%0 Journal Article %T La qualit¨¦ comme moyen de repenser le d¨¦veloppement durable d¡¯un territoire. %A Herv¨¦ Br¨¦dif %J EspacesTemps.net %D 2008 %I Association Espaces Temps.net %X La qualit¨¦ fait partie de ces termes d¡¯autant plus difficiles ¨¤ appr¨¦hender que leur signification para t ¨¦vidente. En approfondissant les diff¨¦rentes acceptions de cette notion, il s¡¯av¨¨re ¨¤ la fois possible de rendre compte de sa d¨¦saffection par les sciences tout en comprenant, ¨¤ l¡¯inverse, l¡¯int¨¦r¨ºt qu¡¯elle pr¨¦sente pour l¡¯entreprise et le management. Cela permet aussi de mieux comprendre en quoi certaines approches officielles du d¨¦veloppement durable s¡¯av¨¨rent d¨¦cevantes. Entendue comme les caract¨¦ristiques ou les attributs d¡¯un ¨ºtre ou d¡¯une chose auxquels un acteur donn¨¦ accorde de l¡¯importance, la qualit¨¦ appara t comme un op¨¦rateur pr¨¦cieux pour favoriser l¡¯expression et la reconnaissance de diff¨¦rents syst¨¨mes de lecture et d¡¯appr¨¦ciation. Elle ouvre la voie d¡¯une meilleure communication entre acteurs sur des questions complexes, ainsi que l¡¯illustre le cas du plateau de Saclay o¨´ l¡¯auteur est intervenu durant dix-huit mois dans le cadre d¡¯une d¨¦marche de facilitation strat¨¦gique. Situ¨¦ dans le sud-ouest parisien, ce territoire concentre les enjeux. Il a donn¨¦ lieu ¨¤ de nombreux rapports officiels, sans qu¡¯ait ¨¦t¨¦ explicit¨¦ le r¨¦f¨¦rentiel des grandes qualit¨¦s le concernant ; en cons¨¦quence, les responsables de ce territoire ont les plus grandes difficult¨¦s ¨¤ donner un contenu concret ¨¤ la notion de d¨¦veloppement durable. Quality as a means to rethink the sustainable development of a territory. Quality is all the more difficult to define as its meaning seems obvious. It¡¯s worth considering the different senses of the word and trying to explain how quality can, at the same time, be forgotten by sciences, while being so much used in the field of management. Hence, a more precise meaning can be given. This allows explaining why official approaches of sustainability have reached deadlock. In fact, quality appears to be a precious operator, that reveals which characteristics of beings or things are really important for actors. It opens the way for a better communication between actors on complex issues, as shown by the example of the plateau of Saclay. Located in the urban area of Paris, this territory concentrates a great number of aspects, ranging from a huge research potential to a high role in terms of biodiversity. Though numerous surveys and maps were developed for this area, no referential of important qualities about this territory exists. Consequently, actors meet the greatest difficulties in finding a way to deal concretely with the objective of sustainability. Key words: quality; sustainability; plateau of Saclay; limited relativity; ref %U http://www.espacestemps.net/document5213.html