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Will local-government reform in London involve or abandon its citizens?

Martine Drozdz & translated by Oliver Waine - 3 July 2013

While the current financial crisis has compromised local authorities’ ability to deliver municipal services, the...

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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...

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Identity checks and the law

Nathalie Ferré & translated by Oliver Waine - 24 April 2013

In France, the issue of identity checks is at the heart of the thorny debate on how to ensure better relations...

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When agriculture meets the city…

André Torre & Lise Bourdeau-Lepage & translated by Oliver Waine - 10 April 2013

In this article, André Torre and Lise Bourdeau-Lepage consider the role of nature in the city through the prism of...

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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...

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Do local politicians represent the people? A sociological portrait

Michel Koebel & translated by Oliver Waine - 28 November 2012

France’s 500,000 local councillors are regularly presented as the most popular elected officials and those closest...

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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...

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Participation and housing policies: a century-old phenomenon

Marie-Hélène Bacqué & Claire Carriou & translated by Oliver Waine - 24 October 2012

The recent renewed interest in participatory housing experiments is, in fact, linked to a much longer history that...

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Social housing in Europe: the end of an era?

Noémie Houard & translated by Oliver Waine - 26 September 2012

Although there is no single European model for social housing, there are nevertheless a number of common trends and...

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The digital city: challenges for the future

Serge Wachter & translated by Oliver Waine - 16 May 2012

What is the impact of digital technology on the city and its architecture? Serge Wachter analyses the way in which...

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Organic school meals: what remains of the pioneer spirit?

Leïla Kebir & translated by Oliver Waine - 9 May 2012

The concept of “organic canteens” has proved remarkably successful, buoyed by the Grenelle de l’Environnement (the...

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From Vélib’ to Autolib’: private corporations’ involvement in urban mobility policy

Maxime Huré & translated by Oliver Waine - 25 April 2012

In December 2011 – four years after the launch of Vélib’ – Paris inaugurated Autolib’, the largest system of...

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Water, sanitation, energy, waste: the dawn of the network-free city?

Sylvain Petitet & translated by Oliver Waine - 18 April 2012

Negative externalities, changes in society and technological innovation all call into question the industrial model...

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Local food: a concrete Utopia

Christian Deverre & Jean-Baptiste Traversac & translated by Oliver Waine - 15 February 2012

Roland Vidal recently invited us to look beyond short food-supply chains and rethink local links between cities and...

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The risk of nuclear accident: a territorial approach

Ambroise Pascal & translated by Oliver Waine - 1 February 2012

How many people live in the vicinity of French nuclear power stations? Recent events – notably in Japan, but also in...

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Towers of Power

Jean-Marie Huriot & translated by Oliver Waine - 25 January 2012

Following on from Manuel Appert’s contribution, Jean-Marie Huriot discusses what is at stake in the skyscraper race....

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Shale Gas: Local Democracy vs Central Government

Pascal Terrasse & translated by Oliver Waine - 18 January 2012

Without local consultation, the French government has granted permission for the exploration of shale gas plays...

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Why isn’t there enough housing in France?

Jean-Claude Driant & translated by Oliver Waine - 11 January 2012

The idea that France is experiencing a serious housing deficit, requiring a massive home-building policy is the...

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The difficulties of housing the Chinese “sandwich class”

Jie Chen & Bernard Vorms & translated by Oliver Waine - 21 December 2011

In China, young people from the middle classes are said to belong to a “sandwich class”: they do not have enough...

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Skyline policy: the Shard and London’s high-rise debate

Manuel Appert & translated by Oliver Waine - 14 December 2011

At a time when major cities are racing to build higher than ever, and when the construction of skyscrapers in...

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Kanal İstanbul: a “crazy project” serving political ambitions

Yoann Morvan & translated by Oliver Waine - 7 December 2011

The current proliferation of mega-projects in the Istanbul metropolitan area is both undeniable and impressive. The...

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Is rising home ownership bad for employment?

Jean Bosvieux & Bernard Coloos & translated by Oliver Waine - 9 November 2011

Homeowners everywhere are less mobile than tenants. However, does home ownership have a negative effect on...

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The desirable city or the sustainable city: what is the role of green spaces?

Jean-François Guet & translated by Birdwell Institute - 2 November 2011

While green spaces are in great demand among city-dwellers, their presence alone is not enough to make the city...

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Participatory democracy in large-scale contexts: citizen participation in urban planning in Paris and Córdoba

Héloïse Nez & translated by Oliver Waine - 19 October 2011

Participatory urban planning often comes up against the question of scale, with local councillors accepting to...

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The Fantastical Accounts of Grand Paris

Frédéric Léonhardt & translated by Eric Rosencrantz - 28 September 2011

After four years of ongoing debate, the French government’s Grand Paris scheme has spawned a large-scale mass...

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Integrating the train into the city: some thoughts from Spain

Luis Santos y Ganges & translated by Eric Rosencrantz - 21 September 2011

Are inner-city railways condemned to form boundaries or barriers within the city? Based on a critique of the...

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Designing protests in urban public space

Tali Hatuka - 14 September 2011

Social and political protests in urban public spaces are multiplying in cities all around the world. Tali Hatuka...

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New Orleans as a Rust Belt City?

Robert J. S. Ross - 6 July 2011

New Orleans needs to recover not only from the 2005 catastrophic flooding of Katrina, but also from a much more...

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For a Critique of the Liberal Foundations of American Cities

David Imbroscio - 29 June 2011

Profoundly touched by the consequences of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, David Imbroscio seeks concrete...

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Who cares about care? Health care rationalization and the demise of a public hospital after Katrina

Anne M. Lovell - 8 June 2011

Charity Hospital served the poor and uninsured in one of the US’s unhealthiest cities. Though repaired after...

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