1. THE SPATIO-TEMPORAL GEOGRAPHIES OF PUBLIC SPACES AT NIGHT AND THEIR REGULATION AS SOURCE OF CONFLICT. THE CASE OF MONTPELLIER
Emanuele Giordano
Ecole d’Urbanisme de Paris
LXNIGHTS Network | National Coordinator
UMR5281 ART-Dev

2. Montpellier 275,318 inhabitants 8 km from the Mediterranean

4. Festival International des Sports Extrêmes 400.000 visitors in 2018
Les Estivales
visitors in 2018

7. A disciplinary approach….
Creation of the night brigade of the city police
Take away food and nightsupermarket are not allowed to sell alcoohol between 10pm and 6 am
Take away food and nightsupermarket are not allowed to be open between 2am and 6am during the summer
Alcoohol comsumption in the public space is not allowed between April and October
Any abusive and prolonged occupations of the public space is not allowed between April and October

8. … impossible to enforce
Esplanade Léo Mallet, Montpellier (22nd of July 2018, 00:47am) Source: photo taken by the speaker

10. Parc de Peyrou , Montpellier (30nd of June 2018) Sources: photo taken by the speaker

11. « dans le passé, on se retrouvait des centaines dans les Jardins du Peyrou, mais depuis que le parc ferme à minuit et que les policiers interviennent, on n’avait plus de lieu pour continuer la fête à la fin du Fise ».

12. Thanks for your attention Any questions?