Urban governments tend to pedestrianise the centres of cities or to implement street designs which reduce the amount of cars in the public spaces of these centres: pedestrian areas, reduction of on-street parking, implementation of 'zones de rencontre' (living streets), etc. Prima facie, these policies, which encourage pedestrian mobility to the detriment of automotive mobility, seem to be obviously favourable to the preservation of environment. In France, pedestrianisation is presented by the national authorities as one of the tools contributing to the sustainable development of urban territories. Another hypothesis, however, is that these policies are part of urban marketing strategies of cities engaged in inter-urban competition processe...
Metropolisation, the result of the shifting patterns of concentration and expansion in populations a...
Metropolisation, the result of the shifting patterns of concentration and expansion in populations a...
Desynchronization of population catchment and employment areas, localization of firms in outskirts b...
Urban governments tend to pedestrianise the centres of cities or to implement street designs which r...
International audienceWalking in cities has raised a renewed interest since the beginning of the 200...
International audienceWalking in cities has raised a renewed interest since the beginning of the 200...
International audienceWalking in cities has raised a renewed interest since the beginning of the 200...
International audienceWalking in cities has raised a renewed interest since the beginning of the 200...
International audienceWalking in cities has raised a renewed interest since the beginning of the 200...
International audienceWalking in cities has raised a renewed interest since the beginning of the 200...
International audienceWalking in cities has raised a renewed interest since the beginning of the 200...
Improving the shopping experience is one of the main lines of a policy to revitalize downtown Marsei...
Improving the shopping experience is one of the main lines of a policy to revitalize downtown Marsei...
Metropolisation, the result of the shifting patterns of concentration and expansion in populations a...
Metropolisation, the result of the shifting patterns of concentration and expansion in populations a...
Metropolisation, the result of the shifting patterns of concentration and expansion in populations a...
Metropolisation, the result of the shifting patterns of concentration and expansion in populations a...
Desynchronization of population catchment and employment areas, localization of firms in outskirts b...
Urban governments tend to pedestrianise the centres of cities or to implement street designs which r...
International audienceWalking in cities has raised a renewed interest since the beginning of the 200...
International audienceWalking in cities has raised a renewed interest since the beginning of the 200...
International audienceWalking in cities has raised a renewed interest since the beginning of the 200...
International audienceWalking in cities has raised a renewed interest since the beginning of the 200...
International audienceWalking in cities has raised a renewed interest since the beginning of the 200...
International audienceWalking in cities has raised a renewed interest since the beginning of the 200...
International audienceWalking in cities has raised a renewed interest since the beginning of the 200...
Improving the shopping experience is one of the main lines of a policy to revitalize downtown Marsei...
Improving the shopping experience is one of the main lines of a policy to revitalize downtown Marsei...
Metropolisation, the result of the shifting patterns of concentration and expansion in populations a...
Metropolisation, the result of the shifting patterns of concentration and expansion in populations a...
Metropolisation, the result of the shifting patterns of concentration and expansion in populations a...
Metropolisation, the result of the shifting patterns of concentration and expansion in populations a...
Desynchronization of population catchment and employment areas, localization of firms in outskirts b...