Presentation for the workshop "Against Divided Cities in Europe" of URBACT Annual Conference 2012

1. Va ul x- en- Vel i n : wor ki ng- c l a s s
c i t y, a mbi t i ous c i t y
URBACT a nnua l c onf er enc e Copenha gen dec ember 201 2 - Wor ks t r ea m 4

2. Pr es ent a t i on
S I T UAT I ON
> Member of t he ur ba n c ommuni t y
of Lyon
Gr e a t e r Ly o n : 5 8 t o wn s , 1 , 3
mi l l i o n i n ha b i t a n t s
> Pl a c es 20 mi nut es f r om Lyon
> Ac c es s by publ i c
t r a ns por t a t i on: t r a mwa y T3,
me t r o A, t r ol l e ybus C3, bus
> By r oa d: r i ng r oa d L.
Bonne va y,
Ea s t bypa s s , hi ghwa ys A42 e t
A46
> S ur f a c e: 2094 H am
a, ong w ch
hi
57 % of nat ural s paces

3. Pr es ent a t i on
Key number s
> Popul a t i on: 42 0 0 0 i n ha b i t a n t s
> S ur f a c e: 2 0 , 9 4 k m2
> 8 nei ghbourhoods
> Na t ur a l s pa c es : 1 1 9 0 Ha
> Dens i t y: 2 0 0 0 ha b / k m2
Ly o n : 8 6 8 0 ha b / k m2
> Number of benef i c i a r i es CAF ( SOCI AL
SECURI TY OFFI CE) : 9 2 40
> T a x r ev enues by home: 1 0 9 1 7 €
Gr a n d Ly o n : 2 1 5 49 €
> Number of c ompa ni es : 1 6 0 0
> Number of empl oyment s : 1 6 0 0 0
> Unempl oyment r a t e: 2 3 , 4%
Lyon: 8, 8%

4. Pr es ent a t i on
MAS DU TAUREAU** VAULX-EN-VELIN CALUIRE VENISSIEUX GRAND LYON
Population totale 2008 3 368 40 373 40 869 57 629 1 281 971
Population totale 1999 3 813 39 128 41 248 56 014 1 193 384
Population < 20 ans 32% 33% 22% 29% 25%
Population > 65 ans 7,3% 11% 22% 15% 20%
revenu fiscal moyen de référence par
habitant 2008 (euros/an) 5 500 7 915 18 526 9 046 14 340
revenu fiscal moyen de référence par
habitant 2003 (***) 5 290 12 480 6 297
Part de logements HLM 100% 50,3% 14,6% 49,9% 20,3%
Taux de chômage 2008 33% 20,2% 9,2% 18,6% 11,4%
Taux chômage 1999 36,3% 23,4% 9,3% 19,6% 12,7%
Taux de chômage des 15- 24 ans 58% 35% 17,1% 32,7% 20,4%
% des familles monoparentales 29% 20,2% 15,5% 20% 15,5%
Population des 15 ans et plus non
scolarisée sans diplômes 2008 45,0% 39% 12,6% 34,5% 18,3%
Population des 15 ans et plus non scolarisée
sans diplôme 1999 49% 37% 12% 31% 19%
Allocataires RSA 32% 25% 13% 25% 14%

5. HI S T ORY
CONS T RUCT I ON OF T HE ZUP
> Cons t r uc t i on of 8300 hous i ng
( 90 % COUNCI L HOUSE) or ga ni z e d
i n s e ve r a l di s t r i c t s a nd
c onne c t e d by a ve nue s a nd by
pe de s t r i a n wa l k.
>The f unc t i ons a r e s e pa r a t e d
( hous i ng, bus i ne s s e s ,
f aci l i t i es )
> Eve r y hou s i n g d i s t r i c t i s
or ga ni z e d a r ound a n e xc l us i ve l y
pe de s t r i a n he a r t . Ca r s a r e
pa r ke d on bi g pa vi ng s t one s
s e mi bur i e d.

