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The new encyclopedia of Southern culture : Volume 15 : Urbanization
Abstract from the publisher :
This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture offers a current and authoritative reference to urbanization in the American South from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, surveying important southern…
Villes : changer de trajectoire
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Regards sur la Terre consacre son dossier 2010 aux villes, espaces et acteurs en première ligne du développement durable. Au-delà du constat des enjeux et des obstacles à…
The open urban studies journal (Vol. 3, 2010)
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The Open Urban Studies Journal is an Open Access online journal which publishes original research articles, reviews and short articles in the field of urban and regional studies. Topics covered include : theory,…
Regards croisés sur les mutations de l'intercommunalité
L'intercommunalité connaît de nombreuses mutations. Aussi, les présents textes ambitionnent d'une part de dresser un état des lieux grâce à des enquêtes de terrain et à des analyses d'universitaires issus de champs disciplinaires complémentaires,…
The city and the world: New York's global future
Abstract from the publisher: At first glance a study on cities and foreign policy may seem a bold leap into the future of international relations, but it represents, rather, a giant step into the present--into what is already taking place across…
Villes contemporaines et recompositions sociopolitiques
Une livraison de la revue Sociologie et sociétés (Volume 45, N° 2, automne 2013).
Comment définir la ville aujourd’hui ? Avec des thèmes comme la diversité, les représentations sociales et culturelles, l’aménagement, les projets urbains, la…
Comment définir la ville aujourd’hui ? Avec des thèmes comme la diversité, les représentations sociales et culturelles, l’aménagement, les projets urbains, la…
The third city : Chicago and American urbanism
Abstract from the publisher : Our traditional image of Chicago—as a gritty metropolis carved into ethnically defined enclaves where the game of machine politics overshadows its ends—is such a powerful shaper of the city’s identity…
Bloomberg's New York : Class and governance in the luxury city
Abstract from the publisher : What happens when our mayors are CEOs? New York mayor Michael Bloomberg claims to run the city like a business. In Bloomberg’s New York, Julian Brash applies methods from anthropology, geography, and other…
Reimagining Detroit : Opportunities for redefining an American city
Abstract from the publisher : Experts estimate that perhaps forty square miles of Detroit are vacant—from a quarter to a third of the city —a level of emptiness that creates a landscape unlike any other big city. Author John Gallagher,…
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…
L'utopie et la ville. après la crise, épisodiquement
Être pleinement de son époque empêche de fixer son regard sur elle pour mieux la saisir. Le présent est devenu si envahissant... La crise que nous traversons ne s’accompagne paraît-il d’aucune alternative. Comment la raconter, cette crise ? Elle ne…
The city as a social, legal, and political concept
Gerald Frug is a Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a specialist on legal problems of local government and legal theory.
Beyond privatopia : Rethinking residential private government
Abstract from the publisher : The rise of residential private governance may be the most extensive and dramatic privatization of public life in U.S. history. Private communities, often called common interest developments, are now home to almost…
Urban development in Europe
Abstract from the publisher: Cities play a crucial role in creating a sustainable, social and innovative Europe. Nowadays, cities have to face many challenges, especially since the arrival of the economic recession. For this reason, it is important…
What happened to participation? Urban development and authoritarian upgrading in Cairo
Elena Piffero is Doctor of Philosophy in International Cooperation and Sustainable Development Policies at the University of Bologna, Italy. Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works license 3.0. Alternative link to the…