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Metropolitan
fringes
Controlling urbanisation and achieving sustainable development
in fringe zones bordering on the metropolitan areas:
evaluation of practices and innovative proposals |
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Theme
2:
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Interaction
between town and country
from the economic, social and spatial development angles
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the results of the first phase of theme 2 (".pdf"
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Steered by the SERPLAN
Since rural zones play a full part in the socio-economic
operation of metropolises, peri-urban areas must find operating
modes which satisfy the needs and requirements of a population with
an urban culture and of a global economy, without damaging their
natural and cultural heritage. That generally supposes that the
operation of their urban framework and the management of their economic
and social development must undergo profound transformation, based
on :
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reinforcing economic and social
complementarity with the densely urbanised areas of the metropolis
and between the various portions of the peri-urban area; |
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renewing the part played by
historic town centers and re-organising the central functions, |
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controlling the supply and
demand of development land and change of land use, |
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combating the tendency
for economic and social segregation between zones, and seeking
balanced development of
the area, |
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adapting and modernising services
(facilities, shops, transport, etc.) by making use of the possibilities
offered by new communications and information technologies; |
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livening and revitalising
local social life; |
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creating job-generating activities
and wealth based on local resources(qualifications, technical
know-how, natural
and cultural heritage, etc.). |
By comparing the situations observed in the five
regions, the project will enable the processes of socio-economic
transformation that are in progress to be better understood, and
will help the analysis of the potential, the function, and the urban
organisation of the peri-urban zones under study. The practices
and experiences observed as regards social and economic development
will help to supplement and to enrich local policies so as to achieve
more satisfactorily the objectives of competitiveness and of social
cohesion, without adversely affecting the sustainability and the
spatial balance of development.
June 7, 1999 in London : first meeting of the
technical theme group.
October 28 and 29, 1999 in Mannheim : second meeting.
March 8 and 9, 2001 in Mannheim : next meeting
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