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By Gilles Mahé, Deputy Mayor of Angers

Angers, designing a sustainable neighbourhood of 20,000 inhabitants. By Gilles Mahé, Deputy Mayor of Angers. Situation. 270 000 inhabitants 90 min far from Paris Gate to the Val de Loire recognized World Heritage Site by the UNESCO. Sevilla. Three centres of excellence

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By Gilles Mahé, Deputy Mayor of Angers

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  1. Angers, designing a sustainable neighbourhood of 20,000 inhabitants By Gilles Mahé, Deputy Mayor of Angers

  2. Situation 270 000 inhabitants 90 min far from ParisGate to the Val de Loire recognized World Heritage Site by the UNESCO Sevilla

  3. Three centres of excellence • Plants and agriculture: centre of international competitiveness • IT, electronics and TIC • Health and biotechnology • 30,000 students • 6,700 hectares of natural spaces

  4. Sustainable development, a local project • 1992 Adoption of urban ecology charter • 1996 Adhesion to the Charter of Aalborg • 1999 Creation of the sustainable development mission and development of the first Agenda 21

  5. 2003Development of the project for the wider borough, based on sustainable development. 2004Launching of the European Observatory of Good Practice. 2006Setting up of the first area “Agenda 21”, 40 actions.

  6. Designing a sustainable neighbourhood for 20,000 inhabitants

  7. Plateau de la Mayenne Plateau des Capucins Tracé A11 C.H.U.

  8. 7 objectives of sustainable development: • Developing the mix between habitation, economic activity, shops, services and leisure facilities; • Preserving the place's identity, memory and the landscape elements that give it structure;

  9. 3. Integrating environmental quality into the buildings, with 3 priorities: water, energy and noise; 4. Reducing vehicle traffic in favour of more gentle modes of transport (cycling, walking, tram);

  10. 5. Consulting with and involving the inhabitants in the development of the project; 6. Integrating the major infrastructure projects: the first tram line and the A11 motorway bypass; 7. Responding to housing needs with a diversified range favouring a varied social mix.

  11. An environmental approach to town planning

  12. Obligation on all building contractors to respect sustainable development prescriptions

  13. Generating a social mix with diverse urban forms

  14. Terra Botanica Tram maintenance center

  15. The positive-energy tram maintenance centre

  16. Terra Botanica The first educational theme park dedicated entirely to plant life

  17. The Mayenne and Capucins plateaux in consultation

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