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Urban revolt: Ethnic politics in the nineteenth-century Chicago labor movement

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Extract from the Preface: I became interested in nineteenth-century Chicago labor history in an indirect way. I had begun a study of political mobilization in Chicago community organizing and felt that I could not understand the political process…

Mots-clés: Chicago, dix-neuvième siècle, emploi, ethnicité, Hirsch Eric L., histoire urbaine, mouvement social, nineteenth century, politique de la ville, sciences politiques

Urban research and practice

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Abstract from the publishers : Urban Research & Practice, published in association with EURA (European Urban Research Association), focuses on urban policy. The journal includes papers that: * provide a systematic description of : - urban…

Urban research and complexity

This chapter is at first an attempt to identify the sources of complexity in the urban realm. A second step is to present various modelling approaches referring to the new paradigm of complexity, from a review of the literature in urban geography,…

Urban research & practice

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This issue of the journal 'Urban research & practice', the journal of the European urban research association (EURA), covers such topics as the future of urban economics, governance, identity, the environment, tourism, housing, poverty and the…

Urban renaissance : The meaning, management and manipulation of place, 1945 - 2002

The transition from deindustrial to post industrial city from the 1970s exposed how cities developed regeneration strategies as their traditional industrial base experienced terminal contraction. These strategies to re-make urban places positioned at…

Urban Regime, Strategie for Downtown, un essai de transposition au centre-ville de Dunkerque

Urban regeneration and social sustainability

Abstract from the distributor : Urban regeneration is a key focus for public policy throughout Europe. This launch marks an examination of social sustainability through the analysis of its meaning and significance. The authors will offer a…

Mots-clés: Colantonio Andrea, développement durable, Dixon Tim, European Union, Field Brian, Olbrycht Jan, politique urbaine, Power Anne, renouvellement urbain, société urbaine, Union européenne, ville durable

Urban reflections : Narratives of place, planning and change

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Abstract from the publisher : Urban Reflections looks at how places change, the role of planners in bringing about urban change, and the public's attitudes to that change. Drawing on geographical, cinematic and photographic readings, the book…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, espace urbain, film, géographie urbaine, habitants, histoire de l'urbanisme, mutation urbaine, photographie, Tewdwr-Jones Mark

Urban realism and the cosmopolitan imagination in the nineteenth century

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Abstract from the publisher : This book tells a story about the transformation of mid-Victorian urban writing in response both to London's growing size and diversity, and Britain's shifting global fortunes. Tanya Agathocleous departs from customary…

Mots-clés: Agathocleous Tanya, cosmopolitisme, histoire urbaine, littérature, mondialisation, Royaume-Uni, United Kingdom

Urban rain water drainage networks

Urban public services rely on a considerable amount of infrastructure which, over the years, becomes part of a city's historical heritage. Today, rather than new facilities, new techniques are needed to operate these networks and maintain them in…

Urban Public Space. Facing the Challenges of Mobility and Aestheticization

Urban public space continues to be the focus of debate regarding its conceptualization and how it is designed, (re)produced and managed. Nowadays public spaces are facing new challenges conceptually and practically. This book focuses on two of them:…

Urban poverty patterns in Italy: the case of Milan

Les types de pauvreté urbaine en Italie. Le cas de Milan.

Après un aperçu général de la pauvreté urbaine en Italie, l'auteur étudie plus particulièrement deux questions qu'il estime essentielles : L'assistance sociale à Milan (et sa fragmentation…

Urban poverty and adaptations of the poor to urban life in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

This thesis explores urban poverty and the adaptations of the urban poor in the slums of the megacity of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It seeks to make a contribution to understanding and analysis of the phenomenon of rapid mass urbanisation in the Third World…

Urban popcultures: 1st global conference 2011

Mots-clés: art, culture, culture populaire, culture urbaine, espace urbain, film, identité, music, musique, paysage urbain, popular culture, société urbaine, sociologie urbaine, urban landscape, urban life, urbanité, vie urbaine

Urban pollution : Cultural meanings, social practices

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Abstract from the publisher : Re-examining Mary Douglas’ work on pollution and concepts of purity, this volume explores modern expressions of these themes in urban areas, examining the intersections of material and cultural pollution. It…

Mots-clés: anthropologie, cleanliness, culture urbaine, Dürr Eveline, espace urbain, ethnologie, immigration, Jaffe Rivke, pollution, propreté, société urbaine

Urban politics

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Abstract from the publisher : City politics is an ancient, enduring and vibrant enterprise that can be traced back over two millennia. Its key concerns include the nature of power, institutions, governance, community, scale and economic processes,…

Mots-clés: citadin, Davies Jonathan S, économie, gouvernance, Imbroscio David L, politique de la ville, politique publique, politique urbaine, sciences politiques, sociologie urbaine

Urban political geographies: A global perspective

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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…

Mots-clés: citoyenneté, économie, équité sociale, géographie urbaine, gouvernance, mouvement social, néolibéralisme, politique de la ville, représentations, Rossi Ugo, sciences politiques, Vanolo Alberto

Urban policy and research (Volume 28, Issue 3 2010)

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Abstract from the publishers : Urban Policy and Research is an international journal dedicated to the publication of refereed articles in English in the field of urban studies and urban policy in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region.…

Urban policy and research

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Abstract from the publisher : Urban Policy and Research is an international journal dedicated to the publication of refereed articles in English in the field of urban studies and urban policy in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region.…

Urban policy and research

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Abstract from the publisher : Urban Policy and Research is an international journal dedicated to the publication of refereed articles in English in the field of urban studies and urban policy in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region.…

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