Strasbourg Eurométropole, a cross-border conurbation towards new sustainable mobility patterns
In the French context, Strasbourg is an exemplary case study for the development pattern of the “city of short distances”: its local and regional components were developed in the long term after the polycentric “Rhineland model” of German, Swiss, and Dutch cities. According to the French la...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institute of Architecture, Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Spatium |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-569X/2015/1450-569X1533018M.pdf |
| Summary: | In the French context, Strasbourg is an exemplary case study for the
development pattern of the “city of short distances”: its local and regional
components were developed in the long term after the polycentric “Rhineland
model” of German, Swiss, and Dutch cities. According to the French law on
cities of 27 January 2014, Strasbourg has become a local authority with
special status - the Eurométropole - replacing the former local authority
status (CUS). The new Eurométropole is supposed to “enhance metropolitan
economic functions, transport networks and academic resources, research and
innovation, in a spirit of regional and interregional cooperation and with a
desire for balanced development of its territory” (LOW 2014-58). The concept
of metropolitan development territory in Strasbourg includes thus the
metropolitan system of the Upper Rhine, the idea of innovative governance of
the projects shared between several institutional actors referring to
multiple scales and diversified skills. Taking into consideration its
particular geographical, cultural, social and economical context, ‘bottom up’
approaches and exploratory scenarios mark a joint effort to invent
Strasbourg’s metropolitan development. |
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| ISSN: | 1450-569X 2217-8066 |