Paris

Debates

The new banks of the Seine: all for the best, or just another Woody Allen set?

Mathieu Flonneau & translated by Oliver Waine - 21 May 2014
June 2013 saw the completion of a project to transform the riverside expressway on the Left Bank of the Seine in...
From the Field

Coping with crowdedness in mass transportation

Martin Aranguren & Stéphane Tonnelat & translated by Oliver Waine - 26 February 2014
Riding overcrowded metros, tubes or subways with dozens of strangers in varying moods is routinely viewed as a...
Reviews

Gentrification in Paris: the elite versus the people?

Colin Giraud & translated by Oliver Waine - 29 January 2014
Anne Clerval’s latest work on the gentrification of Paris, published in September 2013, caused quite a sensation in...
Reviews

La Défense: the Planning and Politics of a Global Business District

Matthew Wendeln - 26 June 2013
La Défense, Europe’s largest business district, is the outcome of a singular mix of state planning, architectural...
Debates

The Negotiated Urbanism of Grand Paris Express

Lara Belkind - 12 June 2013
In the fragmented context of Paris’s metropolitan and regional politics, the Grand Pari(s) design consultation and...
From the Field

Château Rouge: a “Little Africa” in Paris?

Marie Chabrol & translated by Oliver Waine - 22 May 2013
The Château Rouge area of Paris is regarded as an “African neighbourhood”. But what is the reality behind this image?...
Reviews

Haussmann: from modernity to revolution

Jean-Marie Huriot & translated by Oliver Waine - 15 May 2013
Jean-Marie Huriot shows how the latest work by geographer David Harvey to be translated into French sheds new light...
From the Field

Regulating public spaces: the ambiguous role played by new professions

Jacques de Maillard & translated by Oliver Waine - 17 April 2013
Despite a hiatus in the debate on community policing in France, the “new professions” involved in regulating public...
Debates

Jobs and geography: can the “functional hypercentrality” of Paris be an asset for the surrounding region?

Lise Bourdeau-Lepage & Élisabeth Tovar & translated by Oliver Waine - 20 February 2013
In a context of increasing competition among global cities, is it possible that Paris’s key asset is the spatial...
From the Field

Renovation and consultation: Parisian approaches to redeveloping public spaces

Bruno Gouyette & translated by Oliver Waine - 6 February 2013
When renovating its public spaces, how does the city of Paris implement consultation processes required by French...
Debates

Rent control: a miracle solution to the housing crisis?

Jean Bosvieux & translated by Oliver Waine - 21 November 2012
The sharp rise in housing costs in France since the end of the 1990s has generated much debate on the subject of...
Essays

Mapping votes and social inequalities: the case of Paris and its inner suburbs

Jean Rivière & translated by Oliver Waine - 27 June 2012
Analysing local contexts can prove particularly enlightening when it comes to understanding electoral processes,...
From the Field

Gay populations as gentrifiers in Paris and Montreal

Colin Giraud & translated by Oliver Waine - 22 February 2012
Are “gay villages” a sign of gentrification? A comparison between the Marais in Paris – an area gentrified before...

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From the Field

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Essays

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Cycles of Violence: Analysing Media Discourse in the Newspaper...

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How are cyclist and pedestrian deaths depicted in newspaper reports, and how do these reports help shape...

Lahti: The First Carbon-Rationing Experiment Applied to Local...

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The city of Lahti in Finland was the first to experiment with a carbon-trading scheme among its inhabitants to...

Is Rationing Carbon for Travel a Fair, Efficient, and Realistic...

Mobile Lives Forum
In the wake of the pandemic, a carbon tax at Europe’s borders is now on the agenda, but a domestic version for...

Reducing Carbon-Emitting Travel: A Factor of Social Cohesion and...

Mobile Lives Forum
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Strasbourg, An Example of a Cycling City

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Strasbourg is the leading city for cycling in France and a constant source of inspiration for all French cities...

The Trinity of Walking, Cycling and Public Transportation Must Be...

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While emissions from the transportation sector remain at a very high level, all hopes are currently pinned on the...
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