INTRODUCTION 7
PART I : Accounts of practice 19
1. Planning the city, a learning experience : the Community Plan of Trinitat Nova in Barcelona 21
2. Exercising the right to manage one' living environment : The Estate Management Board of Bloomsbury in Birmingham 53
3. Deliberation at the heart of the decision : the Stadtteilgruppe of Tenever in Bremen 67
4. Being a resident of the neighbourhood and the city : The « Maritime » Quarter Committee in Molenbeek, Brussels 83
5. Constructing public/private sector agreements regularize the Borgate of the outskirts of Rome 103
PART II : Elements of analysis 131
1. Characteristics of the areas in question 132
Trinitat Nova in Barcelona 134
Bloomsbury in Birmingham 136
Tenever in Bremen 138
The Maritime Quarter in Brussels 140
The Borgate in Rome 142
Types of situations and issues of urban development 144
2. Urban developments linked to citizen participation 154
The Tribune Tree game 157
Social development 161
Material development of the city 164
Cultural and symbolic development 166
Economic development 169
Legal and institutional development 170
Conclusion 171
3. Elements of scenography of the roles of actors 172
The Community Plan of Trinitat Nova 175
Estate Management Board in Bloomsbury 179
The Stadtteilgruppe in Tenever 181
The « Maritime » Quarter Committee 183
The regularization of the Borgates in the suburbs of Rome 185
Elements of transversal analysis 186
CONCLUSIONS ET PROSPECTS 200
Annexes Bibliography 212
People associated with the research 228