The Urban Development of Montpellier Since the 1980s: A City in the Making…

Jean-Paul Volle, professor emeritus in the School of Humanities (geographer and urban planner).

Jean-Paul Volle, a certified geography teacher, taught at Paul-Valéry-Montpellier University. He specialized in the geography of the Languedoc region and urban geography under the guidance ofRaymond DugrandandRobert Ferras. He is one of the leading figures in urban geography at Paul-Valéry University, alongside Raymond Dugrand, Robert Ferras, and his colleagues Bernard Vielzeuf and Michel Vigouroux. He has collaborated withthe GIP Reclusin Montpellier.

Jean-Paul Volle is a member of the executive board ofMontpellier Agglomération. He holds several positions: member of the commission responsible for the Plan for the Preservation and Enhancement of Montpellier’s Preserved Area. He is a member of the Urban Planning Conciliation Committee (DREAL), a member of the Economic Conditions Section of the Languedoc-Roussillon Economic and Social Council, and a member of the Youth Committee of the Languedoc-Roussillon Regional Council.

He was elected a member ofthe Montpellier Academy of Sciences and Lettersin 2017

Books:

• 99 Responses on…the City (with Robert Ferras), CRDP, Montpellier, 1995.
• Sustainable Land-Use Planning, The Economics of Urban Form: Proceedings of the Seminars Held from November 20, 1998, to April 2, 1999, in Montpellier, edited by Jean-Paul Volle. Éditions de l’Espérou, 1999.
• Montpellier Méditerranée, with Robert Ferras, 228 pages, Economica, published in 2002.
• Nîmes: The Clash of Modernity, with a foreword by Jean-Paul Volle, Éditions l’Harmattan, 2002.
• Montpellier, the Invented City, Éditions Parenthèses, June 2010.