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Behind the words: urban congestion
“Traffic jams at their lowest point” [1], “Eerily empty freeways: A symbol of how the...
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Reports, city portraits, op-eds, expert viewpoints: how La Fabrique de la Cité deciphers current urban trends.
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Behind the words: food security
Author: Fabien Clavier, urban planner and researcher, Future Cities Laboratory (Singapore ETH Centre) -
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When one crisis reveals another
The current health crisis is rich in lessons for urban and housing experts, to whom... -
Op-Ed
180° Turn
For years, urban planners – and we ourselves – have been warning about the need... -
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Across cities in crisis #8: with Carlos Cadena-Gaitán in Medellin
Cécile Maisonneuve met with Carlos Cadena-Gaitán, Medellin’s mobility secretary. He explains how he works with... -
Op-Ed
Taking distance: back to Singapore
The use of data to halt the spread of the epidemic is widely commented on,... -
Op-Ed
Cities in safe boot mode
“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.... -
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Across cities in crisis #4: with Carlo Ratti in Boston
New stop: Boston. Cécile Maisonneuve, President of La Fabrique de la Cité, met with Carlo... -
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Behind the words: Affordable housing
The term “affordable housing” is of Anglo-Saxon origin; in the United Kingdom, it refers to... -
Op-Ed
Across cities in crisis
In this new temporality that we are learning about, at a time when economic activity... -
Op-Ed
Deconfinement: a life-size test for the smart city?
At a time when half of humanity is living in confinement and the world economy... -
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Behind the words: Degrowth
The 2020 growth forecasts for the French economy have already been revised downwards: initially estimated...
La Fabrique de la Cité
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.
