What do we need to do to create ordinary sustainable cities? A case study of the ‘‘Clos des Eparviers’’
This article argues that the creation of sustainable cities is compatible with a reasonable degree of urban expansion. The challenge we then face is understanding how the constraints of sustainable development can best be implemented in the creation of “ordinary cities”. Using morphological analysis, we show that the Clos des Eparviers, a new subdivision of the French city of Lyon, can be seen as an example of sustainability. Our analysis of the implementation of this subdivision illustrates how the incorporation of quality-based criteria into the planning process for the new development was primarily the result of effective project management that provided the municipality of Solaize with a strong bargaining position.