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Why loiter? Women and risk on Mumbai streets
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Presenting an original take on women’s safety in the cities of twenty-first century India, Why Loiter? maps the exclusions and negotiations that women from different classes and communities encounter in the…
Mots-clés: équité sociale, espace urbain, feminism, féminisme, femme, gender, genre, Inde, India, Khan Sameera, marginalité, Mumbai, Phadke Shilpa, Ranade Shilpa, rue, woman
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 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…
Urban outcasts: Incubating the precariat in the 21st Century
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The American ghetto, the British inner city, and the French urban periphery are widely known as the "problem districts, the no-go areas" of their metropolis - territories of deprivation, dereliction and…
Urban mobility and social inequity: German journal of urban studies (No. 2, 2007)
Extract from the Editorial:
The focus of this issue of the DfK is on spatial mobility in the context of social inequity. The articles consider different aspects of the subject. Various social groups are examined that have hitherto been outside the…
Mots-clés: Allemagne, Beckmann Klaus J., Bracher Tilman, déplacements, équité sociale, Germany, Hesse Markus, mobilité, transport
Urban age : Mumbai
Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'Johannesburg : Challenges of inclusion?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 and video recordings of the entire conference are available on the…
Urban age : Johannesburg
Organisers' description :
The principal aim of Urban Age is to shape the thinking and practice of urban leaders and sustainable urban development. This six-year conference series – travelling from New York City, Shanghai, London, Mexico City,…
The urban wilderness : A history of the American city
From the foreword by Charles Tilly :
For a generation Sam Warner has written about American urban history by sketching the development of particular cities. A 1994 poll of urban history scholars identified him as the country's most influential…
The right to the city : Prospects for critical urban theory and practice
Organisers' description :
The conference will focus on the meaning of the "right to the city" in the context of neoliberal urban restructuring. While the notion of "the right to the city" was popularized by Henri Lefebvre in the…
The just city
Abstract from the publisher : For much of the twentieth century improvement in the situation of disadvantaged communities was a focus for urban planning and policy. Yet over the past three decades the ideological triumph of neoliberalism has caused…
State of the world's cities 2010/2011 - cities for all: Bridging the urban divide
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The world's urban population now exceeds the world's rural population. What does this mean for the state of our cities, given the strain this global demographic shift is placing upon current urban…
Mots-clés: bidonville, citadin, économie, équité sociale, exclusion, fragmentation sociale, pauvreté
Social justice, inequality and cities
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Inequality is intensifying in American cities with profound consequences for people’s well being and for broader society. This panel aims to make sense of where urban inequalities emerge, how they are…
Social justice and Amsterdam. Polis podcast beta
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Together with our partners at CoLab Radio, Polis is happy to present our newest project, the Polis Podcast on CoLab Radio. Our goal is to bring you a stimulating series of discussions, debates and interviews on a wide…
Searching for the just city : Debates in urban theory and practice
Abstract from the publisher : Cities are many things. Among their least appealing aspects, cities are frequently characterized by concentrations of insecurity and exploitation. Cities have also long represented promises of opportunity and…
Politics, power, cities
Organisers' description :
Enrique Peñalosa, former Mayor of Bogotá and one of the world's most challenging urban thinkers, describes the urgent need for governments to create socially inclusive and well-designed transport systems,…
Next eco-city symposium
Abstract from the distributor (see conference website for full details):
Urban environments worldwide are in the midst of multiple shifts, driven by interconnected flows in capital, people, and resources at local, regional and global scales. It…
Measuring socially sustainable urban regeneration in Europe
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In a research called ‘Measuring Socially Sustainable Urban Regeneration in Europe’ by Andrea Colantonio and Tim Dixon et. al. it is argued that previous research on sustainability has been mainly limited…
Les dommage collatéraux de la crise du logement sur les conditions de vie de la population
Présentation par l'éditeur : Les quinze dernières années ont été marquées par une hausse des prix de l’immobilier largement déconnectée de l’évolution des revenus des…
Là-bas si j'y suis
Quelques émissions de Là-bas si j'y suis sélectionnées pour vous par Crévilles.org :
Mardi 25 décembre 2007 : Balade à Sanaa, au Yémen
Mardi 27 novembre 2007 : Retour à La Courneuve,…