Lessons from British and French New Towns by David Fée Bob Colenutt Sabine Coady Schäbitz

Author:David Fée, Bob Colenutt, Sabine Coady Schäbitz [David Fée, Bob Colenutt, Sabine Coady Schäbitz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, City Planning & Urban Development, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Science & Nature, Nature
ISBN: 9781839094323
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Published: 2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00

Contextual Issues: Regional Dynamics

Between 1965 and the mid-2010s, SQY saw significant changes. From a demographic viewpoint, there was a very slight decline (–0.4%) in the conurbation’s population (from 227,137 residents) between 2006 and 2013. Not all of the municipalities saw their population decline. The population of Trappes, for instance, increased by between 4% and 5%; Les Clayes-sous-Bois, Villepreux and Magny-les-Hameaux saw their population increase by between 1% and 4%. And yet some municipalities are confronted with a major population decline, between –4% and –7.5% in Voisins-le-Bretonneux and Elancourt. With over half of its municipalities recording a downturn in their population, SQY has seen its importance diminish at regional level, especially by comparison with the Paris Greater Metropolitan Area. This trend has technicians puzzled: is it because the area is becoming less attractive, or because it is incapable of offering a range of housing that corresponds to the demand?

This first challenge goes hand-in-hand with a second one, linked to regional trends. For a long period, from the 1960s to the 1980s, population movements in the Ile-de-France region reflected the growth of the five New Towns created around Paris under the 1965 master plan. This is why the incoming regional migrations boosted the growth of Evry, Cergy-Pontoise, Melun-Sénart, Marne-la-Vallée and SQY. From the mid-1980s, the trend shifted: the newcomers took up residence in the suburbs adjoining Paris rather than in the New Towns situated on average about 30 kilometres from the centre of Paris. Structurally, conurbations such as Evry or SQY experienced less pronounced population increases, resulting in a situation close to population stagnation (IAU îdF, 2013).

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