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The city and the slum: An action research on a Moroccan and a Roma Xoraxanè community in Rome

This work is an action research that deals with the theme of urban ethnic poverties, with particulare reference to the Italian phenomenon of the Roma encampments. The study is important because through the research on a single case study, the…

The city and the moving image : Urban projections

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Abstract from the publisher : This edited collection explores the relationship between urban space, architecture and the moving image. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches to film and moving image practices, the book explores the recent…

Mots-clés: architecture, cartographie, espace urbain, film, identité, Koeck Richard, mémoire, paysage urbain, représentations, Roberts Les

The city and landscapes beyond Harold Pinter's rooms

Pinter's dramas have been labelled as 'absurd', 'mysterious', 'enigmatic', 'taciturn'. There has been a constant tendency to reduce the idea of the 'Pinteresque' to language when Pinter is preoccupied with the tensions between reality and the world…

The city (Part I and II)

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The Regional Planning Association of America's plea for community chaotic cities and urban sprawl.

Directors: Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke. Script: Henwar Rodakiewicz, from an outline by Pare Lorentz. Commentary written by Lewis Mumford.…

Mots-clés: développement urbain, États-Unis, structure urbaine, United States, urbanisation, ville ouvrière

The city : Urban communities and their problems

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From the preface : Many recent urban sociology textbooks have come close to abandoning the traditional concern of urban sociology, which is the community in urban society. Emphasis has shifted to individual adaptations to urban society or to…

Mots-clés: Berger Alan S., communauté, community, crime, éducation, environnement, histoire urbaine, logement, mixité sociale, politique de la ville, société urbaine, sociologie urbaine, transport, urbanité

The city : Culture, society, technology - Interdisciplinary themes journal

From the preface by Christian Riegel and Katherine Robinson : Welcome to the inaugural issue of our new journal, Interdisciplinary Themes Journal. We are pleased to publish a selection of papers presented at our first conference, “The City:…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, culture urbaine, littérature, société urbaine, technologie, technology

The city : a different image

The city

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Contents : Robert E. Park - The city : Suggestions for the investigation of human behavior in the urban environment Ernest W. Burgess - The growth of the city : An introduction to a research project R. D. McKenzie - The ecological approach to the…

Mots-clés: Burgess Ernest W., communauté, community, croissance urbaine, délinquance, écologie urbaine, McKenzie Roderick D., mentalité, mentality, Park Robert E., sans-domicile, société urbaine, sociologie urbaine, urbanité, voisinage, Wirth Louis

The cities of Roman Africa

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Abstract from the publisher : The Roman province of Africa was one of richest in the Empire and as a result has some of the most spectacular remains. "The Cities of Roman Africa" examines the development of urban space and cultural life…

Mots-clés: Africa, Afrique, Ancient Rome, archéologie, cité, culture urbaine, espace urbain, genèse des villes, histoire urbaine, Rome antique, Sears Gareth, ville détruite

The Chinatown in Peru and the Changing Peruvian Chinese Communities

The Chinese quarter established in Lima shortly after the arrival in 1849 of Chinese indentured laborers, mainly from the Guangdong province, has gone through significant changes during its long history. Perhaps the more significant of these have…

The changing structure of neighborhood social conditions in Cleveland, Ohio, 1979-1989

This study examines the interrelationships and their location among a set of social conditions across the inner city neighborhoods in a northern industrial city over the decade of the 1980s. Specifically, it addresses the questions of whether there…

The challenges of the twenty-first century city

Organisers' description : Cities are becoming larger, more diverse, more fluid, and less manageable than in the past. Beyond the obvious issues of infrastructure management, transportation, telecommunications, poverty, health care, migration, and…

Mots-clés: développement durable, développement urbain, droit à la ville, étalement urbain, gestion locale, gouvernance, politique urbaine, Ruble Blair, twenty-first century, urbanité, vingtième siècle

The challenge of Third World cities and the urban poor

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Extract from the introduction : This bibliography was constructed with the intention of exploring the breadth and depth of literature available on Third World Cities, or the urban poor in developing countries. There is a wealth of literature on the…

Mots-clés: bibliographie, bibliography, pauvreté, pays en développement, Wolbert Sarah

The challenge of slums : Global report on human settlement 2003

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Abstract from the publisher : The Challenge of Slums presents the first global assessment of slums, emphasizing their problems and prospects. It presents estimates of the numbers of urban slum dwellers and examines the factors that underlie the…

Mots-clés: bidonville, pauvreté, pays en développement, quartier défavorisé, quartiers illégaux, squat, UN-HABITAT

The Camondos and their imprint on 19th century Istanbul

Called also the Rothschild of the West the Camondos an Ottoman-Jewish family of bankers and phylanthorpists family initiated important urban reforms in 19th century Istanbul. They moved later to Paris and became well known art protectors and art…

The branded city - La ville marquée : Paroles gelées (Vol. 26, No. 1)

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From the Introduction by Michelle Bumatay and Katelyn Knox : The theme of the 2009 conference, the "Branded City,' carries a double meaning : first, it references both the city as it has been recorded by artists (writers, painters,…

Mots-clés: art, city branding, histoire urbaine, littérature, Paris, représentations

The Boston renaissance: Race, space, and economic change in an American metropolis

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Abstract from the publisher: This volume documents metropolitan Boston's metamorphosis from a casualty of manufacturing decline in the 1970s to a paragon of the high-tech and service industries in the 1990s. The city's rebound has been part of a…

Mots-clés: Bluestone Barry, Boston, démographie, économie, emploi, espace urbain, industrie, industry, inégalité, inequality, métropole, mutation urbaine, race, ségrégation urbaine, société urbaine, Stevenson Mary Huff, travail

The Border City in a Border Country: the Case of Skopje

Situated in one of the basins of the valley of Vardar, the city of Skopje unites two communities, Macedonians and Albanians, which have very marked differences but whose coexistence has shaped the most significant socio-political events of its…

The binational city Eurode : The social legitimacy of a border-crossing town

This dissertation is about a project conducted in two neighbouring municipalities, Kerkrade and Herzogenrath, both situated on the Dutch-German border. The project’s goal was to become a
single border-crossing municipality which was to be called…

The beach beneath the streets : Contesting New York City's public spaces

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Abstract from the publisher : Examines New York City as a paradigmatic example of the tensions between privatization and public uses of space in the contemporary United States. Focusing on the liberating promise of public space, The Beach Beneath…

Mots-clés: espace public, gentrification, mouvement social, néolibéralisme, New York, privatisation, Shepard Benjamin, Smithsimon Gregory

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