Managing the Temporal Complexity of Urban Projects

Alain Bourdin, Helene Dang Vu (), Joel Idt and Jules Meunier ()
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Helene Dang Vu: LAB'URBA - LAB'URBA - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 - Université Gustave Eiffel, Université Gustave Eiffel
Joel Idt: LAB'URBA - LAB'URBA - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 - Université Gustave Eiffel, Université Gustave Eiffel

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Abstract: This article examines the role of temporalities in complex urban projects using the case study of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Based on interviews and document analysis, it develops a method, that we call the ‘timeline', which highlights how heterogeneous temporalities are coordinated throughout project management. The paper argues that coordination is not given but progressively built through instruments, interactions between actors, and shared frames of reference. The Olympic programme is thus understood as a set of interdependent action systems whose temporal alignment is not given in advance but emerged as a result of the project. The article contributes to planning theory by conceptualising the urban project as a mechanism for coordinating multiple temporalities in situations of uncertainty.

Keywords: Urban project; Temporality; Paris Metropolitan Area; Olympic Games 2024 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-06-30
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Published in Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning, 2026, 10 (1), pp.10-27. ⟨10.24306/TrAESOP.2026.01.002⟩

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DOI: 10.24306/TrAESOP.2026.01.002

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