Extraits de l'introduction :
La ville, en tant que foyer de rassemblement d'humains, est le phénomène le plus caractéristique de la prolifération d'une espèce qui, si on la considère d'un strict point de vue…
Sommaire du numéro 4 :
Articles :
Alain Weber - "Aménagement urbain et post-keynésianisme"
Philippe Genestier, Bernard Jouve et Paul Boino - "L’aménagement urbain et territorial, entre…
Abstract from the publisher:
This volume documents metropolitan Boston's metamorphosis from a casualty of manufacturing decline in the 1970s to a paragon of the high-tech and service industries in the 1990s. The city's rebound has been part of a…
From the editorial by Alicia Murría :
Modern city planning and architecture have been places at the service of production, traffic, and consumption, and of a particular idea of the white, Western, heterosexual middle-class male. Only in the…
Abstract from the publisher :
Using the concept of 'global cities' as a key context to the discussion, Murray draws our attention to the large metropolises that dominate as economic power bases – cities such as New York and Tokyo – and…
Abstract from the publishers :
Smagacz uses a comparative approach to look at two very different but related processes: what she calls the “revitalization” of two formerly peripheral and now prosper-
ous, innovative and trendy urban…
Contents:
Jürgen Mansel and Wilhelm Heitmeyer - Precarity, segregation, and poverty in the social space - overview of the research status
Uwe H. Bittlingmayer, Ullrich Bauer, Matthias Richter and Diana Sahrai - The over- and underestimation of…
Full title : Emergency on planet Cape Town? (Re-)conciliation as a tool for urban planning in a post-Apartheid city.
Abstract from the publisher :
"Emergency on planet Cape Town" introduces the emotional production of urban space as an…
Abstract from the publisher :
, is it a historical core, a business district or no physical location at all? Food for a lengthy palaver.
Out of the central theme, three sub-themes were distilled to enable in-depth debate: (1) the African City…
From the editorial by Emma Vivian O'Shaughnessy :
We hope that this edition of postamble presents avenues through which readers can imagine a different type of urban language, one that accommodates the differences between all the world’s…
Contents :
Karina Landman - The storm that rocks the boat: the systemic impact of gated communities on urban sustainability
Jörg Plöger - The emergence of a “City of Cages” in Lima : neighbourhood appropriation in the context…
Abstract from the publisher :
The special issue on Cultural Diversity collects a selection of papers presented at the multidisciplinary and multinational Marie Curie project on “Cultural diversity in Europe: A series of Conferences”…
The 3rd European conference on African studies included a number of panels and papers on the subject of cities and urban studies, some of which are freely available as full text (see list below - only full-text papers on topics related to urban…
Organisers' description :
14th International Planning History Society Conference will take place in Istanbul between the dates July 12-15, 2010. The conference will address the theme of “Urban Transformation: Controversies, Contrasts and…
From the conference report :
The fortieth meeting of the Urban History Group was held in Rutland Hall at the University of
Nottingham on 27–28 March 2008. With over seventy delegates attending, the conference featured two days of seminars,…
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Cet ouvrage d'HyperUrbain a pour thème la "ville cartographiée". Il entend interroger les formes émergentes d'appropriation des territoires urbains par des individus et des…
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Bordeaux est la première agglomération de grande taille à intégrer la collection de l’Atlas historique des villes de France, comme 49e volume. Les recherches historiques…
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Pierre Sansot nous invite à le suivre au hasard de ses déambulations à travers la ville. Sa pensée vagabonde comme dans une conversation ininterrompue. La marche suscite la…
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Si la ville n'est pas l'habitat de prédilection de toutes les régions du monde, elle n'en constitue pas moins la manifestation la plus éclatante et tangible du foisonnement et de la…