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Do Londoners have a right to the city?
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London grassroot groups are certainly making it clear what they need, from housing and transport to jobs and the environment. Is there a basic demand that underlies these needs? Is the idea of rights to the city a focus…
Economic and social change and violence in Ahmadabad 1950-2000
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What dynamics contribute to emergence of social tensions and conflicts in an urban environment? Mass mobilisations and episodes of collective violence have been a constant element in the development of large Indian…
Middle Eastern urban frontiers, migrants and states
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Dr. Fuccaro traces the development of the urban settlements of Bahrain and Kuwait and their (predominantly Iranian) migrant communities, as well as the rapid economic change from pearl fishing and merchants to the…
Mots-clés: Arab world, Bahrain, Bahreïn, développement urbain, économie, histoire urbaine, Koweït, Kuwait, migrant, Monde Arabe, Moyen-Orient
London lives
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www.londonlives.org) will provide access, using an integrated search facility, to primary sources containing 240,000 pages of manuscripts sources, and 3.2 million names, reflecting the history of eighteenth-century London.…
Mots-clés: histoire urbaine, London, Londres, société urbaine, sociologie urbaine
L'invention de la cité-ghetto
Présentation par le diffuseur :
Le modèle sociologique qui décrit la ville de manière binaire, un centre ville qui accueille les richesses et les périphéries qui concentrent la pauvreté demeure…
Mots-clés: cités, ghetto, politique de la ville, Stébé Jean-Marc, zone urbaine sensible
Regards croisés sur les méthodes d'analyse urbaine : du quantitatif au qualitatif
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L’association ESSPACES organise son deuxième séminaire de méthodologie en sciences sociales. Après avoir décrypté la carte comme outil et objet…
Traversées urbaines
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Les traversées urbaines en débat dans cette conversation perchée*, enregistrée au Merlan le 21 mai 2010.
Traversées urbaines, c’est à dire parcours,…
Mots-clés: cartographie, forme urbaine, habitants, patrimoine, promenade urbaine, représentations
The right to the city : Prospects for critical urban theory and practice
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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…
La politique des quartiers à Thuin, avant tout un "état d'esprit"
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Depuis 8 ans, la ville de Thuin (située dans la province du Hainaut) développe avec les citoyens une politique des quartiers. Une politique qui crée du lien social et vise à contrer…
Smart city radio
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Smart City is a weekly, hour-long public radio talk show that takes an in-depth look at urban life, the people, places, ideas and trends shaping cities. Host Carol Coletta talks with national and international public…
Urban age : New York
Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'New York : Almost alright?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 recordings of the entire conference are available on the Urban Age website. Many…
Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, banlieue, emploi, espace public, espace urbain, gouvernance, logement, London, Londres, mobilité, New York, planification, sécurité, transport, voisinage
Cities under siege
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Cities have become the new battleground of our increasingly urban world. From the slums of the global South to the wealthy financial centres of the West, Cities Under Siege traces how political violence now operates…
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 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 age : London
Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'London : Europe's global city?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 recordings of the entire conference are available on the Urban Age website.…
Zoom sur Rotterdam
Présentation par le diffuseur :
Cette semaine, cap sur Rotterdam aux Pays-Bas. Evènement majeur cette année à Rotterdam : le départ du 97ème Tour de France le 4 Juillet prochain la fameuse compétition…
Mots-clés: architecture flottante, écologie, energie propre, environnement, gestion de l'eau, Hollande, port, Rotterdam, vélo, ville port
Urban age : Berlin
Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'Berlin : An urban experiment?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 recordings of the entire conference are available on the Urban Age website.…
Urban age : Shanghai
Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'Shanghai : The fastest city?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 recordings of the entire conference are available on the Urban Age website.…
Urban age : Johannesburg
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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,…
Beirut normal
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Is there anything to say about Beirut beyond the obvious, and by now exhausted, lessons of post-war reconstruction and identity politics? What is a "Beirut normal"? Is it worth examining? The lecture puts…