International Research Network
IRN - CNRS SustainAsia
Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development in Asia:
Governance and societies facing environmental challenges

URBALTOUR analyzes the convergences between urban and tourist logics looking at hill stations created during the colonial period in India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Project Coordinator: Emmanuelle PEYVEL

This research programme is funded by the "Agence nationale de la Recherche" (ANR) in the category "Young Researchers Young Researchers". Begun in January 2020, the investigative work will continue until June 2024.
This research program analyzes the role of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) launched by the Chinese Government in 2013, as an engine of urban development for secondary cities in Southeast Asia. It examines how the BRI powerfully drives international urban models, especially in (...)

A large-scale project of the French Development Agency (AFD), General Monetary and Multisectoral Macrodynamics for the Ecological Shift (GEMMES) has the overall objective of assessing the macroeconomic impacts of climate change and simulating potential adaptation strategies in various developing countries. Adapted in six countries (Brazil, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Morocco, Tunisia and Vietnam), the project dedicated to Vietnam (Gemmes-VN) focuses on the capacity of coastal zones to adapt to (...)