Sustainable neighbourhoods: from exception to propagation

Since 2009, accreditation campaigns and calls for projects have played a role conferring impetus on the thinking around sustainable neighbourhoods, and are beginning to bear fruit. In the Paris Region, 67 neighbourhoods have been accredited, and some are already inhabited. Having tested several different ways of proceeding, and having created planning “brands”, sustainable neighbourhoods are gradually gaining ground and raising questions around the way cities are made. [...]