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 trying...

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 law...

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 rent...

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...

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

Coping with crowdedness in mass transportation

Gentrification in Paris: the elite versus the people?

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

The Negotiated Urbanism of Grand Paris Express

Château Rouge: a “Little Africa” in Paris?

Haussmann: from modernity to revolution

Regulating public spaces: the ambiguous role played by new professions

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

Renovation and consultation: Parisian approaches to redeveloping public spaces

Rent control: a miracle solution to the housing crisis?

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

Gay populations as gentrifiers in Paris and Montreal

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