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Metropolitan world atlas
Abstract from the publisher : With its wealth of facts and clean, abstract design, the Metropolitan World Atlas is a must-buy. Despite the burgeoning interest in metropolitan growth and globalization there has been no way of directly comparing…
Expositions : Literature and architecture in nineteenth-century France
Abstract from the publisher : In Expositions, Philippe Hamon leads us on an engaging intellectual stroll through the spaces and representations of the nineteenth-century French metropolis. Inspired by the cultural histories of Walter Benjamin and…
Shaping suburbia : How political institutions organize urban development
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The American metropolis has been transformed over the past quarter century. Cities have turned inside out, with rapidly growing suburbs evolving into edge cities and technoburbs. But not all suburbs are alike. In…
Reconsidering informality : Perspectives from urban Africa
Abstract from the publisher : This book brings together two bodies of research on urban Africa that have tended to be separate: Studies of urban land use and housing, and studies of work and livelihoods. Africa’s future will be to an…
Villes pour toutes et tous
Présentation par l'éditeur : Depuis plus de trente ans, Habitat International Coalition (HIC) tisse des liens entre l'habitat humain, les droits humains et la dignité, en visant la reconnaissance des revendications des peuples…
Comment questionner l'étalement urbain ?
Extrait du préambule : Comment questionner l’étalement urbain, quels savoirs mobiliser et quels outils mettre en œuvre pour agir et améliorer le cadre de vie ? De nombreux CAUE ont décidé de…
Puzzling neighbourhood effects : Spatial selection, ethnic concentration and neighbourhood impacts
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Like other West European countries, the Netherlands are facing a growing uneasiness about its changing demographics. It is within this context that animated discussions concerning immigrant neighbourhoods dominate. The…
Inside Greenwich Village : A New York City neighborhood, 1898-1918
From the preface : Most books about twentieth-century Greenwich Village history focus on the artists, writers, and cultural radicals whose activities brought the Village international fame as America's bohemia. Other residents of the Village, if…
Cities, sin, and social reform in imperial Germany
Extract from the Introduction: Focusing on Germany during the period when that country experienced its great age of industrial urbanization, this book treats ideas about cities, views of deviant behavior, and the socially reformist implications of…
What happened to participation? Urban development and authoritarian upgrading in Cairo
Elena Piffero is Doctor of Philosophy in International Cooperation and Sustainable Development Policies at the University of Bologna, Italy. Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works license 3.0. Alternative link to the…
Crucibles of hazard: Mega-cities and disasters in transition
Abstract from the publisher: As a result of repeated experiences with devastating earthquakes, storms, floods, and wildfires, places like Tokyo, Mexico City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles are already identified with catastrophe in both scientific…