Civil Engineering and Architecture Vol. 10(5A), pp. 93 - 110
DOI: 10.13189/cea.2022.101405
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Interplay of Actors and Dynamics in Urban Development Projects: A French Experience on the West Side of Paris

Maye Yehia ^*
College of Engineering and Technology, Arab Academy for Science Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Alexandria, 21937, Egypt

ABSTRACT

The past decades have seen the emergence of new development strategies as a major concern in Europe. Cities have tried to improve their positions and attract economic activities by establishing strategic visions and by creating urban expansions as economic drivers. In France, it was during the 1980s that rigid technocratic conventional urban planning seemed increasingly discredited. Therefore, a new project-based approach encouraging openness and flexibility began to emerge. This research aims to explain the mechanisms underlying French cities have put forth to guaranty the quality of spatial planning, including the design of public spaces, its landscape and architecture, and to ensure the fulfillment of environmental, economic, aesthetic and social goals. The case of the new eco-district 'Le Trapèze' built on the former sites of Renault factories in Boulogne-Billancourt, at the Paris's gates, demonstrates how policies are implemented to safeguard the coherence of vision and to minimize the degree of uncertainty embedded in long-term complex projects. The City has set up an innovative framework to establish an effective project steering process. The articulation between different actors to achieve the urban mixed-use development project and the tools used for compliance with the applicable norms and regulations are an innovative response to issues of adaptability and sustainability. The methodology of the research combines a critical bibliographical analysis, followed by a synthesis of fieldwork that included interviews with planners and architects and several visits to the sites. The results obtained from this investigation have been grouped in three sections: 'Tools of public-private partnerships', 'Resilience of landscape design' and 'Reproducibility of the experience'.

KEYWORDS
Spatial Planning, Eco-District, Steering Process, Resilience, France

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Maye Yehia , "Interplay of Actors and Dynamics in Urban Development Projects: A French Experience on the West Side of Paris," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 10, No. 5A, pp. 93 - 110, 2022. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2022.101405.

(b). APA Format:
Maye Yehia (2022). Interplay of Actors and Dynamics in Urban Development Projects: A French Experience on the West Side of Paris. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 10(5A), 93 - 110. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2022.101405.