The Metrolab network groups together French speaking universities and research centres which seek to develop and distribute French language information and studies in the area of metropolisation, in its broadest sense. The network joins together existing databases and allows researchers, students and professors to put lecture notes, reports, studies (not published elsewhere) online.

The site has several functions:

Acadie - Coopérative Conseil (Cooperative council); Association pour la Promotion de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche en Aménagement et Urbanisme - APERAU (Association for education and research in urban planning) ; Centre comparatif d'Etudes Politiques publiques et des Espaces Locaux (CEPEL) (Comparative centre for public politcy research and local spaces) ; Centre d'études des mutations en Europe (Research centre for change in Europe) ; Centre de recherche sur les innovations sociales ( Research centre in social innovations) ; Centre de Recherche sur le Politique, l'Administration, la Ville et le Territoire (Research centre into policy, administration, cities and territories) ; CERVL - Pouvoir, action publique et territoire (Power, public action and territory) ; École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État (State National School of Public Works ); Économie et Humanisme (Economy and Humanism) ; Institut d'Études Politiques de Lyon (Lyon School of Political Science) ; Institut d'Urbanisme de Lyon (Lyon Urban Planning Institute) ; Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique - Urbanisation, Culture, Société (National Institute for Scientific Research – Urban Planning Culture, Society) ; Laboratoire de Sociologie Urbaine – La SUR (Urban Sociology Laboratory) ; Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires, Société (Laboratory for Techniques, Territory and Society) ; Université du Québec à Montréal (The University of Quebec in Montreal) ; Villes Régions Monde, le réseau inter-universitaire d'études urbaines et régionales (City, Regions, World, the pan-university network for urban and regional studies)

A team of two people within the Laboratoire de Recherches Interdisciplinaires Ville, Espace, Société (RIVES) (the Town, Space, Society multi discipline research laboratory) at the Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l’Etat (ENTPE -The State National School of Public Works).

Metrolab is an initiative by researchers who wish to set up a platform of French speaking resources devoted to metropolisation and territorial dynamics.

Distribution of information currently dissipated throughout the Internet, or which is not yet circulating - Offering tools to help with research and assistance with making the best use of them.

Laboratoire de Recherches Interdisciplinaires Ville, Espace, Société (RIVES) de l’ENTPE / The Town, Space, Society multi discipline research laboratory (RIVES) of the ENTPE
Mr. Jouve (Research Director at the Town, Space, Society multi discipline research laboratory (RIVES) of the ENTPE)

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Urban Policy