Gaëlle LACAZE, Sorbonne université, France
The Mongolian capital has been facing an unexpected movement of urbanization and development since the year 2000.
My presentation will examine how recent urban developments have caused a fracturing of the city between the new districts in the south intended for expatriates, the yurt districts in the east and north, occupied by the poorest Mongolians, victims of the urban exodus, and the central districts occupied by the old local intelligentsia.
This new structuration of the Mongolian capital is accompanied by a reconfiguration of the marks and places of power in the image of the twenty-first century. Indeed, the replacement of socialist figures by illustrious characters of ancient and modern Mongolian history gives the city a local cachet appreciated by tourists.
In addition, the city is faced with the need to develop public transportation and urban mobility options.
Before 1990, the very limited number of vehicles, reserved for members of the administration, and the restriction of movements to official missions limited urban development to the construction of buildings.
After the 1990s, the legalization of mini-buses, which had been developing in an anarchic manner, was imposed in order to ensure urban mobility. Since then, the authorities have been confronted with the influx of tourists and foreign expatriates, the need for centralized planning of urban development, as well as the urgency of making road traffic more fluid. Today, the city is planning to build crosswalks and bicycle lanes. These contemporary challenges reveal the place the Mongolian capital intends to play in Asia: an international megalopolis for the luxury industry.
Mots clés : Ulaanbaatar|Urban management|Internationalisation|Mobility|Tourism
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