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METROPOLE EQUILIBRE [1 record]

Record 1 2016-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
  • Urban Development
DEF

A growth area that is intended to provide an alternative attractive power to a major urban centre, and hence assist in controlling its growth.

CONT

Planners contemplate the development of countermagnet centers, such as the projected satellite part 70 miles downstream at Haldia, to draw population pressure from the center.

Key term(s)
  • countermagnet centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement du territoire
  • Développement urbain
CONT

Métropoles d'équilibre : grandes villes de province que l'État s'efforce de développer pour qu'elles deviennent des centres d'attraction économique capables de fixer la main-d'œuvre et de faire équilibre au développement excessif de Paris.

CONT

La ville satellite ne résout pas le problème [de] l'extension [ce qui implique la restructuration des noyaux anciens des zones d'habitat dispersé] la politique des noyaux restructurateurs exige des investissements importants

OBS

Pôle de croissance dont l'objet est de faire contrepoids à l'attrait exercé par un grand centre urbain.

Spanish

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