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Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface and acknowledgements
Abbreviations and acronyms
Introduction
1 Paris and Île-de-France
Population, society and economy of Île-de-France today
The politico-institutional organization of Île-de-France
Economic players
The neocorporatist system
Major business organizations
Other economic players
2 Social, economic and spatial history of the Île-de-France metropolis
Paris Île-de-France: the birth of a metropolitan region, 1800-1945
Demographic and suburban expansion
Industrialization
The first planning policies
Paris, "City of Light"
Paris Île-de-France: the birth of a global city region, 1945-2020
Social and demographic trends
Dynamic demographics, especially in the suburbs
Social polarization between the west and east of the region
Anticipation and support policies: regional planning, housing and transport - the era of big public investment
Economic trends: industrialization, deindustrialization and tertiarization
From industrialization to deindustrialization
Economic development: the ambivalent policies of the state
3 Political history of Île-de-France, 1789-2001
The domination of the state, 1789-1871
Political and administrative organization of Île-de-France under the Revolution
Establishment of a centralized system: from the First to the Second Empire
Towards a conflicting political system, 1871-1977
State laissez-faire and the emergence of the red suburbs, 1871-1945
Relations between Paris and its suburbs: conflicts and cooperation
Birth of the red suburbs
Strong state intervention and the building of political bastions, 1945-77
State management of the region: ambiguous objectives
Changing political forces: reinforcement or creation of bastions.
A territorial reorganization marked by hidden political agendas
Towards an unregulated political decentralization, 1977-2001
France begins to decentralize
A persistently strong state presence
Exacerbation of political conflicts, 1977-2001
Decline of the red suburbs
Construction and reinforcement of strongholds by the right
Return of the left: the region and Paris
4 The economy of Île-de-France: from national capital to global metropolis
From deindustrialization to internationalization: the birth of a global city region
From deindustrialization to tertiarization
The birth of a global city region
The specificities of the Île-de-France economy
A national capital with an original model of economic development
The national economic capital
The Île-de-France economic model
Specificities of the Île-de-France economy
Public economy
Significant industrial sector
Weak financial sector
Île-de-France's strong economic sectors
Small foreign population
5 Problems and challenges
The main problems that Île-de-France faces: inventory
Housing: a matter of concern
Travel and mobility: congestion on the networks and deteriorating transport conditions
The environment: contrasting conditions
The rise of socio-territorial inequalities
Economic attractiveness
Île-de-France's problems in terms of the perception of the issues
Île-de-France's problems in terms of competitiveness and attractiveness
Île-de-France's problems in terms of social and territorial inequalities
6 The policies
Policies to combat social and territorial inequalities
"Comprehensive" policies: policy for cities, financial redistribution and territorial contracts
Reducing inequalities with housing policies
Competitiveness and attractiveness policies.
National and regional policies: clusters, regional strategies and tourism
Targeted policies: La Défense, Saclay and the airports
Environmental policies
The environmental dimension of planning policies
Multiple and fragmented actions without real coordination
Emergency response: housing and mobility policies
7 A blocked system of governance
A system of governance with growing potential for conflict
Unregulated decentralization
Resolving conflicts by electoral battle rather than by negotiation
Issues that crystallize conflicts, block versus block
The impossibility of territorial leadership: abortive attempts
Paris's try: from Metropolitan Conference to Paris Métropole
Government: mobilizing around the "world city"
The region's incapacity to play a unifying role: aspirations without resources
Impossible and pointless institutional reform
Institutional proposals
The question of the "dense zone" and the creation of the Greater Paris metropolis
Local authorities against central government: dismantling the MAPTAM Act
An institutional imbroglio that solves nothing, 2015-20
Conclusion
References
List of illustrations
Index.
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface and acknowledgements
Abbreviations and acronyms
Introduction
1 Paris and Île-de-France
Population, society and economy of Île-de-France today
The politico-institutional organization of Île-de-France
Economic players
The neocorporatist system
Major business organizations
Other economic players
2 Social, economic and spatial history of the Île-de-France metropolis
Paris Île-de-France: the birth of a metropolitan region, 1800-1945
Demographic and suburban expansion
Industrialization
The first planning policies
Paris, "City of Light"
Paris Île-de-France: the birth of a global city region, 1945-2020
Social and demographic trends
Dynamic demographics, especially in the suburbs
Social polarization between the west and east of the region
Anticipation and support policies: regional planning, housing and transport - the era of big public investment
Economic trends: industrialization, deindustrialization and tertiarization
From industrialization to deindustrialization
Economic development: the ambivalent policies of the state
3 Political history of Île-de-France, 1789-2001
The domination of the state, 1789-1871
Political and administrative organization of Île-de-France under the Revolution
Establishment of a centralized system: from the First to the Second Empire
Towards a conflicting political system, 1871-1977
State laissez-faire and the emergence of the red suburbs, 1871-1945
Relations between Paris and its suburbs: conflicts and cooperation
Birth of the red suburbs
Strong state intervention and the building of political bastions, 1945-77
State management of the region: ambiguous objectives
Changing political forces: reinforcement or creation of bastions.
A territorial reorganization marked by hidden political agendas
Towards an unregulated political decentralization, 1977-2001
France begins to decentralize
A persistently strong state presence
Exacerbation of political conflicts, 1977-2001
Decline of the red suburbs
Construction and reinforcement of strongholds by the right
Return of the left: the region and Paris
4 The economy of Île-de-France: from national capital to global metropolis
From deindustrialization to internationalization: the birth of a global city region
From deindustrialization to tertiarization
The birth of a global city region
The specificities of the Île-de-France economy
A national capital with an original model of economic development
The national economic capital
The Île-de-France economic model
Specificities of the Île-de-France economy
Public economy
Significant industrial sector
Weak financial sector
Île-de-France's strong economic sectors
Small foreign population
5 Problems and challenges
The main problems that Île-de-France faces: inventory
Housing: a matter of concern
Travel and mobility: congestion on the networks and deteriorating transport conditions
The environment: contrasting conditions
The rise of socio-territorial inequalities
Economic attractiveness
Île-de-France's problems in terms of the perception of the issues
Île-de-France's problems in terms of competitiveness and attractiveness
Île-de-France's problems in terms of social and territorial inequalities
6 The policies
Policies to combat social and territorial inequalities
"Comprehensive" policies: policy for cities, financial redistribution and territorial contracts
Reducing inequalities with housing policies
Competitiveness and attractiveness policies.
National and regional policies: clusters, regional strategies and tourism
Targeted policies: La Défense, Saclay and the airports
Environmental policies
The environmental dimension of planning policies
Multiple and fragmented actions without real coordination
Emergency response: housing and mobility policies
7 A blocked system of governance
A system of governance with growing potential for conflict
Unregulated decentralization
Resolving conflicts by electoral battle rather than by negotiation
Issues that crystallize conflicts, block versus block
The impossibility of territorial leadership: abortive attempts
Paris's try: from Metropolitan Conference to Paris Métropole
Government: mobilizing around the "world city"
The region's incapacity to play a unifying role: aspirations without resources
Impossible and pointless institutional reform
Institutional proposals
The question of the "dense zone" and the creation of the Greater Paris metropolis
Local authorities against central government: dismantling the MAPTAM Act
An institutional imbroglio that solves nothing, 2015-20
Conclusion
References
List of illustrations
Index.