The Failure of France's Urban Policy?

'Structural problems' with France's urban policies, wed with 'long-term neglect of the country's impoverished suburbs,' is being blamed for the gradually intensifying, and now international, riots.

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November 8, 2005, 5:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"According to many French analysts, the worst wave of urban violence for many decades is a damning indictment of government initiatives.

...In the late 1990s, for instance, the then Socialist-led government launched initiatives like 50 Great City Projects and 30 Urban Renewal Operations.

Since 2002, the centre-right government has continued with this approach, demolishing high-rise blocks with gusto and investing heavily in new buildings."

FULL STORY: France's city policy in tatters

Monday, November 7, 2005 in BBC

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