6. HI S T ORY
- Seri es of nei ghbourhoods
w t hout l i nks
i
- A depri ved s upermarket as
CONS T RUCT I ON OF T HE ZUP ci t y cent re
- A ol d and depri ved l arge
n
s oci al res i dent i al es t at e
- A l ack of f aci l i t i es and
publ i c s ervi ces

7. T he ur ba n r enewa l : c onnec t ea c h di s t r i c t a nd bui l d a new c i t y c ent er
T he Ci t y Cent r e
I ER
VI L LE H
ENT RE
LE C
Before After
> THE 90s : The c i t y c e nt r e i s a s hoppi ng c e nt e r of 25000 m² , e mbe de d be t we e n t he bi g t r a f f i c l a ne s ,
t he pe de s t r i a n a c c e s s e s a r e c l os e d i n t he e ve ni ng. The r e i s no hous i ng, no i nha bi t a nt s …
> THE CI TY CENTRE I N 2007 , i ns t e a d of t he s hoppi ng c e nt e r : s t r e e t s , pl a c e s a nd publ i c ga r de n we r e
f i t t e d out , 500 hous i ng ( pr i va t e a nd publ i c ) gi ve s t o t he c i t y c e nt e r i t s i nha bi t a nt s , a nd
bus i ne s s e s , c ompa ni e s a nd ne w f a c i l i t i e s br i ng a ne w dyna mi s m

8. T he ur ba n r enewa l : r eopen ea c h di s t r i c t
T HE LI VI NG DI S T RI CT S
Before After

9. T he Ur ba n Pr oj ec t 201 3 – 2020 : c onnec t t he m t depr i v ed di s t r i c t
os
t o t he met r opol i t a n a r ea
T HE PROJ ECT OF URBAN RENEWAL OF PRE DE L’ HERPE MAS
DU T AUREAU
OBJ ECT I F S

10. T he Ur ba n Pr oj ec t 201 3 – 2020 : T he dev el opment of t he met r opol i t a n a r ea
t hr ough t he m t depr i v ed di s t r i c t
os
T HE URBAN RENEWAL PROJ ECT OF MAS DU T AUREAU
DI S T RI CT

11. T he met r opol i t a n dev el opment
Va ul x- en- Vel i n, Out l i nes f or t he f ut ur e

12. Key ques t i ons
Aga i ns t di v i ded c i t i es : Aga i ns t s oc i a l s egr ega t i on :
Ac c ompl i s hed mi s s i on ( or wor k S t i l l f a r f r om our obj ec t i v es
i n pr ogr es s )
>Ve r y ba d s oc i a l a nd e c onomi c a l
>Ea c h l a r ge s oc i a l hous i ng i ndi c a t or s
e s t a t e s i s now l i nke d t o t he
ne w c i t y c e nt e r of Va ul x- e n- > Hi gh pe r c e nt a ge of
Ve l i n une mpl oyme nt a mong yout h
popul a t i on
> The c i t y of Va ul x- e n- Ve l i n i s
now c onne c t e d t o t he bui l t - up
ar ea
Any s ol ut i ons ?
>Dur i ng 20 l a s t ye a r s : f or 10 e ur os s pe nt f or ur ba n r e ne wa l , one wa s
s pe nt f or s oc i a l pol i c i e s . For t he ne xt 20 ye a r s , f i nd a be t t e r ba l a nc e
a nd l i nk s oc i a l a nd ur ba n pr oj e c t s
> The c l a s s i c l a bour ma r ke t i s una ppr oa c ha bl e f or a l a r ge pa r t of our
i nha bi t a nt s . Gi ve t he c a pa c i t y t o de ve l op a l t e r na t i ve s oc i a l e c onomy a nd
t he r i ght t o e xpe r i me nt ne w a ppr oa c he s

13. Thanks f or your at t ent i on