ABSTRACT
The events of 1968 had more influence on French collective behaviour and social structures than on its political regime, which withstood the crisis. The period gave a major impetus to a process of intellectual revival which had started a few years before. French geography was altered by a range of intellectual and political transformations which included the introduction of spatial economics, urban theory and quantitative methods. In this spirit of radical change, a number of geographers such as Armand Frémont gave a fresh impulse to local and regional studies through his emphasis on the lived experience of space (espace vécu) whilst Georges Bertrand and Gabriel Rougerie tried to build closer links between natural and human geography through the analysis of landscape. Elsewhere, Roger Brunet developed a new systematic approach to regional studies which appeared timely given the political and economic changes.
