Parcourir les contenus (228 total)
Trier par :
La ville a-t-elle un sexe ?
Un Café-géo organisé à Tours par les associations Confluence, ESSPACES et l'Université Populaire de Tours le 16 novembre 2010.
L’espace urbain : miroir des inégalités homme/femme
Quarante ans après la révolution sexuelle, les rapports…
L’espace urbain : miroir des inégalités homme/femme
Quarante ans après la révolution sexuelle, les rapports…
Nuisances sonores : Que faire pour bien s'entendre ?
Un Café-géo organisé à Tours par les associations Confluence, ESSPACES et l'Université Populaire de Tours le 22 mars 2011.
On oppose souvent au calme des champs le bruit de la ville. De jour comme de nuit, les activités des uns et des autres ne se…
On oppose souvent au calme des champs le bruit de la ville. De jour comme de nuit, les activités des uns et des autres ne se…
L’espace sonore en milieu urbain
Cet ouvrage présente les formes, contextes et enjeux de l’évaluation sonore en milieu urbain. Il démontre l’importance de l’aménagement, de la place de la nature en ville et, plus particulièrement, de celle du végétal, comme facteurs déterminants…
Ottoman Izmir: The rise of a cosmopolitan port, 1840-1880
Abstract from the publisher: Between 1840 and 1880, the Eastern Mediterranean port of Izmir (Smyrna) underwent unprecedented change. A modern harbor that welcomed international steamships and new railway lines that transported a cornucopia of…
Urban maps : Instruments of narrative and interpretation in the city
Abstract from the publisher : This book concerns the city and the 'devices' that define the urban environment by their presence, representation or interpretation. The texts offer an interdisciplinary discourse and critique of the complex systems,…
Cities and sexualities
Abstract from the publisher: From the hotspots of commercial sex through to the suburbia of twitching curtains, urban life and sexualities appear inseparable. Cities are the source of our most familiar images of sexual practice, and are the spaces…
Cities full of symbols: A theory of urban space and culture
Abstract from the publisher: This book examines design proposals that show symbolic handling of the 9/11 attack on New York, the disaster symbolism of the ship washed ashore by the tsunami in Banda Aceh, and the design of the symbol of the city of…
Remaking urban citizenship: Organizations, institutions, and the right to the city
Abstract from the publisher:
Due to heightened global migration and transnational mobility, many residents of the world’s cities lack national citizenship in the places to which they have moved for work, refuge, or retirement. The disjuncture…
Writing the modern city: Literature, architecture, modernity
Abstract from the publisher: Literary texts and buildings have always represented space, narrated cultural and political values, and functioned as sites of personal and collective identity. In the twentieth century, new forms of narrative have…
Queerying planning: Challenging heteronormative assumptions and reframing planning practice
Abstract from the publisher:
Current planning practices have largely neglected the needs of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community for safe urban spaces in which to live, work, and play. This volume fills the gap in the…
Urban navigations : Politics, space and the city in South Asia
Abstract from the publisher : This book provides an important account of how the city in South Asia is produced, lived and contested. It examines the diverse lived experiences of urban South Asia through a focus on contestations over urban space,…
Sentient city : Ubiquitous computing, architecture, and the future of urban space
Abstract from the publisher : Our cities are "smart" and getting smarter as information processing capability is embedded throughout more and more of our urban infrastructure. Few of us object to traffic light control systems that respond…
Securing the city : Neoliberalism, space, and insecurity in postwar Guatemala
Abstract from the publisher :
Unprecedented crime rates have made Guatemala City one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Following a peace process that ended Central America’s longest and bloodiest civil war and impelled the transition…
The paradox of urban space : Inequality and transformation in marginalized communities
Abstract from the publisher : Sutton, Kemp, and their contributors demonstrate the importance of place as a site of oppression and transformation, offering placemaking strategies that agents of change in a variety of disciplines can use in working…
Cultures of the city : Mediating identities in urban Latin/o America
Abstract from the publisher : Cultures of the City explores the cultural mediation of relationships between people and urban spaces in Latin/o America and how these mediations shape the identities of cities and their residents. Addressing a broad…
Urban plots, organizing cities
Abstract from the publisher : By focusing on the interplay between material, social and narrative dimensions of the city, this book examines urban complexity, namely the dynamic and entangled nature of urban issues, and puts forward a notion of the…
Urban diversity : Space, culture, and inclusive pluralism in cities worldwide
Abstract from the publisher :
As the world's urban populations grow, cities become spaces where increasingly diverse peoples negotiate such differences as language, citizenship, ethnicity and race, class and wealth, and gender. Using a comparative…
Urban pollution : Cultural meanings, social practices
Abstract from the publisher :
Re-examining Mary Douglas’ work on pollution and concepts of purity, this volume explores modern expressions of these themes in urban areas, examining the intersections of material and cultural pollution. It…