Issues and challenges arising from the integrated revitalization of mid-sized city centres: The case of Chicoutimi, Jonquière and Alma
This paper discusses the difficulties encountered in mobilizing community groups around integrated revitalization and socio-spatial issues affecting the downtown core of three mid-sized urban centres located in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region. Our article explores these difficulties, but also shows that some new examples of integrated revitalization are beginning to emerge, particularly in the Chicoutimi downtown district. These new developments are occurring as a result of others that have taken place in different cities across Quebec.