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The 21st Century medieval city
For his talk “The 21st-century Medieval City,” Robert Neuwirth took an overflow audience to “the cities of tomorrow,” the developing-world shanty-towns where a billion people live now, and three billion (a third of humanity) are expected to be living…
China and India: Governance, urban development, and sustainability in the cities of the Global South
Incomplete urbanism: A critical urban strategy for emerging economies
Abstract from the publisher: Incomplete Urbanism is a dynamic, hybrid interactive concept, which destabilizes the current architectural and urban theories and practices. Its main characteristics are indeterminacy, inconsistency and changeability,…
Urban theory beyond the West: A world of cities
Abstract from the publisher: Since the late eighteenth century, academic engagement with political, economic, social, cultural and spatial changes in our cities has been dominated by theoretical frameworks crafted with reference to just a small…
Global urbanization
Abstract from the publisher : For the first time in history, the majority of the world's population lives in urban areas. Much of this urbanization has been fueled by the rapidly growing cities of the developing world, exemplified most dramatically…
Antiurbain. Origines et conséquences de l'urbaphobie
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La ville, la grande ville surtout, suscite de longue date de vives condamnations. Si la Révolution industrielle fournit encore une inépuisable matière première à la…
Social formation in Dhaka, 1985 - 2005 : A longitudinal study of society in a Third World megacity
Abstract from the publisher : By the middle of the twenty-first century, more than fifty per cent of the world's population will live in an urban environment. Most of this new urban growth will take place in Asia and Africa, yet most governments in…
Contemporary urbanism in Brazil: Beyond Brasília
Abstract from the publisher : For decades, a succession of military regimes and democratic governments in Brazil sought to shape the future of their society through the manipulation of urban spaces. Planned cities were built that reflected the…
Transformative cities in the new global order : Accumulation by dispossession
Abstract from the publisher : Globalisation and a neo-liberal world order are impacting the global urban system, resulting in massive transformation of cities across the world. This transformation, which is currently the centre of focus among…
Voyage en Afrique urbaine
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L'Afrique est inéluctablement en voie d'urbanisation rapide. Cet ouvrage se propose de déceler ces mutations de l'Afrique tant sous l'angle urbain que sociétal. Il permet d'aborder une…
Villes du sud. Dynamiques, diversités et enjeux démographiques et sociaux
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Le monde en développement, dans son ensemble, s'urbanise rapidement. Selon les Nations unies, la proportion de sa population vivant dans les zones urbaines qui n'était que de 27 % en 1975, est…
Les exclus de la cité
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Le phénomène des enfants des rues est un drame mondial. Pourquoi des enfants qui ont besoin de l’affection et des soins de leurs parents éprouvent-ils le besoin de vivre dans la…
State of the World's Cities 2008/2009 - Harmonious Cities
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Half of humanity now lives in cities, and within two decades, nearly 60 per cent of the world’s people will be urban dwellers. Urban growth is most rapid in the developing world, where cities gain an…
Agropolis: The social, political, and environmental dimensions of urban agriculture
Abstract from the publisher: Urban agriculture is an increasingly popular practice in cities worldwide, and a sustainable future for it is critical, especially for the urban poor of the developing world. This book presents the first findings of…
Understanding the developing metropolis: Lessons from the city study of Bogotá and Cali, Colombia
Abstract from the publisher: This book is among the most comprehensive studies of a city since Edgar M. Hoover and Raymond Vernon analyzed New York City thirty-five years ago in the classic Anatomy of a Metropolis. The main lesson outlined in the…