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Charles Fourier ou la pensée en contre-marche. Le phalanstère contre les faux prodiges de la société industrielle
La pensée de Charles Fourier (1772-1837) est stimulante par son originalité, ses exagérations, ses extravagances voire par ses contradictions. « Casse-cou utopiste », comme il dit de lui-même, il ne craint pas d’aller à contre-sens des évidences de…
Colin Gordon, "Mapping decline : St. Louis and the fate of the American city" : New books in history
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…
Keys to the City: How Economics, Institutions, Social Interaction, and Politics Shape Development
Source : Cities are back in Town
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Why do some cities grow economically while others decline? Why do some show sustained economic performance while others cycle up and down? In Keys to the City, Michael…
Reimagining Detroit : Opportunities for redefining an American city
Abstract from the publisher : Experts estimate that perhaps forty square miles of Detroit are vacant—from a quarter to a third of the city —a level of emptiness that creates a landscape unlike any other big city. Author John Gallagher,…
Sunburnt cities : The great recession, depopulation and urban planning in the American sunbelt
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In recent years there has been a growing focus on urban and environmental studies, and the skills and techniques needed to address the wider challenges of how to create sustainable communities. Central to that demand…
The future of shrinking cities : Problems, patterns and strategies of urban transformation
Full title : The future of shrinking cities : Problems, patterns and strategies of urban transformation in a global context
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This publication is the outcome of a symposium held at UC Berkeley in February 2007,…
Villes et régions européennes en décroissance : maintenir la cohésion territoriale
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L’Europe devrait connaître une des croissances démographiques mondiales les plus faibles dans les années à venir. Cette évolution, conjuguée avec des…