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Opinion of tools
Name of the case study
Porte des Alpes urban development
Name of tool
Charters to manage multi purpose facilities
Opinion of tool - argumentation for choosing the tool
Opinion of tool - barriers for the tool implementation
Name of tool
´Concerted Development Zone´ procedure (CDZ)
Opinion of tool - argumentation for choosing the tool
the main motivation for the use of tools is:
- Elected representatives´ wishes of an approach with an emphasis on environmental and landscape, for this urban extension,
- Willingness of the "Mission Porte des Alpes",
Following the completion of the first part of the project, the users (companies settled on the Research Park) and "Mission Porte des Alpes" are asking for sustainable indicators.
Opinion of tool - barriers for the tool implementation
Environmental Dimension
• Water: The impermeable area is limited and storm water goes to detention basins (three lakes), and is pre-treated before infiltration (cf. Case Study: Porte des Alpes – Storm Water Management).
• Green space: The research park has a landscape high quality: more than 50% of the surface has to be covered by green space.
• Transports: There is a tramway going through the zone (20 minutes from the centre of the town). A car park was created to enable intermodality (car + tramway). Bicycle paths have been developed. The zone is close to the TGV train stations of Lyon (15 minutes) and St Exupéry-Airport (15 minutes), and it is linked to the highways A42, A43 and A46. Mobility plans could be considered by different companies, to encourage employees to take public transport.
Economic Dimension
The research park was created for high value added companies such as biotechnologies, computer science.
Some hotels were developed within the zone, but it is still insufficient. Quantity and quality should be improved.
Social Dimension
• The objective is to create 4000 jobs before 2015. It is difficult to know if this objective will be reached or not. At the present time (2004) the project area provides employments for 1000 people including 200 that could be considered newly created jobs. However, there is no indicator to count the number of jobs created as a results of the project, rather than being moved from urban area.
• 250 townhouses are about to be built.
• A group, composed of people coming from the different surrounding towns, work on arranging activities in the public spaces such as water events.
• Large investment were made into archaeological excavations (remains from 5000 BC and from the Middle Ages were found).
Name of tool
Environmental indicators
Opinion of tool - argumentation for choosing the tool
Opinion of tool - barriers for the tool implementation
Opinion of tool - assessment by tool users
The tool users expressed the following experiences:
• A single management body (Mission Porte des Alpes) supports the whole project and its provides continuity.
• Lack of feedback from the population since there are still no inhabitants on the site. Feedback could help to improve the project and the governance aspect.
For further development of the tools, some suggestions can be made:
• Wish to assess through certification such as ISO 14001 the research park on 2 aspects: storm water management and landscaping (or at least, wish to use environmental management systems).
• For the future urban developments (up to 1400 ha), a new entity will be established to work on sustainability issue at the whole scale (see section A3 "description of tool").
Opinion of tool - reviewer\'s assessment
The main conclusions and lessons learned through this project are:
• There is a lack of participative approach between practitioners (architects, promoters) and inhabitants-to-be.
• On an urban extension project, it is difficult to involve the public in the decision making process, despite the participation of the Mayor, and the diverse publications in local papers.
• Need of more means of communication to inform the Lyon inhabitants of the project evolution.
• More approaches could be relevant to sustainability, and some actions for modifications of behaviour should be led: educational actions, HQE, solar panels, wind turbines…
What tools were used to assess sustainability?
Charters to manage multi purpose facilities
´Concerted Development Zone´ procedure (CDZ)
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