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‐ Promotion of commercial facilities in the city
‐ Attracting companies
Economic/tourist
‐ Connecting between old town and city Infrastructure
attractiveness enhancement
‐ Establishment of tourism strategy / Redevelopment of
sightseeing spots
2.3. The characteristics of the New Urban Regeneration Project (N‐PNRU)
The N‐PNRU was established in 2012 by President Hollande to complement the existing PNRU. It
was promoted through the amendment of the law on February 21, 2014 [11]. It conducts the projects to
improve the residential environment and transform into sustainable cities for an average of 10 to 15
years in areas where public rental and old housing are dense. It is distinguished from the existing
projects by the fact that it is not a single project for improving the residential environment, but a
medium‐term project to improve the entire region, considering the future environment and population
change. The core goal of the N‐PNRU is to “promote social blending by allowing access to social
housing of all kinds and facilitating the access of residents” [12]. Hence, the main business of the project
is the restoration of public services and improvement of traffic, improvement of access to local areas,
enhancement of energy efficiency, creation of culture, play‐and‐rest space, and activation of business
and commercial areas.
The existing PNRU is a project that applies only to ZUS and has implemented housing
improvement in cooperation with the residential designation projects in pre‐existing urban areas, while
the N‐PNRU has expanded to areas with ZUS as well as old housing and public rental areas. In 2017,
France announced new regulations of PNRU and N‐PNRU for the development of urban regeneration
projects. The basic clauses include providing efficient information paths for residents, supplementing
systems for residents who need support but are not eligible for the subsidy, and enhancing new
conditions that promote social blending.
Table 3. Additional Regulations for PNRU and N‐PNRU
Basic clauses
Provision
of efficient paths
for residents
Offering re‐registration
opportunity to
excluded residents
Contribution to
social diversity
Content
‐ Supplementing procedures to meet residents’ requests
‐ Changing to a way that project leaders and local
partners complement mutually and revise the goals
of the business
‐ Strengthening the support system for households
excluded from the beneficiary range
‐ Identification and support of household vulnerability
through MOUS (Maîtrise dʹÉuvre urbaine et sociale)
‐ Strengthening conditions that promote social mixing
Figure 1. This is N‐PNRU Business Areas. As of 2017, 10,700 houses were demolished in 21 regions and more than
3,000 houses including 2,300 social residential building were rebuilt. In consequence, it increases the satisfaction
level by improving the isolated residential areas public spaces with lower utility into various sizes and forms and
strengthening the access by enhancing infra and transportation facilities.
The main objectives of the project are: 1) social aspects (balance of residential population and
population composition) 2) historical aspects (conservation and value enhancement of cultural heritage)
3) urban planning aspects (importance of urban development, improvement of traffic and parking
conditions), and 4) economic aspects (maintenance and development of economic and commercial
activities; Plaquette PNRQAD, 2018). The project target is selected based on the PPPI, which was built
before 1948, among the regions of more than 10,000 residents, and then the areas where the project is
conducted and the business resourceful auxiliary areas (15 areas) are selected through a contest. The
selected area received a national public fund of €380 million through the national institutions (ANAH
and ANRU), which expects to generate private investment and labor amounting to €1.5 billion [13].
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