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Financer les villes d'Afrique
Présentation par l'éditeur : Le continent africain connaît le plus fort taux de croissance urbaine de la planète. Les villes d'Afrique sub-saharienne à elles seules vont accueillir plus de 300 millions d'habitants…
La ville, un défi du XXIe siècle
Présentation par l'éditeur : La ville est un défi majeur de ce siècle. Le lien entre la ville et le développement - en filigrane la pauvreté - fait débat. A ce sujet, deux thèses s'opposent :…
Un monde de villes. Le marketing des territoires durables
Présentation par l'éditeur : Les villes abritent aujourd'hui la majorité de la population mondiale et elles sont le coeur même du développement économique. C'est donc largement à elles qu'il revient de…
Urbatopies : ces villes qui inventent l'urbanisme du XXIe siècle
Présentation par l'éditeur : Les urbatopies sont des villes qui, comme Barcelone, Bilbao, Copenhague, Hambourg, Lyon, Nantes ou Vancouver, sont en train d'inventer l'urbanisme du XXIe siècle. On y travaille, on y vit, on y…
Comment questionner l'étalement urbain ?
Extrait du préambule : Comment questionner l’étalement urbain, quels savoirs mobiliser et quels outils mettre en œuvre pour agir et améliorer le cadre de vie ? De nombreux CAUE ont décidé de…
Sustainable cities for the third millennium : The odyssey of urban excellence
Abstract from the publisher : Cities are propellers of sustainable growth, theatres of values, schools of skills and abilities, beacons of culture and temples of citizen duties and rights. Aristotle called them “built politics”, places…
The state of Asian cities 2010-11
Abstract from the publisher : The report throws new light on current issues and challenges which national and local governments, the business sector and organised civil society are facing. On top of putting forward a number of recommendations, this…
Urban political geographies: A global perspective
Abstract from the publisher: How can we think about the urban within a political and geographical framework? This compelling new textbook scrutinizes urban politics through a theoretical and empirical lens to provide readers with a clear…
Cities and time
Cities are the human organizations with the greatest longevity but also the fastest rate of change. Just now the world is going massively and unstoppably urban (governments everywhere are trying to stop it, with zero success). In a globalized world,…
Roppongi crossing : The demise of a Tokyo nightclub district and the reshaping of a global city
Abstract from the publisher : For most of the latter half of the twentieth century, Roppongi was an enormously popular nightclub district that stood out from the other pleasure quarters of Tokyo for its mix of international entertainment and…
Motor City : The rise and fall of Detroit
Robert Fishman teaches in the urban design, architecture, and urban planning programs at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. and A.M. in history from Harvard and his A.B. in history from Stanford University. He is a nationally…
Detroit divided
Abstract from the publisher: Unskilled workers once flocked to Detroit, attracted by manufacturing jobs paying union wages, but the passing of Detroit's manufacturing heyday has left many of those workers stranded. Manufacturing continues to employ…
Atlas des Franciliens
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Rassembler dans un document unique les analyses donnant une vision globale et actuelle des caractéristiques des Franciliens et de l’Île-de-France et de leur évolution, telle est…
Settlement, urbanization, and population
Abstract from the publisher: This volume presents a collection of studies focussing on population and settlement patterns in the Roman empire in the perspective of the economic development of the Mediterranean world between 100 BC and AD 350. The…
Creative knowledge cities: Myths, visions and realities
Abstract from the publisher: This book adopts a holistic, integrated and pragmatic approach to exploring the myths, concepts, policies, key conditions and tools for enhancing creative knowledge cities, as well as expounding potentially negative…
Urban constellations
Abstract from the publisher: Cities are an unprecedented focus of attention: over half the world now lives in them, culture and politics are shaped by them, and they are also focal points for new relationships between nature, technology and the…