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Casablanca. Figures et scènes métropolitaines
Présentation par l'éditeur : Au début de l’année 2007, l’Université Hassan II Aïn Chock de Casablanca nous a donné la possibilité exceptionnelle de préfigurer ce qui devait…
La rénovation urbaine entre enjeux citadins et engagements citoyens
Présentation par l'éditeur : Compte-rendu d'une recherche d'analyse des conditions auxquelles les échelons décisionnels incluant les citadins parviennent à trouver un terrain d'accord, et les éléments…
Cities surround the countryside: urban aesthetics in postsocialist China
Denounced as parasitical under Chairman Mao and devalued by the norms of traditional Chinese ethics, the city now functions as a site of individual and collective identity in China. Cities envelop the countryside, not only geographically and…
The lure of the city: From slums to suburbs
Abstract from the publisher: Cities, by their very nature, are a mass of contradictions. They can be at once visually stunning, culturally rich, exploitative and unforgiving. In The Lure of the City Austin Williams and Alastair Donald explore the…
Neighborhood and life chances : How place matters in modern America
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Does the place where you lived as a child affect your health as an adult? To what degree does your neighbor's success influence your own potential? The importance of place is increasingly recognized in urban research…
Insurgent public space : Guerrilla urbanism and the remaking of contemporary cities
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In cities around the world, individuals and groups are reclaiming and creating urban sites, temporary spaces and informal gathering places. These ‘insurgent public spaces’ challenge conventional views of…
Restless cities
Leading intellectuals reimagine the city as a site of ceaseless change and motion. The metropolis is a site of endless making and unmaking. Restless Cities celebrates the ceaselessly inventive character of the metropolitan city from the nineteenth…
Citadins et citoyens dans la Chine du XXe siècle
Citadins et citoyens dans la Chine du XXe siècle. Essai d'histoire sociale. En l'honneur de Marie-Claire Bergère.
Présentation par l'éditeur :
La Chine, qui a terminé sa révolution et a jeté les…
Urban politics
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City politics is an ancient, enduring and vibrant enterprise that can be traced back over two millennia. Its key concerns include the nature of power, institutions, governance, community, scale and economic processes,…
The public and its possibilities : Triumphs and tragedies in the American city
Abstract from the publisher : In his compelling reinterpretation of American history, The Public and Its Possibilities, John Fairfield argues that our unrealized civic aspirations provide the essential counterpoint to an excessive focus on private…
The city as a social, legal, and political concept
Gerald Frug is a Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a specialist on legal problems of local government and legal theory.
What happened to participation? Urban development and authoritarian upgrading in Cairo
Elena Piffero is Doctor of Philosophy in International Cooperation and Sustainable Development Policies at the University of Bologna, Italy. Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works license 3.0. Alternative link to the…
State of the world's cities 2010/2011 - cities for all: Bridging the urban divide
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The world's urban population now exceeds the world's rural population. What does this mean for the state of our cities, given the strain this global demographic shift is placing upon current urban…
Biodiversité urbaine
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À côté du minéral, du bâti, la biodiversité représente le "tissu vivant" de la ville. Dans un monde de plus en plus urbanisé, la…
Villes à vivre. Modes de vie urbains et défis environnementaux
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Longtemps, les villes ont été dépendantes de leur environnement. C'est désormais l'environnement qui est dépendant des villes. Et si, loin d'être un problème,…