The densification of suburban neighbourhoods is presented as a response to the continuing peri-urban expansion, the extension of road networks and their consequences on the artificialisation of agricultural land or the consequent use of cars. Popularised by the BIMBY approach, and extended to the WIMBY approach, this densification seems to adapt to the lifestyles and uses of the inhabitants of the peri-urban area, to the point of sometimes reinventing the ways of living there. But it is not popular for all that, and many inhabitants and elected officials are opposed to it. So how can we continue to build, how can we arbitrate between a growing demand for housing, environmental requirements and lifestyles?
Conference moderated by Sylvain Allemand, journalist and essayist.
