Who Makes the (New) Metropolis? Cross-Border Coalition and Urban Development in Paris

Bibliographic Data

ID4774909
AuthorsFederico Savini (0000-0002-4112-6908, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume44
Issue8
Pages1875-1895
Publication date2012-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/a44632
OpenAlexW2149275698
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited43

In fragmented agglomerations, urban development in peripheral areas tends to express the hegemony of the core city over its suburbs. However, this paper demonstrates that, despite deep-rooted political conflicts, intermunicipal cooperation can still take place in the context of cross-border development. I argue that cross-border development has a political and economic logic that is driven by a different power configuration in the metropolis: cross-border coalitions. These coalitions emerge when the redevelopment of areas around municipal borders provides an opportunity for political interests to strengthen their electoral alliances and for business interests to exploit possibilities of growth. This paper investigates urban development in Paris North East, an area on the periphery of Paris that crosses municipal boundaries. It examines how a coalition of public and private actors is cooperating based on the shared benefits they can derive from developments in this area. The case study captures the complex political and economic dynamics driving intermunicipal cooperation by examining the role of local political coalitions, their link with planning agencies, and the behavior of emergent metropolitan entrepreneurs

Economic geography · Geography · Hegemony · Metropolitan area · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Redevelopment · Regional science · Sociology · Urban agglomeration · Urban planning · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Engineering · Global Urban Networks and Dynamics · Urban Planning and Governance

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