Atlas of the Greater Paris Metropolitan Area

The collection of more than 300 maps, produced by the workshop teams and their partners, combines disciplines such as urban planning, geography, environment, economics, social sciences, and technology, covering the 130 municipalities that make up the metropolitan area. The various maps interact with a corpus of data and statistics to territorialize phenomena, reveal major urban and human dynamics, and compare Greater Paris with other French and international cities. Some topics go well beyond administrative boundaries.

Organized into nine chapters that can be read independently or consecutively, the atlas seeks to describe the challenges facing Greater Paris in terms of local logic and lived realities. The various connections reveal a metropolitan system based on the autonomy and complementarity of its components, or the concerns of those who live, reside, and share common challenges. Where demographic issues are viewed through the prism of the housing stock. Where new lifestyles are part of the mobility revolution. Where the promises of healthcare, culture, and education resonate with the international influence of Greater Paris. Where the challenges of solidarity interact with those of ecological transition... Attentive to the hybrid nature of situations, the maps also allow us to see what connects the people of Greater Paris, revealing the physical and intangible links that are being forged, shared commitments, solidarity policies, and strong community involvement.

The aim is both to provide an insight into metropolitan life as it exists and is experienced on a daily basis by its more than seven million residents and eight million visitors, and to open up a space for dialogue in order to imagine together its future in the face of the major challenges of social and ecological transition.