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Colin Gordon, "Mapping decline : St. Louis and the fate of the American city" : New books in history
Johannesburg, un urbanisme sous pression
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Quatorze ans après la fin de l'apartheid, la capitale économique de l'Afrique du sud se lance dans la rénovation de son centre.
Les "webreporters" de GEO ont enquêté…
Insights into a Lively Downtown
What makes a downtown district appealing ? Why do people go out of their way to walk down one side of the street and not the other ?
Using the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan as a case study, this exploration of successful downtown streets weaves…
Using the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan as a case study, this exploration of successful downtown streets weaves…
Nineteenth-Century cities
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Today, I want to do the impossible and talk about urbanization and urban growth in fifty minutes. I'll give the classic example, which is the greatest project of human intervention or rebuilding, that is the…
Today, I want to do the impossible and talk about urbanization and urban growth in fifty minutes. I'll give the classic example, which is the greatest project of human intervention or rebuilding, that is the…
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…