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Urban space in contemporary Egyptian literature : Portraits of Cairo
Abstract from the publisher : Part ode, part academic treatise, this book traces the transformation of Cairo’s historic downtown from its spectacular beginning as a French inspired Belle Époque marvel to a site of contest and, more…
Canadian urban regions : Trajectories of growth and change
Abstract from the publisher : Urban geography in Canada is constantly undergoing changes and, as such, the study of the discipline must reflect these changes. Approaching the subject from a unique vantage point, Canadian Urban Regions: Trajectories…
Beijing record : A physical and political history of planning modern Beijing
Abstract from the publisher : Beijing Record, the result of ten years of research on the urban transformation of Beijing in the last fifty years, brings to an extended Western audience the inside story on the key decisions that led to Beijing's…
The ever-changing American city 1945-present
Abstract from the publisher: The Ever-Changing American City seeks to help readers understand the marked changes since 1945 in what constitutes a city in the United States and who lives and works in them. The story of the postwar American city is…
Seeing cities change: Local culture and class
Abstract from the publisher: Cities have always been dynamic social environments for visual and otherwise symbolic competition between the groups who live and work within them. In contemporary urban areas, all sorts of diversity are simultaneously…
Saigon's edge : On the margins of Ho Chi Minh City
Abstract from the publisher : Exploring the places where the rural and urban intersect, where many of the world’s people live. Much of the world’s population inhabits the urban fringe, an area that is neither fully rural nor urban.…
Urban colossus: Why is New York America's largest city?
Edward Glaeser looks at the history of New York and its contemporary character in order to answer the question of why New York became the largest city in America. He focuses especially on the economic aspects behind the city's growth.
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Urban utopias
Readings on Urban Utopias in Theory and Practice
David Harvey is a leading theorist in the field of urban studies, currently working in the Anthropology department at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Centre.
David Harvey is a leading theorist in the field of urban studies, currently working in the Anthropology department at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Centre.
Urban tourism and urban change : Cities in a global economy
Abstract from the publisher : Urban Tourism and Urban Change: Cities in a Global Economy provides both a sociological / cultural analysis of change that has taken place in many of the world's cities. This focused treatment of urban tourism examines…
L'enjeu capital(es), les métropoles de la grande échelle
L’architecte est-il encore partie prenante dans la production de l’urbain ? Les domaines d’exercice professionnel de l’architecture ou de l’urbanisme couvrent-ils encore l’ensemble des champs de compétence et de fonctionnalité nécessaires pour…
Staging the new Berlin: Place marketing and the politics of urban reinvention post-1989
Abstract from the publisher: This book explores the politics of place marketing and the process of ‘urban reinvention’ in Berlin between 1989 and 2011. In the context of the dramatic socio-economic restructuring processes, changes in…
Les indésirables
Un documentaire de Patrick Taliercio
À Marseille, la rue de la République est un projet immobilier remontant au xixe siècle. Conçus pour une clientèle bourgeoise, les appartements n’ont jamais su attirer la clientèle visée. C’est à cette "anomalie…
À Marseille, la rue de la République est un projet immobilier remontant au xixe siècle. Conçus pour une clientèle bourgeoise, les appartements n’ont jamais su attirer la clientèle visée. C’est à cette "anomalie…
Table Rase
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Marseille prétend aujourd'hui au titre de métropole méditerranéenne. On assiste à un ensemble de mutations économiques et sociales qui ont pour but un changement…
Place Dizengoff : une dramaturgie urbaine
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C’est l’histoire d’un petit bout de terre au coeur de Tel-Aviv, sur lequel est bâti aujourd’hui le centre commercial Dizengoff Center ; qui était auparavant Nordia, le…
Vientiane architectures d’une capitale : traces, formes, structures, projets
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Ce livre présente une synthèse originale sur la capitale laotienne qui offre aujourd'hui le spectacle d'une ville en pleine transformation. Depuis les réformes économiques…
Requiem : For the city at the end of the millenium
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In this small, but sharply-pointed book, renowned theorist Sanford Kwinter addresses the sometimes subtle, sometimes brutal transformations that characterized the modernization processes set into motion at the turn of…