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Urban asymmetries : Studies and projects on neoliberal urbanization
Abstract from the publisher :
The current global economic crisis provides the perfect backdrop for reviewing the dire consequences that neoliberal urban policies have had upon the city, and for discussing possible alternatives to market-driven…
Urban age : New York
Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'New York : Almost alright?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 recordings of the entire conference are available on the Urban Age website. Many…
Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, banlieue, emploi, espace public, espace urbain, gouvernance, logement, London, Londres, mobilité, New York, planification, sécurité, transport, voisinage
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 age : London
Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'London : Europe's global city?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 recordings of the entire conference are available on the Urban Age website.…
Urban age : Berlin
Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'Berlin : An urban experiment?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 recordings of the entire conference are available on the Urban Age website.…
Un espace indéfendable : l'aménagement urbain à l'heure sécuritaire
Présentation par l'éditeur :
La globalisation du capitalisme a eu pour effet de fragiliser, paupériser et marginaliser de larges fractions des couches populaires. Face aux "désordres locaux" qui en…
Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, espace public, Garnier Jean-Pierre, ordre social, sécurité, urbanisme
Twentieth-century Pittsburgh, Volume One: Government, business, and environmental change
Abstract from the publisher:
First published in 1969, Roy Lubove's Twentieth-Century Pittsburgh is a pioneering analysis of elite driven, post-World War II urban renewal in a city once disdained as "hell with the lid off." The book…
Transcultural urbanism: Immigrants in the city
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The 21st century city is inevitably global and local, dislodging boundaries between nation states as well as public and private realms. This panel investigates the impact of these transformations on cities at both the…
Town planning in practice; an introduction to the art of designing cities and suburbs
Extract from the Preface :
When a Bill conferring town planning powers on municipal bodies was promised by the Government, it occurred to me that it would probably be of use if some of the maps, photographs, and other material which I had collected…
Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, histoire de l'urbanisme, Unwin Raymond
Tipping points in urban change: Modern perspectives on agents of urbanization
This symposium considered the similarities and differences in the histories of urban modernization in cities during the late 19th through the early 21st century—with a look at global cities now under construction or in the planning stages. The…
Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, Détroit, économie, histoire urbaine, modernisation, mutation urbaine, Seoul
The waters of Rome : Aqueducts, fountains, and the birth of the Baroque city
Abstract from the publisher :
In this pioneering study of the water infrastructure of Renaissance Rome, urban historian Katherine Rinne offers a new understanding of how technological and scientific developments in aqueduct and fountain…
The vital city : EURA 2007 conference
Organisers' description :
This major conference on the theme of The Vital City was held under the auspices of the European Urban Research Association (EURA). EURA brings together an inter-disciplinary network of urban researchers from across Europe…
The urban post-industrial world: Sociation today (Vol. 4, No. 2)
Abstract of the Editorial by George H. Conklin: 2006 is the year that the world as a whole becomes over half urban, yet no longer is the city the home of the industrial factory in the Western world. What shape should the new city take in the…
The urban machine: Recent literature on European cities in the 20th century
Contents: Mercedes Arroyo - Technical networks and urban territory: A survey of the literature in Spain Bengt Berglund - Urban history in Sweden: An overview Mikael Hård and Marcus Stippak - Discourses on the modern city and urban technology,…
The Urban Condition
Quatrième de couverture :
What does the Western city at the end of the twentieth century look like? How did the modern metropolis of congestion and density turn into a posturban or even postsuburban cityscape ? What are edge cities and…
The transatlantic collapse of urban renewal : Postwar urbanism from New York to Berlin
Abstract from the publisher : The Transatlantic Collapse of Urban Renewal examines how postwar thinkers from both sides of the Atlantic considered urban landscapes radically changed by the political and physical realities of sprawl, urban decay,…
The temporary city
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Most of the professional training, thinking and strategies of architects, urban designers and planners, are strictly three-dimensional. In reality of course the city is four dimensional, and one needs to acknowledge the…
The sociology of urban regions
Extract from the Preface :
An understanding of modern man's increasingly typical habitat - the city and the urban region - is a practical necessity for almost everyone... In this work, I have tried to present an organized review and interpretation of…
The sociology of city life
Contents :
I. The beginnings of city life :
1. The origin of city life
2. The emergence of urbanism
II. The location of the city :
1. The urban site
2. General geographic location
III. The physical setting of city life :
1. The developmental history…
The science of cities and regions: Lectures on mathematical model design
Abstract from the publisher: A ‘science of cities and regions’ is critical for meeting future challenges. The world is urbanising: huge cities are being created and are continuing to grow rapidly. There are many planning and development…