Review article

The Status of Metropolises in France

Guillaume Protière ; University of Lyon 2, Lyon, France

Abstract

Since the 1960s, a policy has been undertaken to promote balanced metropolises in order to foster the emergence of regional metropolises. The Law of 2010 created metropolises to enable the most important urban areas to enter into worldwide city competition. They have been given a number of competences transferred to them from the local authorities (communes, departments and regions) on the territory of which the metropolis is located. This questions the organization of the whole French local system. However, both the status of metropolises and their legal regime (competences and financial regime) do not guarantee the reform success.

Keywords

local self-government – France; worldwide city competition; urban areas; metropolitanisation policy; metropolises

Hrčak ID:

132754

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/132754

Publication date:

15.3.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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