Green Infrastructure 2014 Working Group D - Case Study 1

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Green infrastructure potential in the 14th arrondissement of Paris

Name	14th arrondissement of Paris
Country	France
City	Paris
Authors	Teodora Koos-Morar

Rationale: Why is this case interesting?

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Author's perspective

I have a diploma in Landscape engineering from the Faculty of Horticulture at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. In 2012 I moved to Paris for an international Master in Management of Eco-Innovation. After university I worked as a Consultant in sustainable development and environmental communication. At the moment I am founding member and responsible of communication & landscape innovation at the newly established Institute of Innovation for Transition to Sustainability in Paris. In summary I am a Landscape engineer specialised in sustainable development. Living in Paris I feel that the amount of green spaces is very low and not in proximity to where people live. I would like to see Paris greener, and this is why I chose to start with one of my favourite neighbourhoods, the 14th arrondissement. I used to live in the Cité Internationale Universitaire campus and I often go for picnics, walks or jogging in Parc Montsouris. My vision is a connected green infrastructure, first at the level of this administrative district and maybe after scale it up at the level of the city.

Landscape and/or urban context of your case

Paris urban context

• Geography: Paris is located in northern-central France. Excluding the outlying parks of Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes, Paris has an area of about 87 km2 (8700 ha), enclosed by the 35 km ring road, the Boulevard Périphérique. In 1860 the city created the twenty clockwise-spiralling arrondissements (municipal boroughs). In 1929, the Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes forest parks were officially annexed to the city, bringing its area to about 105 km2 (10 500 ha).
• Climate: Paris has a typical Western European oceanic climate which is affected by the North Atlantic Current. Situated midway between an oceanic climate to the west and a semi-continental climate to the east, Paris’ climate throughout the year is mild and moderately wet with mild winters and relatively clement summers. Average annual precipitation is 652 mm with light rainfall fairly distributed throughout the year.
• Green areas: Paris has more than 421 municipal parks and gardens, covering around 3000 ha with more than 250,000 trees. Between 1853 and 1870, Napoleon III and the city's first director of parks and gardens, Jean-Charles Alphand, created the Bois de Boulogne forest park (W), the Bois de Vincennes forest park (SE), Parc Montsouris(S) and the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont (NE), located at the four points of the compass around the city.
• Transport: There is a good mix of public transportation in Paris, including metro, RER, buses and tramways. Cycling takes a large portion of the urban public transport with 440 km of cycle paths and routes. The bike sharing system of Paris, Velib has more than 20,000 public bicycles distributed at 1,800 parking stations.

Characteristics of the 14th arrondissement of Paris

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  Elevation map of Paris' valleys and highest buttes (altitude in metric and imperial); also included: Paris' existing and defunct rivers and major and minor waterways. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ThePromenader#mediaviewer/File:Jms_paris_elevation_map_2012.jpg)

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  Green areas in Paris and the 14th arrondissement. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_arrondissement_of_Paris#mediaviewer/File:Paris_14e_arr_jms.gif)

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  Neighborhoods within the 14th arrondissement. (http://www.travelfranceonline.com/paris-14th-district-14eme-arrondissement/ )

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  Map of Parc Montsouris. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_Montsouris)

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Green Infrastructure benefits for this site

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Potential for multifunctionality

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