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Mayor's Plan To Keep Paris From Shrinking

Posted by: Arnab Chakraborty

14 June 2006 - 8:00am

Concerned by shrinking population and jobs, Paris' mayor outlines his plan for infrastructure investments and affordable housing creation.

"For while tourists flock to the capital, the locals are leaving, fed up with the traffic, the pollution, the lack of affordable housing and office space, parks and open spaces. The number of Parisians, currently 2.1 million, is shrinking at more than 1% a year. The city has lost an estimated one in 10 of its jobs over the past 15 years as firms move to cheaper and quieter locations."

"Mr Delanoë's [mayor] local urbanisation plan (PLU) includes the creation of a large park and social housing out of derelict railway sidings...]

Full Story: Paris mayor unveils grand plan to hang on to vanishing population
Source: The Guardian, June 13, 2006
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