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Aménager la ville par la culture et le tourisme
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Cet ouvrage a l'ambition de proposer une véritable méthodologie pour associer culture et projet urbain. Il a été rédigé d'après les travaux du Club…
L'avènement du monde : Essai sur l'habitation humaine de la Terre
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En un demi-siècle le monde est devenu le Monde. Avec cette majuscule, il ne s’agit pas de dire que le monde a changé sous l’effet de la mondialisation, mais d’affirmer…
Quelles villes pour le 21e siècle ?
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L’urbanisation accélérée marque le monde contemporain. Onze spécialistes de renommée internationale cherchent dans ce livre à mieux comprendre les…
Les villes et le monde : du Moyen Age au XXe siècle
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Cet ouvrage interroge les interactions entre développement urbain et effets de mondialisation, deux phénomènes historiques saisis dans une longue durée englobant les…
International handbook of globalization and world cities
Abstract from the publisher: This Handbook offers an unrivalled overview of current research into how globalization is affecting the external relations and internal structures of major cities in the world. By treating cities at a global scale, it…
Everyday life in the segmented city
Abstract from the publisher: This volume of "Research in Urban Sociology" is composed of a selection of the papers presented at the conference "Everyday Life in the Segmented City" held in July 2010, Florence. The conference…
Children, youth and the city
Abstract from the publisher: More than half of the global and around eighty per cent of the western population grow up in cities. This text provides a vivid picture of children and youth in the city, how they make sense of it and how they…
Città mediterranee e deriva liberista / Villes méditerranéennes et dérive néo-libérale
Présentation par Salvatore Palidda :
L’ouvrage réunit les contributions issues des travaux du network d’excellence européen Ramses2 (fp7 - CIT3-CT-2005-513366) –coordonnée par la MMSH- et aussi de…
Globalization, modernity and the city
Abstract from the publisher : We live in a world of big cities. Urbanization, globalization and modernization have received considerable attention but rarely are the connections and relations between them the subjects of similar attention. Cities…
Urban space in contemporary Egyptian literature : Portraits of Cairo
Abstract from the publisher : Part ode, part academic treatise, this book traces the transformation of Cairo’s historic downtown from its spectacular beginning as a French inspired Belle Époque marvel to a site of contest and, more…
Cape Town after apartheid : Crime and governance in the divided city
Abstract from the publisher : Reveals how liberal democracy and free-market economics reproduce the inequalities of apartheid in Cape Town, South Africa Nearly two decades after the dismantling of apartheid in South Africa, how different does the…
Living in the endless city
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- The companion to Phaidon’s popular The Endless City, with the same mix of smart writing, remarkable photographs and incisive data on the field of urban development and its related disciplines
- An authoritative…
Latin America at the crossroads : Architectural Design
Abstract from the publisher : The announcement of Rio de Janeiro as the 2016 Olympic host city has placed Latin America on the world's stage. Latin America has not been the centre of international architectural attention and pilgrimage since the…
Planning Asian cities : Risks and resilience
Abstract from the publisher : In Asian Cities: Risks and Resilience, Stephen Hamnett and Dean Forbes have brought together some of the region’s most distinguished urbanists to explore the planning history and recent development of Pacific…
Asian cities : Globalization, urbanization and nation-building
Abstract from the publisher : - Questions the centrality of globalization in explaining change in Asian cities and examines developing Asian cities in their own terms rather than as variants of Western urbanization. - Explores middle cities…
Second cities : Globalization and local politics in Manchester and Philadelphia
Abstract from the publisher : Manchester, England, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, are what sociologist Jerome Hodos calls second cities—viable alternatives to well-known global cities such as London and New York. In Second Cities, Hodos…
Cities in transition : Globalization, political change and urban development
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This book was written with the aim of showing that even in the era of globalization developments appearing in cities are not subject to almost unconditional global forces. Rather, universal forces are decisive…
Building globalization : Transnational architecture production in urban China
Abstract from the publisher : From the years 2004 to 2008, Beijing and Shanghai witnessed the construction of an extraordinary number of new buildings, many of which were designed by architectural firms overseas. Combining ethnographic fieldwork,…
Mobile urbanism : Cities and policymaking in the global age
Abstract from the publisher : How knowledge and power flow between places and impact cities worldwide Mobile Urbanism provides a unique set of perspectives on the current global-urban condition. Drawing on cutting-edge theoretical work, leading…