title: The French eco-neighbourhood evaluation model: Contributions to sustainable city making and to the evolution of urban practices.
abstract: In this article we discuss whether the French eco-neighbourhood policy tool may be considered as an original experimentation in sustainable urban planning. From scientific literature across a number of countries and especially in European context, we present what kind of policies may achieve eco-neighbourhoods. Then we present what the French framework is, and what tools to promote and elaborate eco-neighbourhoods there are in France. Thirdly, in fact, both French policies, national and local, concerning eco-neighbourhood projects, seem to integrate means of assessing urban projects and this assessment achieves a kind of certification. While the Ministry in charge of Urban Planning has developed the national EcoQuartier ("EcoNeighbourhood" in English) certification, the City of Paris and other local authorities have designed similar tools, which integrate a large number of parameters dealing with urban sustainability and which are designed to evolve over time. Finally, we discuss whether the French tool is really original and whether it prefigures new practices in the field of sustainable urban development.
authors.affiliation: Paris City Council, France.
authors.forename: Cédissia About-de
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Chastenet
authors.affiliation: Sustainable Urban Planning, Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment (CSTB), France.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Belziti
authors.affiliation: Ministry in charge of Urban Planning, France.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bessis
authors.affiliation: National Agency for Urban Renovation (ANRU), France.
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Faucheux
authors.affiliation: Les EnR, France.
authors.forename: Thibaut
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Le Sceller
authors.affiliation: Les EnR, France.
authors.forename: François-Xavier
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Monaco
authors.affiliation: University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, LADYSS CNRS UMR 7533, France. Electronic address: pech@univ-paris1.fr.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pech
mesh_terms: D002947:Cities; D002958:City Planning / Q000379:methods; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods*; D004463:Ecology; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011050:Policy Making; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D014505:Urban Population; D014506:Urban Renewal / Q000379:methods
keywords: Assessment tool; Eco-neighbourhoods; Sustainable city; Urban project