Analysis of foreign cases
Tripoli City Centre’s Urban and Architectural Charter . Land Use Regulations. Urban and Architectural Guidelines
September 2010
The study of the “Tripoli City Centre’s Architectural & Urban Charter” has been developed by ECOU with the IAU île-de-France technical assistance. This first report focuse...
Tripoli City Centre’s Urban and Architectural Charter . Green Plan. Lighting Plan. Street Furniture
September 2010
The study of the “Tripoli City Centre’s Architectural & Urban Charter” has been developed by ECOU with the IAU île-de-France technical assistance. This second report focus...
Tripoli City Centre’s Urban and Architectural Charter . Synthesis report
September 2010
The study of the “Tripoli City Centre’s Architectural & Urban Charter” has been developed by ECOU with the IAU île-de-France technical assistance. This last report gives a bird’s eye view of our proposed regulation. ...
Local innovations in skill-building and employment for low-skilled workers in the United States .
April 2010
The main goal of this study in the United States is to identify good practices and programs to help low skilled workers to find or keep their jobs and programs that can...
Science Cities: Science Campuses and Clusters in 21st Century Metropolises . Zurich: ETH Science City and West Zurich
January 2010
The choice of Zurich is justified by the quality of the scientific and urbanistic project being developed by the Federal Polytec...
Science Cities: Science Campuses and Clusters in 21st Century Metropolises . Helsinki: Nature City and Living Lab
December 2009
The Finnish society has genuine assets to form an innovative milieu: openness to new technologies; pragmatic approach to problem...
The future of Information Sciences . Cases studies in American resources centers
December 2007
PurposeAccording to the INSEE*, the French Institute of Statistics, one French people out of four uses Internet daily. Internet is the first source for practical information (...
The challenge of urban cohesion in Europe : update and public policies . Note rapide n° 412
March 2006
How should we handle the social segregation which is dividing our most developed European cities ? In answer to this question, the IAU île-de-France conducted a comparative...
The Motion Picture Industry in Los Angeles .
Mai 2005
The study, sponsored by the regional Council of the Paris Ile-de-France Region, aims to widen our understanding of Motion Picture Industry in Los Angeles and its challenges in the age of globalization. It was made possible through a partnership with University of ...
The Metropolises of North-West Europe in Figures .
October 2002
One of the aims of the GEMACA II project is to produce comparative data on the economic evolution of the metropolises of north-west Europe. A selection of the data gathered on 14 metropolises is presented in this document. It is original and innovative in that it ...
Growth Sectors / Cluster in Dublin, London, Paris, and Rhine-Rhur .
August 2002
This study was conducted in the framework of the GEMACA II project (Group for European Metropolitan Areas Comparative Analysis, second project), which addresses thecompetitiveness of the major metropolitan areas in E...
Science and Technology in the Functional Urban Regions in Northwest Europe .
September 2001
This study was conducted in the framework of the GEMACA II project (Group for European Metropolitan Areas Comparative Analysis, second project), which addresses the competitiveness of the major metropolitan areas in ...