Το work with title Three Case Studies of Urban Gentrification in French Cities-Ports: Bordeaux, Toulon, Nantes by Sifakis Georgios is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Georgios Sifakis, "Three Case Studies of Urban Gentrification in French Cities-Ports: Bordeaux, Toulon, Nantes ", Diploma Thesis Project, School of Architecture, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece, 2025
https://doi.org/10.26233/heallink.tuc.104152
Until the early 1980s, spatial planning and urbanization in France were characterized by strong centralization, with central government authorities maintaining full control. With the adoption of the decentralization laws in 1982, the responsibility for urban development was transferred to the local level. Each of the cities-ports (Bordeaux, Toulon, Nantes) of this study chose a different path for its urban development, implementing techniques and creating projects, in response to its specific challenges and priorities. However, all three cities agree on promoting sustainability and the qualitative improvement of public spaces.