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Landscape of Discontent Newman.indd 1 04/03/2015 12:09:35 PM This page intentionally left blank Landscape of Discontent Urban Sustainability in Immigrant Paris Andrew Ne wman A Quadrant Book UNIVERSITY OF MINNESO TA PRESS MINNEAPOLIS • L ONDON Newman.indd 3 04/03/2015 12:09:35 PM Quadrant, a joint initiative of the University of Minnesota Press and the Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Minnesota, provides support for interdisciplinary scholarship within a new, more collaborative model of research and publication. http://quadrant.umn.edu. Sponsored by Quadrant’s Global Cultures group (advisory board: Evelyn Davidheiser, Michael Goldman, Helga Leitner, and Margaret Werry) and by the Institute for Global Studies at the University of Minnesota. Quadrant is generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The University of Minnesota Press gratefully acknowledges financial assistance for the publication of this book from Wayne State University. Portions of chapter 4 were published in “Contested Ecologies: Environmental Activism and Urban Space in Immigrant Paris,” City and Society 23, no. 2 (2011): 192–2 09. A different version of chapter 5 and portions of chapter 6 were published in “Gatekeepers of the Urban Commons: Vigilant Citizenship and Neoliberal Space in Multiethnic Paris,” Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography 45, no. 4 (2012): 947–6 4; copyright 2012 Antipode Foundation Ltd. All photographs were taken by the author unless credited otherwise. Copyright 2015 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo copying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401–2 520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Newman, Andrew. Landscape of discontent : urban sustainability in immigrant Paris / Andrew Newman. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8166-8962-0 (hc) — ISBN 978-0-8166-8963-7 (pb) 1. Urban ecology (Sociology)—France—Paris. 2. Urban parks—Social aspects—France— Paris. 3. Sustainable urban development—France—Paris. 4. City planning—Environmental aspects—France—Paris. 5. Environmentalism—Political aspects—France—Paris. 6. Immigrants—France—Paris—Social conditions. 7. Immigrants—Political activity— France—Paris. 8. Paris (France)—Environmental conditions. 9. Paris (France)— Ethnic relations. 10. Paris (France)—Politics and government. I. Title. HT243.F72P377 2015 307.760944´361—dc23 2014049429 Printed in the United States of America on acid- free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal- opportunity educator and employer. 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Newman.indd 4 04/03/2015 12:09:35 PM For Shane Ali and Shaira Newman.indd 5 04/03/2015 12:09:35 PM This page intentionally left blank Contents Abbreviations / ix Introduction / xiii 1. P oets and Locomotives: Ecology and Politics on the Margins of Paris / 1 2. Space, Style, and Grassroots Strategy in the Éole Mobilization / 33 3. Cultivating the Republic? Parks, Gardens, and Youth / 65 4. The End(s) of Urban Ecology in the Global City / 101 5. T o Watch and Be Watched: Urban Design, Vigilance, and Contested Streets / 135 6. The Political Life of Small Urban Spaces / 163 Conclusion / 191 Acknowledgments / 201 Notes / 205 Bibliography / 223 Index / 239 Newman.indd 7 04/03/2015 12:09:35 PM This page intentionally left blank Abbreviations AAS A gents d’Accueil et de Surveillance: welcoming and surveillance agents under the employ of the Paris Parks Department AIRPARIF A ssociation Interdépartementale pour la Gestion du Réseau Automatique de Surveillance de la Pollution Atmosphérique et d’Alerte en Région d’Île- de- France: a regional nongovernmental organization officially tasked with monitoring air pollution and publishing air- quality alerts in the Île- de- France region, which includes Paris and its suburbs APUR A telier Parisien d’Urbanisme: a publicly funded organization tasked with producing maps and spatial analyses of Paris and the Île- de- France region; an important source of data for urbanists, urban planners, and architects BGA B raves Garçons d’Afrique, Brave Boys of Africa: an organization founded in 2001 by a group of northeast Paris youths of African and Antillean origins CCTV closed- circuit television CRS C ompagnies Républicaines de Sécurité: a national law- enforcement agency (frequently refers to riot police) CUCS C ontrat Urbain de Cohésion Sociale: zone- based strategy emphasizing social cohesion in neighborhoods ix Newman.indd 9 04/03/2015 12:09:35 PM
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