From Industrial City to Sustainable City. The Northern Suburbs of Paris Yesterday and Today

Boris Lebeau

doi:10.2478/esrp-2013-0009

Authors

Boris Lebeau Department of Geography, University Paris 13 – Sorbonne Paris Cité, 99 av. J. B. Clément, 93430 Villetaneuse, France

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2478/esrp-2013-0009

Keywords:

sustainable city, economic changes, sustainable housing policy, sustainability and city planning, social mix policy, Paris

Abstract

Former industrial suburbs, which are now the object of economic and functional transformations almost everywhere in Europe, are suitable testing grounds for implementing a more sustainable urban development. The case of the northern suburbs of Paris, which we will look at here, shows that there is no lack of political will or regulatory tools for imagining and planning this sustainable city. However, the social problems that affect these suburbs are a definite impediment to its realization.

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