The Making of Grand Paris: Metropolitan Urbanism in the Twenty-First Century - Paperbackby Theresa Enright (Author) A critical examination of metropolitan planning in Paris the "Grand Paris" initiative and the building of today's networked global city. In 2007 the French government announced the "Grand Paris" initiative. This ambitious project reimagined the Paris region as integrated, balanced, global, sustainable, and prosperous. Metropolitan solidarity would unite divided populations; a new transportation system, the Grand Paris