The Making of Grand Paris: Metropolitan Urbanism in the Twenty-First Century

by Theresa Enright

Book Overview

A critical examination of metropolitan planning in Paris--the "Grand Paris" initiative--and the building of today's networked global city.

In 2007 the French government announced the "Grand Paris" initiative. This ambitious project reimagined the Paris region as integrated, balanced, global, sustainable, and prosperous. Metropolitan solidarity would unite divided populations; a new transportation system, the Grand Paris Express, would...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262549220
• ISBN13: 9780262549226
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher