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Based on ethnographic observations and interviews in cafés in Copenhagen, and online descriptions in which users review their experience of cafés, this paper focuses on how materiality and sociality inter-relate to constitute a relaxed, pleasant…

The aim of this article was to assess specific problems concerning traffic congestion access to the city of Paris. First, we attempted to evaluate the evolution of the congestion cost for the Paris Ring-Road (PRR), the major urban highway surrounding…

This article contributes to the study of the geographical concentration of financial investments in real estate markets. It demonstrates the social construction process at work in the evolution of real estate market risks. The objective is to…

This dissertation deals with the period bridging the era of extreme housing shortages in Stockholm on the eve of industrialisation and the much admired programmes of housing provision that followed after the second world war, when Stockholm district…

Our era is often described as a moment of globalization and urbanization. The two words, often used interchangeably, describe movements and concentration of populations in 'new' places often Diasporas described as centers of 'development'. At both…

On the one hand the present globalisation process has only been made possible through a reduction of time-distances allowed by high speeds, and particularly through the development of the air mode. On the other hand the metropolisation process seen…

Abstract from the distributor: Cities are the engines of metropolitan growth in the U.S. economy today. But key economic, demographics and environmental challenges threaten this role. Home to enormous economic disparities, struggling schools,…

Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, has been influenced by Chinese culture, French colonization, war with the US, socialism from the USSR, and more recently, connection to the global capitalist market. The city today exposes a great dynamic mixture of…

This paper examines the selection of the capital city of the Eastern Cape Province in 1994, an important concern in post-apartheid political geography. Initially there were four contenders, Bisho- King William's Town, Umtata, Grahamstown and Port…

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was America’s first great city, but it fell on especially hard times after the mid-1960s. The urban crisis became the catch-all name for these hard times across America. The confluence of race riots, suburbanization, urban…

Abstract from the publisher: A ‘science of cities and regions’ is critical for meeting future challenges. The world is urbanising: huge cities are being created and are continuing to grow rapidly. There are many planning and development…

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Abstract from the publisher : The Russian City Between Tradition and Modernity provides a comprehensive history of urban development in European Russia during the last half of the nineteenth century. Using both statistical perspectives on…

The paper exams the relationships between travel and activity times, in 7 travel surveys from 4 French and 3 Swiss cities, observed at two different periods. First, we test proportional assignment of total daily available time to activities…

The object of knowledge of this research is the changing role of Public Space in Latin American cities and its potential to become a main actor in the restructuring of the city to achieve social and environmental objectives. The issue is extensive…

Cette étude pluridisciplinaire consiste à voir comment, dans un contexte d'aggravation de la crise économique ont évolué les conditions et les modalités de l'insertion urbaine, et se sont modifiés des relations des migrants avec leur milieu…

The main purpose of this study is to contribute to the field of urban modeling by identifying factors associated with the location of infill housing development in declining American cities. The focus of this research is on the institutional factors…

Working women are the social norm today in France. 46.5% of working people are women. However, the barriers to entry or retention in the labour market remain a reality and inequalities between men and women remain stark. The general picture shows…

Abstract from the publisher : From 1920 until the present, the working-class suburbs of Paris, known as the Red Belt, have constituted the heart of French Communism, providing the Party not only with its most solid electoral base but with much of…