Spare the natural, agricultural and forest surrounding areas related to the big urban planning state projects : contradiction of the public utility spatial planning ? Diverse perspectives over the construction operations in the Paris metropolitan areas (Île-de-France)
Marie JUSSAUME (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne / Géographie-cités) will present her doctoral thesis in town planning under the supervision of Sabine Barles: Les espaces naturels, agricoles et forestiers face aux opérations d’intérêt national : enquête au sein de quatre opérations d’intérêt national franciliennes
Tuesday March 26, 2024
at 2pm
Center Panthéon, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
12 place du Panthéon
75005 Paris
Jury
– Claire Aragau, professeure, École d’Urbanisme de Paris-UPEC, Lab’URBA
– Sabine Barles, professeure, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, UMR Géographie-Cités
– Eric Charmes, directeur de recherche, ENTPE, Université de Lyon
– Romain Melot, directeur de recherche, INRAE, UMR BAGAP
– Coline Perrin, directrice de recherche, INRAE, UMR Innovation
Abstract
This thesis analyses the role of natural, agricultural and forestry areas in urban planning, with a particular focus on their integration into the state’s projects: the opérations d’intérêt national. In a context of growing concern about environmental and climate issues, the legitimacy of urban projects is increasingly at odds with the need to preserve natural, agricultural and forest areas. These major state projects – conducted over several decades – are at the crossroads between two development models. The first one, inherited from the state interventionism of the end of the Second World War, is characterized by an exception system and large-scale land consumption. The second one, still in its infancy and currently under discussion, aims to meet the new demands for higher exemplarity standards and land sobriety.
This research was carried out in a number of areas in the Paris region that have implemented measures to integrate natural, agricultural and forestry areas, in the specific context of major state projects. The following areas were studied: The Saclay plateau, on the border between Essonne and Yvelines, the Val de Bussy and Val d’Europe sectors of Marne-la-Vallée, and the new town of Sénart in Seine-et-Marne.
Even though operations of national interest benefit from an exception system, that makes it easier for them to carry out their projects, there are regulatory instruments that make it possible to counter their derogatory practices by taking account of the challenges facing natural, agricultural and forestry areas. These instruments are the result of recent legislation, and their application remains uneven and dependent on the strategies deployed by local players. The different areas thus reveal that the integration of natural, agricultural and forest areas is ultimately influenced by the intersection of several factors: the overall dynamics of the operation of national interest, the legislative context, the introduction of regulatory tools for managing natural, agricultural and forestry areas areas but also, and above all, the establishment of cooperation dynamics between local people and the presence of militant actions likely to catalyse them.
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