2. Recreating urbanity

In order to make the transition from the current situation to a more satisfactory future, we first need to define the scope of the project. Indeed, the efforts to be made can only be understood in a favorable context.

The essential prerequisite is to operate with the probability of generating a knock-on effect. This benefit is specific to so-called metropolitan regions. There are several reasons for this.

• The first is the ability to mobilize the funds needed to carry out exemplary operations.

  This presupposes a certain dynamism that generates investment opportunities. Of course, this proactive climate is not the prerogative of metropolises alone, but the leverage effect is only possible in this situation of density, which multiplies initiatives. Nevertheless, the metropolis must not be reduced...