2003 Volume 1 Issue 1 Pages 78-83
The first purpose of this paper is to report the relation of the Voynet Act the orientation Act for the maintenance and the sustainable development, the Chevenement Act the Act for simplification and strengthening of the municipal-union cooperation and the SRU Act the Urban Solidarity and Renewal Act. These acts were established recently in France, which were influenced by the concept of the Sustainable Divelopment in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The second purpose is to report of the city planning documents of SRU Act. These documents are the SCOT (Territorial Consistency Plan), the PLU (Local City Plan) and the Carte Communale (Municipal Map). SRU Act is connected to the Voynet Act and the Chevenement Act to practice the urban policy. These city planning documents are territorial plans with the municipal initiative.