Understanding the ways of inhabiting coastal areas through the social representations of the landscape

Coastal landscape can be studied through social representations of individuals who live and/or participate in its management. In this perspective, this work proposes a methodological framework to reveal the ways of living on the French Mediterranean coast. It also proposes some results produced by the implementation of this methodology. Its heuristic potential is based on its interdisciplinary approach, the articulation of several conceptual frameworks (coast, way of living, landscape and social representations), and the analysis of several datasets.