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Le ravitaillement de Dakar de 1914 à 1945
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Comment se ravitailler en vivres pendant trois décennies dans une ville stratégique en pleine mutation ? Sont abordés à travers le temps plusieurs thèmes : l'urbanisation,…
Habitat international (Vol. 35, No. 1)
Abstract from the publisher :
Habitat International is dedicated to the study of urban and rural human settlements: their planning, design, production and management. Its main focus is on urbanisation in its broadest sense in the developing world.…
Connecting cities : China
Extract from the introduction by Chris Johnson :
Beijing was the first city of modernity to reach one million - the benchmark to be a member of Metropolis. For the past millenium Chinese cities have ranked in the world's top three.
The importance…
Connecting cities : India
Extract from the introduction by Chris Johnson :
The bustle and chaos associated with Indian cities encompasses only 27% of the country's population. The other 73% of India's population still live in rural areas and villages spread across the…
Megalopolis : The city of the 21st century : World policy journal (Vol. 27, No. 4)
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What policies for globalising cities? Rethinking the urban policy agenda
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At a time of increasing globalisation processes, the search for competitiveness in urban regions has become a major political target for both local and central governments. The importance of the cities and their…
Megacities 10 : Towards the megacities solution
Extract from the Introduction by Steef Buijs :
A handful of megacity regions in the advanced and advancing economies, as clusters of large and overlapping daily urban systems are the prime powerhouses and central nodes of the world network economy.…
Environment and urbanization
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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).
Each…
International journal of urban sciences (Vol. 1, No. 1)
Contents:
Jin-Hyun Kim - Reflections on modern cities
Saskia Sassen - Cities in the global economy
Roberto Camagni, Roberta Capello, Peter Nijkamp - The co-evolutionary city
Sam Ock Park - Industrial restructuring for the sustainable city in the era…
Patrimoines et Développement Durable. Ressources – Enjeux – Lien social
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Loin de considérer les cultures locales comme une forme de repli ou de résistance au changement, cet ouvrage questionne les liens de proximité, les singularités locales et…
Agriculteurs dans les villes ouest-africaines - Enjeux fonciers et accès à l'eau
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Une recherche participative pour le développement durable de l'agriculture urbaine a été conduite de 2001 à 2004 à Dakar, Niamey, Cotonou, Nouakchott, Ouagadougou, Abidjan…