April 2013
In response to the lack of data on the environment and to the weak dissemination of such data beyond the specialist circles, the Regional Council decided to develop and make available a collection of data on the environment in Île-de-France. Production of the document was entrusted to IAU Île-...
April 2013
There is large amount of data on the environment of the Paris Region, and most of it is produced by bodies that are specialists, each in its own theme. In order to produce this 2006 summary of the state of the environment in Île-de-France, IAU îdF has thus used several data-producing bodies an...
April 2013
Located at the crossroads of European and world exchanges, the Paris Region is France’s number one economic region and one of the top at European level. Made up of 8 departments and 1,281 towns, it has a population of 11.9 million (19% of the population of mainland France), younger than the national average. Numerous assets Its GDP repres...
April 2013
Understanding At the beginning of the 20th century the concept of the garden city was widespread as a global model for town planning. However, the idea of Ebenezer Howard (1898) to create self-sufficient communities on the scale of large cities in rural settings, was to give birth to numerous inter...
September 2012
The internalization of environmental, spatial and social costs caused by transport are the main objectives of ECOTALE project The reduction and/or internalization of the environmental, spatial and social costs caused by the transport sector are policy objectives which have been commonly assumed...
August 2012
A wide-ranging survey of 12 world cities World cities are usually thought of as leading centres of trade, commerce and political power. The World Cities Culture Report 2012 (WCCR) shows that their dynamism, scale and diversity create the conditions that make them cultural powerhouses too. This study has collected an unprecedented amount of d...
April 2012
Every year, the Paris Region Economic Development Agency (PREDA), the Paris -Ile-de-France Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CRCI) and the Paris Region Urban Planning & Development Agency (IAU île-de-France) publish the latest key figures for Paris region, one of the world’s leading economic regions.This document draws on the ...
February 2012
Representing 45% of jobs throughout the country, the creative industries constitute a strategic and emblematic sector for the Île-de-France and make a massive contribution to its international attraction. Its activities are organized around an atypica...