Expert viewpoint
Nature in the city, a factor of health and well-being: points of view from Lise Bourdeau-Lepage and Florence Marin-Poillot
LFDLC: How can nature in the city be defined and what are its main features?
Lise...
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Op-Ed
Is the ability to live in a city a key factor of quality of life?
Housing for everyone: the challenge for growing European cities Ensuring that everyone has housing in... -
Op-Ed
Is efficient mobility a guarantee of quality?
What is efficient mobility? Mobility is individuals’ physical ability to travel from point A to... -
Op-Ed
Are public spaces the key to living together harmoniously?
Public spaces as a vehicle for urban life Let us start by going back to the... -
Expert viewpoint
Expert viewpoint: Is efficient mobility a guarantee of quality? Guillaume Malochet
What is efficient mobility? GM: There are several ways of considering efficiency.... -
Op-Ed
Cities in the race for quality of life: between local area marketing and a new approach for urban policy
What is quality of life? The term quality of life emerged in the 1960s, when... -
Expert viewpoint
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger: what role does big data play in cities?
In a few years’ time, two thirds of people will live in urban areas.... -
Expert viewpoint
Thomas Madreiter: Vienna and the smart city
What does the term “smart city” mean for Vienna city council? The term “smart city” is... -
Expert viewpoint
Does the ideal city exist? In conversation with Antoine Picon, Ariella Masboungi and Michel Eltchaninoff
What are the links between cities and philosophy? Michel Eltchaninoff: Philosophy and cities are intrinsically linked.... -
Report
In search of affordable housing: a European challenge
For the last few decades, we have been experiencing globalisation, the polarising effects of which... -
Op-Ed
Stockholm: a universalist vision of housing tested by shortages
The shortage affecting Stockholm is a result of the crisis which is affecting Swedish housing... -
Op-Ed
Building affordable housing in London: utopia or project?
From simply being a place to live, housing has become the critical component of an...
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La Fabrique de la Cité is a think tank dedicated to urban foresight, created by the VINCI group, its sponsor, in 2010. La Fabrique de la Cité acts as a forum where urban stakeholders, whether French or international, collaborate to bring forth new ways of building and rebuilding cities.
