Planning the Impossible : Urban Development and Spatial Strategies in the Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport Region

Urban design in areas close to airports International airports have become an inherent part of many urban regions and key transport infrastructures for metropolitan economies. Yet they are also a source of tensions, often associated with the contrasting impacts of their operation. Taking the example of Charles de Gaulle airport (CDG) in Paris, the author analyzes the factors influencing urban development and the related spatial strategies. Step by step, she traces the history of the airport, examines prominent conflicts and their management by planners, and derives broader lessons. Intended for town planners, policy makers, and urban designers, the book makes an important contribution to understanding the challenges and assessing the effectiveness of planning approaches for airport regions. Spatial parameters and planning approaches for airport areas Development history of Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris With a foreword by Kees Christiaanse Preface and acknowledgments Foreword Contents CHAPTER 1 The airport region as planning challenge The spatial problematic of airport regions The case of Paris Charles de Gaulle Planning as investigative lens The long narrative as study approach CHAPTER 2 Airports and their spatial impacts Air transport: a contemporary and evolving reality Airports, global cities, and the “glocal” condition Airports and metropolitan space The economic importance of air transport The negative externalities of airport operation Asymmetries and controversies of airport impacts Planning approaches to airport regions CHAPTER 3 Planning in Paris Institutional and planning change in France The Paris metropolis: a portrait Threads in planning discourse and action CHAPTER 4 Aviation infrastructure in the “golden era” (1960 – 1974) Aviation and technocracy in the post-war period Establishing the necessity of a new airport Planning the deployment of Paris-Nord and the 1965 SDAURP First ramifications of projected externalities The airport as economic structuring facility Channeling development: the working group Paris-Nord Development versus planning The autonomous airport site CHAPTER 5 Disillusionment and adaptation (1974 – 1986) The airport region in the 1976 SDAURIF A green belt in Plaine de France? Regulatory responses to noise impact Organizing ground access to the airport Attempts to enhance accessibility Airport planning in a changing context An (un)planned urbanization and the Paris Nord complex CHAPTER 6 Development in times of liberalization (1986 – 1994) Emergence of a new competitive context The airport area as development hub Strategic sector, problematic territory? The awakening of ADP The awakening of local actors Airport impacts and a difficult dialogue The airport area enters planning discourses In search of a development strategy (Re)Designing CDG as competitive asset The airport city takes off A new wave of projects and a persistent stalemate Planning the CDG region: the plan of Mission Roissy Airports as centers of European caliber and the 1994 SDRIF CHAPTER 7 Fatigue and renewal (1994 – 2004) What future for the airport-area projects? The airport city struggles An intractable expansion Promoting growth, managing impact: a compromise Competitiveness by design An undecided territory The renewal of the discourse Denial and acceptance: third airport and CDG Express In search of spatial governance A roadmap for planning? CHAPTER 8 The airport region of the global city (2004 – 2013) A region and an airport in need of evolution Articulating planning strategies A new governmental impetus A development boom Grand Paris, Grand Roissy, and the “airport corridor” In search of spatial coherence Development as consensus? Converging ideals and the 2013 SDRIF The elusive governance of the airport region CHAPTER 9 Planning the impossible: evolving strategies and tactics The Paris CDG airport region over time: a synopsis of spatial change Evolving planning approaches in the context of Paris Diachronic airport-related wicked dilemmas The rational, the strategic, and the spatial Planning the impossible? Annexes 1. Common Options For Airport Regions (COFAR) 2. Current regulatory framework for aircraft noise in Paris About the author Bibliography Illustration credits and data sources ''International airports are an integral part of many urban regions and important transportation infrastructures for urban economies. However, they are also a source of tensions, often related to the conflicting impacts of their operation. Using Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) in Paris as an example, the author analyzes development factors and related spatial strategies. Step by step, she presents the history of the airport, examines conflicts and how they were managed by planners, and derives broader lessons. Aimed at urban planners, municipalities, and architects, the book makes an important contribution to understanding the challenges and assessing the effectiveness of planning approaches for airport regions.''-- Site de l'éditeur In urban regions, airport areas are inevitable. They are key infrastructure elements that involve important commercial and spatial factors. Taking the example of Charles de Gaulle airport (CDG) in Paris, the author analyzes the planning parameters that make visible the key factors influencing urban development. Step by step, she reveals the history of the development of CDG airport in Paris, investigates the conflicts perceived by the planners, and from that derives generally feasible approaches that can be applied to cope with conflicting paradigms. The book is intended for town planners, municipalities, and architects, and makes a practical contribution to establishing and assessing planning strategies for airport areas