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Downtown : Its rise and fall, 1880-1950
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"Downtown" is the first history of what was once viewed as the heart of the American city. It tells the fascinating story of how downtown--and the way Americans thought about downtown--changed over time. By showing…
"Downtown" is the first history of what was once viewed as the heart of the American city. It tells the fascinating story of how downtown--and the way Americans thought about downtown--changed over time. By showing…
The futures of the city region
Abstract from the publisher : Does the ‘city region’ constitute a new departure in urbanisation? If so, what are the key elements of that departure? The realities of the urban in the 21st century are increasingly complex and…
Distributed urbanism : Cities after Google Earth
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What form of housing will emerge in Dubai, where the majority of the population are non-citizens and average length of stay three days? How will depopulating cities reclaim vacant space, reorganize infrastructure and…
Géogouvernance : Utilité sociale de l'analyse spatiale
Cet ouvrage part du constat que le concept de gouvernance appliqué dans les politiques de management, et notamment dans les collectivités territoriales, ne permet pas de prendre en compte les idées des habitants et usagers des territoires, qui ne…
City of extremes : The spatial politics of Johannesburg
Abstract from the publisher : City of Extremes is a powerful critique of urban development in greater Johannesburg since the end of apartheid in 1994. Martin J. Murray describes how a loose alliance of city builders—including real estate…
Angkor Thom, de la Cité des dieux à l'horizon urbain : archéologie d'une mise en scène
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Le centre du site d’Angkor est occupé par un espace exceptionnel en raison de ses dimensions, de la géométrie de son enceinte et de la dramaturgie de ses monuments : Angkor Thom. A l’analyse, le symbolisme…
Le centre du site d’Angkor est occupé par un espace exceptionnel en raison de ses dimensions, de la géométrie de son enceinte et de la dramaturgie de ses monuments : Angkor Thom. A l’analyse, le symbolisme…
Knowledge economy and the city : Spaces of knowledge
Abstract from the publisher : This book explores the relationship between space and economy, the spatial expressions of the knowledge economy. The capitalist industrial economy produced its own space, which differed radically from its predecessor…
Rénovation urbaine : les leçons américaines
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Les États-Unis sont volontiers regardés et souvent dénoncés comme le symbole de la séparation des groupes raciaux dans la ville. Cependant, la dichotomie classique entre…
Mapping modernity in Shanghai : Space, gender, and visual culture in the sojourners' city, 1853-98
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This book argues that modernity first arrived in late nineteenth-century Shanghai via a new spatial configuration. This city’s colonial capitalist development ruptured the traditional configuration of…
The exposed city : Mapping the urban invisibles
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Imagine a city invisible to the human eye and only manifested by its non-visual urban phenomena. What shape will it take? If these new urban forms are represented as images, do they become new maps of the…
Researching the spatial and social life of the city : citiesLAB vol. 1
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Our first project comprises a collection of ‘working papers’ established with the aims of both delineating and testing what we refer to as ‘spatial methodologies’ for urban research. This…
Progress in Irish urban studies
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Progress in Irish Urban Studies is a working paper series which presents expanded articles based on papers presented to the annual research seminar series and provides a means by which post-graduate researchers and…