After the 9 months study commissioned after the presidential order 10 master plan proposals have been put forwarded for the Paris city . The proposals aim to transform Paris and its surrounding suburbs into the first sustainable "post-Kyoto city," with expanded metro rail system and large parks.The team comprises to renowned international stars like Richard Rogers and Christian de Portzamparc to French architects who are just beginning their careers. The ideas include to breakdown the isolation between the city core and the outlying areas besides making the city greener and sustainable thereby breaking the social evils that deeply exists in the society.
Among the most audacious is Mr. de Portzamparc's plan (see the photo), which proposes massive European train station just outside the city center which is supposed to link to the Eurostar train lines to London and Brussels, as well as to a new elevated maglev train that would run above the périphérique.
Mr. Rogers's ambitious plan include vast system of public parks connecting poor and middle-class neighborhoods and A new Métro line would ringing the outer city and train links to the city center.
All of the proposed projects recognize the strong linking between urban policy and social equality. All suggest ways to begin reversing the growing social divisions that mark the contemporary city.
It a high time that we learn from Paris to uplift the chaotic urban development of Kathmandu and other cities of Nepal. If the concerned people and agencies learn a little from this new initiative in Paris and try to implement in the field, then we will be heading to New Nepal of new and efficient cities as all know cities are the engines of the development.
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