The urban development of Montpellier since the 1980s: a city in the making…

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

Jean-Paul Volle, a certified geography teacher, taught at Paul-Valéry-Montpellier University. He specialized in the geography of Languedoc and urban geography under the guidance ofRaymond DugrandandRobert Ferras. He is one of the pillars of urban geography at Paul-Valéry University, alongside Raymond Dugrand, Robert Ferras, and his colleagues Bernard Vielzeuf and Michel Vigouroux. He 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 Preservation and Enhancement Plan for Montpellier’s historic district. He is a member of the Urban Planning Conciliation Commission (DREAL), a member of the Economic Outlook Section of the Languedoc-Roussillon Economic and Social Council, and a member of the Youth Commission 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 Economy 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.