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The present doctoral thesis, "The Image of the Urban Landscape", aims to acquire knowledge of the city as a complex dynamic entity, submitted to the parameters of change and time, and the imperatives of culture. It does not pretend to analyse the…

Introduction Le présent article se situe dans la continuité d’un premier travail que nous avions mené sur une petite bourgade de la banlieue Ouest d’Alger, la commune de Draria. Notre analyse du mouvement vigoureux d’urbanisation qu’elle avait vécu…

Approximately three quarters of population in South Africa live in rural areas and they are under the governance of traditional leadership, whose practice has been the source for controversy recently. The institution of traditional leadership has…

L’absence d’articulation entre urbanisation et accélération du phénomène touristique provoque une crise dans la ville de Zanzibar. Cette accélération fragilise l’organisation spatiale du tissu urbain et du territoire de l’archipel. Elle réussit…

This dissertation analyzes the slum redevelopment strategy introduced by the state government of Maharashtra (India) in its capital city, Mumbai (Bombay). The strategy involves demolishing the existing slums and building on the same sites at a higher…

Nombreuses sont les études de sociologie et d'anthropologie sociale consacrées au peuple d'immigrants qui s'est installé en Israël. La liste est maigre, en revanche, des travaux ethnologiques que les chercheurs israé-liens ont réalisés sur la vie des…

We study the impact of violent conflict on social capital, as measured by citizen participation in community groups, defined by four activity types: governance, social service, infrastructure development and risk-sharing. Combining household panel…

L'auteur montre dans cette contribution l'influence d'une agglomération africaine nouvelle, Jos, sur une ethnie, les Rukuba, dont le centre du territoire est à quelque vingt kilomètres au sud-ouest de cette cité.

Imagining Brisbane focuses on a number of narratives set in Brisbane and published between 1975 and 1995. The major narratives are Jessica Anderson's The Commandant and Tirra Lirra by the River, David Malouf's 12 Edmondstone Street and Johnno, Susan…

From the editorial by Hilary Silver : As the first section journal of the ASA, City & Community intends to serve the broad community of urban sociologists. The mission of the journal has been updated in a manner that builds upon its already…

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…

Abstract from the publisher : Urban Affairs Review is a leading scholarly journal on urban issues and themes. For almost five decades scholars, researchers, policymakers, planners, and administrators have turned to Urban Affairs Review for the…

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.…

Abstract from the publisher : This twice-yearly journal focuses on urban and environmental issues and their interconnections, with a particular emphasis on Africa, Asia and Latin America (where most of world's urban population now lives). Contents…

Contents : The functions and fortunes of English small towns at the close of the middle ages: evidence from John Leland's Itinerary - JOHN S. LEE One counter and your own account: redefining illicit labour in early modern Antwerp - BERT DE MUNCK…

Abstract from the publisher : Urban Studies was first published in 1964 to provide an international forum of social and economic contributions to the fields of urban and regional planning. Since then, the Journal has expanded to encompass the…

Abstract from the publishers : City & Community (C&C) aims to advance urban sociological theory, promote the highest quality empirical research on communities and urban social life, and encourage sociological perspectives on urban policy.…

Abstract from the publisher : A groundbreaking forum for intellectual debate, IJURR is at the forefront of urban and regional research. With a cutting edge approach to linking theoretical development and empirical research, and a consistent demand…