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The just city
Abstract from the publisher : For much of the twentieth century improvement in the situation of disadvantaged communities was a focus for urban planning and policy. Yet over the past three decades the ideological triumph of neoliberalism has caused…
The right to the city : Prospects for critical urban theory and practice
Organisers' description :
The conference will focus on the meaning of the "right to the city" in the context of neoliberal urban restructuring. While the notion of "the right to the city" was popularized by Henri Lefebvre in the…
The urban wilderness : A history of the American city
From the foreword by Charles Tilly :
For a generation Sam Warner has written about American urban history by sketching the development of particular cities. A 1994 poll of urban history scholars identified him as the country's most influential…
Urban age : Johannesburg
Organisers' description :
The principal aim of Urban Age is to shape the thinking and practice of urban leaders and sustainable urban development. This six-year conference series – travelling from New York City, Shanghai, London, Mexico City,…
Urban age : Mumbai
Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'Johannesburg : Challenges of inclusion?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 and video recordings of the entire conference are available on the…
Urban mobility and social inequity: German journal of urban studies (No. 2, 2007)
Extract from the Editorial:
The focus of this issue of the DfK is on spatial mobility in the context of social inequity. The articles consider different aspects of the subject. Various social groups are examined that have hitherto been outside the…
Mots-clés: Allemagne, Beckmann Klaus J., Bracher Tilman, déplacements, équité sociale, Germany, Hesse Markus, mobilité, transport
Urban outcasts: Incubating the precariat in the 21st Century
Abstract from the distributor :
The American ghetto, the British inner city, and the French urban periphery are widely known as the "problem districts, the no-go areas" of their metropolis - territories of deprivation, dereliction and…
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…
Urban utopias
Readings on Urban Utopias in Theory and Practice
David Harvey is a leading theorist in the field of urban studies, currently working in the Anthropology department at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Centre.
David Harvey is a leading theorist in the field of urban studies, currently working in the Anthropology department at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Centre.
Why loiter? Women and risk on Mumbai streets
Abstract from the publisher :
Presenting an original take on women’s safety in the cities of twenty-first century India, Why Loiter? maps the exclusions and negotiations that women from different classes and communities encounter in the…
Mots-clés: équité sociale, espace urbain, feminism, féminisme, femme, gender, genre, Inde, India, Khan Sameera, marginalité, Mumbai, Phadke Shilpa, Ranade Shilpa, rue, woman