La desserte aérienne de La Réunion et de Mayotte ou les enjeux d’accessibilité de deux départements français de l’océan Indien
This article invites a comparison, in terms of transport and mobility, between the two French departments of the Indian Ocean, Réunion and Mayotte. In doing so, it invites us to understand the air links that these two territories have established with the mainland France on one side and their region...
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| Language: | English |
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Université des Antilles
2024-04-01
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| Series: | Études Caribéennes |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/31463 |
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| Summary: | This article invites a comparison, in terms of transport and mobility, between the two French departments of the Indian Ocean, Réunion and Mayotte. In doing so, it invites us to understand the air links that these two territories have established with the mainland France on one side and their regional environment on the other. It is therefore a question of raising the central question of island accessibility through the prism of air transport, which will serve as a common thread for the analysis. Accessibility is defined as the greatest ease of reaching a place from one or more other places using all or part of the means of transport available. ‘The accessibility of a space to a central place can precisely be defined as the set of minimal paths from all places to this center. Paths can be evaluated in terms of physical distance (traveled or perceived), travel time, cost, and even enjoyment.’ Accessibility constitutes a primordial factor in opening up of island spaces, establishing the opening-closing dialectic of the islands. Obviously not all island spaces have the same level of accessibility. Between the islands which are on the fringes and those which are at the heart of globalization, the gradient is wide. Some are at the end of the archipelago, poorly connected to the other islands, while others stand out as crossroads. |
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| ISSN: | 1779-0980 1961-859X |