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Regularization of informal settlements in Latin America
Abstract from the publisher : In large Latin American cities the number of dwellings in informal settlements ranges from one-tenth to one-third of urban residences. These informal settlements are caused by low income, unrealistic urban planning,…
Reconversion, renouvellement et innovation dans les territoires industriels et urbains
Conférences données lors de la journée de l'AGF-Association des Géographes Français et du CERPA-Centre d’Etudes et de Recherche sur les Paysages de l'Université Nancy 2.
- Allocution d’ouverture Michel DESHAIES, professeur, CERPA
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- Allocution d’ouverture Michel DESHAIES, professeur, CERPA
- La…
Reconstructing Beirut : Memory and space in a postwar Arab city
Once the cosmopolitan center of the Middle East, Beirut was devastated by the civil war that ran from 1975 to 1991, which dislocated many residents, disrupted normal municipal functions, and destroyed the vibrant downtown district. The aftermath of…
Reconsidering Jane Jacobs
Abstract from the publisher : Fifty years after the publication of her most influential book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs is perhaps the most widely read urbanist ever. Her ideas contributed to the wholesale…
Pékin - Métamorphoses d'une ville impériale
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Il manquait un livre de référence sur la capitale du plus ancien empire sous le ciel, hier et aujourd'hui.
Pékin. Métamorphoses d'une ville impériale raconte…
Paris and the Belle Epoque
Abstract from the distributor :
Modern Paris was indelibly shaped by the rebuilding project ordered by Napoleon III and carried out by Baron Haussmann in the 1850s and '60s. The large-scale demolition of whole neighborhoods in central Paris,…
Modern Paris was indelibly shaped by the rebuilding project ordered by Napoleon III and carried out by Baron Haussmann in the 1850s and '60s. The large-scale demolition of whole neighborhoods in central Paris,…
Orienting Istanbul : Cultural capital of Europe?
Abstract from the publisher : Looking at the globalization, urban regeneration, arts events and cultural spectacles, this book considers a city not until now included in the global city debate. Divided into five parts, each preceded by an…
Megacities 10 : Towards the megacities solution
Extract from the Introduction by Steef Buijs :
A handful of megacity regions in the advanced and advancing economies, as clusters of large and overlapping daily urban systems are the prime powerhouses and central nodes of the world network economy.…
Marseille Euroméditerranée, accélérateur de métropole
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Marseille a été durement confrontée à la mutation de son appareil industriel et portuaire avec pour corollaire la disparition de nombreux emplois et l’accentuation des…
Manhattan projects : The rise and fall of urban renewal in Cold War New York
Abstract from the publisher :
Moving beyond the usual good-versus-evil story that pits master-planner Robert Moses against the plucky neighborhood advocate Jane Jacobs, Samuel Zipp sheds new light on the rise and fall of New York's urban renewal in…
Lyon 1789-1914, silhouettes d'une ville recomposée
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L’urbanisme et l’habitat, voilà les deux pièces maîtresses d’une fresque qui narre la recomposition du paysage urbain lyonnais au XIXe siècle. Lyon, ville…