacher he taught first history at Lycée François 1er in Havre (1946-1962), then as professor of Geography in the University of Rouen and visiting professor in various US Universities: Southern Illinois , Arizona State, etc. He has published articles or books on Normandy, Benelux, Italy and the United States. He directed the review Etudes Normandes (1974-2003) and was researcher or consultant on various committees of town planning (Basse Seine, Rouen, Ville Nouvelle-Val de Reuil).