The construction of the “Metropolis of the 2 banks”: cross-border cooperation and urban planning on the Franco-german border in Strasbourg-Ortenau
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2016
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What can better symbolizes the process of integration in a large urbanized area than a pedestrian and cycling bridge linking two green areas located on two banks of a river? Moreover, this object embodies also the proximity between two cities thanks to the cross-‐border cooperation. The bridge and the garden of the two banks are now the core of the European ‘Metropolis of the 2 Banks’, the official name given to the urban space built on both sides of the border in the Franco-‐german urban area of Strasbourg-‐Kehl.
The aim of this paper is to understand how cross-‐border cooperation in urban planning, especially Interreg programmes, 25 years after their launching, contributes to build an integrated urban area on one of the most conflicted border from the first part of the 20th Century. How did both cities coordinate their plans and did they elaborate common plans? Does the emerging urban space reveal a special identity? What can we learn from this case study on cross-‐border urban planning in Europe in general?
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Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the south
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