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Urban political geographies: A global perspective
Abstract from the publisher: How can we think about the urban within a political and geographical framework? This compelling new textbook scrutinizes urban politics through a theoretical and empirical lens to provide readers with a clear…
Alep et ses territoires. Fabrique et politique d’une ville (1868-2011)
Capitale économique de la Syrie du Nord et seconde ville du pays, Alep a bâti sa prospérité sur un important commerce local, régional et international et sur le dynamisme de ses activités de production. Jusqu’à la fin de l’époque ottomane, elle était…
Paradigm islands : Manhattan and Venice
Abstract from the publisher : Concerning architecture and the city, built, imagined and narrated, this book focuses on Manhattan and Venice, but considers architecture as an intellectual and spatial process rather than a product. A critical look…
Lost landscapes of Detroit
LOST LANDSCAPES OF DETROIT; an eclectic montage of rediscovered and rarely-seen archival film clips exhibiting life; cityscapes, labor and leisure from ‘vanishing Detroit’, as captured by amateurs, newsreel cameramen and industrial filmmakers from…
Au centre de Tunis : Géographies de l’espace public après une Révolution
"Au centre de Tunis : Géographies de l’espace public après une Révolution" est une recherche universitaire réalisée par des géographes de l’Université de Cagliari (Italie), du Politecnico de Turin et de l’Université Montpellier 3 (UMR GRED), conçue…
La Justice Spatiale et la Ville : Regards du Sud
L'injustice sociale se traduit dans l'espace ; réciproquement l'organisation de l'espace est productrice d'injustice sociale. C'est ce que traduit le concept de justice spatiale, c'est-à-dire l'approche spatiale de la justice sociale entendue dans…
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…
Patrick Geddes and town planning : A critical view
Abstract from the publisher : Patrick Geddes is considered a forefather of the modern urban planning movement. This boook studies the various, and even opposing ways, in which Geddes has been interpreted up to this day, providing a new reading of…
Mobile urbanism : Cities and policymaking in the global age
Abstract from the publisher : How knowledge and power flow between places and impact cities worldwide Mobile Urbanism provides a unique set of perspectives on the current global-urban condition. Drawing on cutting-edge theoretical work, leading…
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…
Music and urban society in colonial Latin America
Abstract from the publisher : The Spanish colonial project in Latin America from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries was distinctly urban in focus. The impact of the written word on this process was explored in Ángel Rama's seminal…
The fundamentalist city? Religiosity and the remaking of urban space
Abstract from the publisher : The relationship between urbanism and fundamentalism is a very complex one. This book explores how the dynamics of different forms of religious fundamentalisms are produced, represented, and practiced in the city. It…
The American urban reader : History and theory
Abstract from the publisher : The American Urban Reader brings together the most exciting work on the evolution of the American city, from colonial settlement and western expansion to post-industrial cities and the growth of the suburbs. Each of…
The gentrification reader
Loretta Lees is Professor of Human Geography at King's College London, UK. Tom Slater is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Elvin Wyly is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia, Canada.
Urbanités souterraines
Bienvenue à la nouvelle revue Urbanités dans le paysage des études urbaines !
Extrait de l'éditorial :
Dans ce numéro inaugural, la revue Urbanités s’attaque au problème de la ville en le…
Espace et justice
Présentation de la revue par l'éditeur :
La création de la revue scientifique "justice spatiale | spatial justice", repose en effet sur une conviction : l’espace est une dimension fondamentale des…
The city of transition and the transition of cities II : Urban geography (Vol. 26, No. 3)
Contents :
Lynn A. Staeheli - Editorial : Can American cities be sites of citizenship? What can we do about it?
Yehua Dennis Wei - Planning Chinese cities : The limits of transitional institutions*
Ya Ping Wang - Low-income communities and urban…