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Moncton is a town born by for the railways (Canadian National) ; its functions have always been closely tied to trade-connections, but it is also the biggest Acadian city in the Maritimes. Its main problems are the obsolescence of the old center challenged by périphérie shopping-centers and the embarrassment generated by railways. The coexistence of two human groups : French speaking acadians and English speaking communities does not influence urban aspects but sets problems of social geography. These problems are fortunately in way of resolution.

For about ten years, deep socio-economics changes have occured in Caluire-et-Cuire, a town situated in the North of Lyon, between two rivers, the Rhône and the Saône. Changes derive from the development of the Lyonese urban area. This evolution is shown in the urban land market, precious indicator of the urban development. If this market is actually going down because of the economic crisis, the speculation (by the way of compensation) increases, and lends to a hart social segregation, which separates the Lyonese area in two blocks, East and West (Caluire-et-Cuire belonging to the second). This phenomenon is a permanent risk to the future of the urban planning, because no political determination to check it has yet appeared.