This study uses the findings of a correspondence testing in order to assess the potential discrimination at job access level against young people of ethnic origin from the underprivileged suburbs of the Paris area (Ile-de-France). We measure…
In order to explain the spatial inequalities in unemployment-to-work transitions in the Paris area, we use an exhaustive administrative data set from the French National Employment Agency (Agence Nationale pour l'Emploi). We find strong local…
We performed a correspondence testing in order to assess the potential discrimination at job access level against young people of ethnic origin from the underprivileged suburbs of the Paris area (Ilede-France). We measure simultaneously the effects…
After developing a methodological framework to model actions taken collectively and individually by the project group, we first established an inventory of research approaches. We then expanded our approach to professionals and future residents of an…
The aim of every politician is to transform the city into an environmentally sustainable entity. However, while the planning and organisation of passenger services within cities is commonly perceived as a major issue, freight transport is not given…
L'étude d'archéologie urbaine menée à Sauveterre, une ville placée sur la frontière nord-ouest du pays de Béarn, a permis l'inventaire des vestiges médiévaux de monuments publics : pont, hôpital, château, église et couvent mendiant, et d'une…
When studying heritage architecture, and trying to represent and understand the development of artefacts, one should not only examine key moments in their evolution, but describe the whole process of their transformation - thereby correlating…
Ma thèse intitulée « les villes-ports, laboratoires de la mondialisation » s'intéresse avant tout aux principes d'organisation d'un objet géographique spécifiquement multiscalaire. D'abord, une revue de la littérature en sciences sociales permet de…
This chapter is an empirical attempt to identify the nature and regional dimension of port-city relationships on a world scale. Although general processes of such relationships can be identified in the literature, regional variations are still not…
While the geographical and economic factors concerning the development of hub ports are widely described by a variety of scholars and professionals, there is no recognized methodology measuring the hub dependence of a given port, region, or country.…
This paper analyses the interplay of transport and development in North Korea, one of the most state-controlled and underdeveloped countries of the world. While broader aspects have been well described by various studies, logistics have been given…
Les relations entre activités portuaires et développement régional tiennent une place importante dans le monde de la recherche et de la décision. Cependant, le concept de région portuaire est mal défini, et reste souvent confondu avec soit un groupe…
This paper investigates the nature of port-city relationships in two major port regions of the world, Europe and Asia. Although this issue is well analyzed through either isolated case studies or general models, it proposes a complementary approach…
In the 1990s in Europe, several initiatives from local governments have been launched under the general term of urban networking, promoting governance renewal and aiming at a better management of hierarchical forces stemming from globalization,…
This chapter aims at highlighting the relationships between air, maritime & logistic activities of port cities in Europe. Although recent studies have considered sea-air intermodality as a locational advantage for ports and coastal urban centres,…
Cette recherche propose de mettre en valeur les mutations complexes que connaissent les villes portuaires ou « villes-ports » au niveau mondial. Dans un contexte de recomposition permanente du transport maritime conteneurisé et des dessertes…
La comparaison internationale des villes-ports se justifie par la similitude croissante des phénomènes spatiaux et économiques auxquelles celles-ci sont confrontées. Malgré la diversité des configurations et des mécanismes que connaissent les…
The integration of ports within logistics and supply chains has become a major issue for both public and private players worldwide. Notably, the role of intermediaries in establishing efficient integration within transport chains in which ports are…
This paper proposes a continental approach to the combination of transport functions within European port cities. It reviews a number of concepts and theories, regarding with transport chain integration and urban centrality in the case of ports.…
