Which financial mechanisms for urban railway stations ?

By The City Factory

Which financial mechanisms for urban railway stations ?La Fabrique de la Cité wanted to start work on financing infrastructures by analyzing value creation and by testing financing tools on that basis. She asked the PwC firm to conduct a study on the funding mechanisms of urban metropolitan railway stations, using international examples... en savoir plus

"Serious game" Play the city Amsterdam North

By Ekim TAN

"Serious game"  Play the city, a workshop occured during the seminar on  "Building the shared city : how can we engage citizens ?". Players  are urban planner, young entrepreneurs, activists and public decision makers who, collectively, imagine, think and play for the urban transformation of Amsterdam north.   en savoir plus

Overview of the seminar "Building the shared city : how can we engage citizens ?"

By The City Factory

Whether it’s about urban planning or the delivery of major infrastructure projects, engaging stakeholders, social organisations, local politicians, local companies, public institutions, and – even more importantly – citizens, is a non-negotiable condition for successful urban projects. en savoir plus

Citizens' expectations regarding urban transformation

By Michel LADET

Study on "actors citizens'"  motivations, initiatives and expectations regarding urban transformation conducted for La Fabrique de la Cité in seven countries : Brazil, Germany, Italy, Spain, theUnited Kingdom, the United States, and France.   en savoir plus

Study on financing green growth

By The City Factory

The City Factory entrusted the OECD to study the main funding tools for green growth, focusing on those currently in use by several major cities. en savoir plus

Proceedings of the breakfast discussion "What innovative tools can be used to finance the green growth of cities ?"

By The City Factory

Regarding urban economy, The City Factory is working on financing urban infrastructures. Cities need infrastructure to deal with their growing population and sustainable development issues. Infrastructures can also be a driving force for “green growth”. Nowadays, budgets are limited, so we must find appropriate funding methods. This brings up... en savoir plus

Note towards citizen engagement in major urban projects

By The City Factory

La Fabrique de la Cité has entrusted to graduate students in the Master in Regional and Urban Strategies (Stratégies Territoriales et Urbaines) at Sciences Po  ( the Political Sciences Institute of Paris) the task of examining the levers that favour buy-in for major urban projects. Seven monographs on infrastructure in Europe have... en savoir plus

Proceedings of the Breakfast Discussion "Building 70,000 new housing units in Greater Paris"

Proceedings of the breakfast discussion with Jean-Claude Driant, Director of Lab'urba and professor at "Institut d'urbanisme de Paris" (Institute of Urban planning of Paris). "Building 70,000 new housing units in Greater Paris" This breakfast discussion inaugurates a series of debates on housing. This first session intends to... en savoir plus

Note "Financing green growth"

By The City Factory

The first issue of the series of "Notes from La Fabrique de la Cité", this note stresses the main highlights from the study that was conducted with OECD on "Financing green growth". en savoir plus

The reversible city ? (only available in french)

Study on “The reversible city?” by students in the regional and urban planning graduate program at ENPC (École nationale des Ponts et Chaussées) (national school for bridge and road construction) in partnership with The City Factory. en savoir plus