Nouveaux appels à compétences et enjeux de qualification chez les professionnels de la fabrication de la ville

Twice since the 1980s, the professionals involved in the making of the city have been solicited by deep changes in their role and the skills expected of them. As their practices diversify, specialize, confront more and more categories of actors, the urban planners seek to define themselves as a professional group, to organize around a shared definition of professionalism, to react to increased competition on markets.This text looks back at the analyzes that have been made of the city's manufacturing trades and organizations over the last 10 to 15 years, in order to put into context the current questions about the standards (of trades, skills, teaching) and professional qualification in urban planning.