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Research Team<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Prof. Etienne Piguet
\nProf. Ola S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m
\nPatrick R\u00e9rat
\nRoger Besson
\nVal\u00e9rie Sauter<\/td>\n

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Objectives<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sustainable development and the model of the compact city increasingly influence land planning policies. In this context, an inward development and an urban regeneration are suggested by many official planning documents. The advantages of limiting urban sprawl and promoting inward development are well developed in academic literature as well as in official documents. But some political and sociological questions remain unanswered. Which social categories are more likely to go back to the city? Will this movement of return to the city change its social structure? Will it create new inequalities?<\/p>\n

Studies, mostly in Anglo-American countries, have shown that the movement of return to the city is in many cases accompanied by a gentrification process. In other words, social categories concerned by this movement are rather middle to high classes. Our purpose is to determine if a movement of return to the city occurs in Switzerland, which social categories are concerned and if a process of gentrification is going on. Case studies will focus on the motivations and the residential trajectories of these new inhabitants and determine to what extent the regeneration policies adopted by local authorities take into account this important social dimension of the process.<\/p>\n

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Research report<\/strong><\/h2>\n

R\u00e9rat, P., Piguet, E., S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, O. et Besson, R. 2008: \u00ab\u00a0Back to the City? \u00c9tude de l’\u00e9volution d\u00e9mographique et de l’attractivit\u00e9 r\u00e9sidentielle des villes suisses.<\/a> Neuch\u00e2tel: Institut de g\u00e9ographie et Fonds national de la recherche scientifique.<\/p>\n

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Publications<\/strong><\/h2>\n

R\u00e9rat, P., Piguet, E., Besson, R. et S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, O. 2008: Les \u00e2ges de la ville. Mobilit\u00e9 r\u00e9sidentielle, parcours de vie et attractivit\u00e9 des villes suisses. Geographica Helvetica<\/em> 63, 261-271.<\/p>\n

R\u00e9rat, P., S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, O., Besson, R. et Piguet, E. 2008: Une gentrification \u00e9mergente et diversifi\u00e9e: le cas des villes suisses. Espaces et Soci\u00e9t\u00e9s<\/em> 132-133, 39-56.<\/p>\n

R\u00e9rat, P. (\u00e9d.) 2008: Reconstruire la ville en ville. G\u00e9o-Regards: revue neuch\u00e2teloise de g\u00e9ographie<\/em> (num\u00e9ro sp\u00e9cial). http:\/\/www.alphilrevues.ch\/f\/revue\/4\/10<\/p>\n

R\u00e9rat, P. (\u00e9d.) 2008: Reconstruire la ville en ville: tendances et enjeux. G\u00e9o-Regards: revue neuch\u00e2teloise de g\u00e9ographie<\/em>, 7-26. http:\/\/www.alphilrevues.ch\/f\/revue\/4\/10<\/p>\n

R\u00e9rat, P. 2009: La fin de l’\u00e9talement urbain? Trac\u00e9s<\/em>, 22-24.<\/p>\n

R\u00e9rat, P. et S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, O. 2008: De la litanie sur la \u00ab communication \u00bb et la \u00ab participation \u00bb \u00e0 la conduite de projet. Les Cahiers de l’APSAN-SO<\/em>, 5-8.<\/p>\n

R\u00e9rat, P., Piguet, E. et S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, O. 2009: L’attrait retrouv\u00e9 des villes suisses. Le Temps<\/em>. 8 janvier<\/p>\n

R\u00e9rat, P., S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, O. and Piguet, E. (eds.) forthcoming: New forms of gentrification: issues and debates. Population, Space and Place<\/em> (special issue).<\/p>\n

R\u00e9rat, P., S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, O., Piguet, E. and Besson, R. forthcoming: From urban wastelands to new-build gentrification: the case of Swiss cities. Population, Space and Place<\/em><\/p>\n

R\u00e9rat, P., Besson, R., Piguet, E. et S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, O., \u00e0 paraitre Habiter la ville : \u00e9volution d\u00e9mographique et attractivit\u00e9 r\u00e9sidentielle des centres urbains helv\u00e9tiques in L. Pattaroni, A. Rabinovitch & V. Kaufmann (eds.), Habitat en devenir, Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes<\/p>\n

Case studies<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A quantitative analysis based on the last population censuses will focus on the demographic evolution and the residential attractiveness in 25 cities (Aarau, Baden, Basel, Bellinzona, Bern, Biel-Bienne, Chur, Fribourg, Gen\u00e8ve, Lausanne, Locarno, Luzern, Lugano, Neuch\u00e2tel, Olten, Schaffhausen, Sion, Solothurn, Sankt-Gallen, Thun, Vevey\/Montreux, Wil, Winterthur, Zug and Z\u00fcrich). In Z\u00fcrich and Neuch\u00e2tel, further analyses will be carried on the profile, the trajectories and the motivations of the new urban dwellers as well as on the strategy of the local government and the role of the private sector in the field of urban regeneration.<\/p>\n

International seminar<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u00ab New-Build Gentrifications: Forms, Places and Processes \u00bb, Neuch\u00e2tel, 15-16 November 2007.<\/p>\n