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Connecting cities : India

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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…

Mots-clés: croissance urbaine, développement urbain, exclusion, financement, financing, Inde, India, mondialisation, urbanisation

Connecting cities : China

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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…

Mots-clés: China, Chine, croissance urbaine, économie, mégapole, métropole, mondialisation, urbanisation

Global cities? The Brown Journal of World Affairs (Vol. 11, No. 2)

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NB : To access the full text of these articles, free registration is required From the abstract for Saskia Sassen's introductory article : Each phase in the long history of the world economy raises specific questions about the particular…

Mots-clés: global city, mondialisation, ville mondiale, world city

Globalization, urban form and governance

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Abstract from the publisher : This Conference Book compiles the summary-papers that win be presented at the First Conference of the ALFA-IBIS Network. Part One is an introductory chapter containing a short history of the ALFA-IBIS project, the…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, Carmona Marisa, environnement, forme urbaine, gestion locale, gouvernance, mondialisation, politique de la ville, politique urbaine

The urban challenge in Africa : Growth and management of its large cities

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Extract from the Foreword by Heitor Gurgulino de Souza : With contributions from prominent urban planning scholars and experts in Africa, The Urban Challenge in Africa: Growth and Management of Its Large Cities, edited by Professor Carole Rakodi of…

Mots-clés: Abidjan, Africa, Afrique, Cairo, croissance urbaine, développement urbain, dynamiques urbaines, gouvernance, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Lagos, Le Caire, mégapole, mondialisation, Nairobi, Rakodi Carole, urbanisation

Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region

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Abstract from the publisher : In Globalization and the Sustainability of Cities in the Asia-Pacific Region, scholars from around the region analyse the impacts of globalisation on cities in the Asia-Pacific. This collection of essays forms a…

Mots-clés: Asia, Asie, développement durable, économie, gouvernance, Lo Fu-chen, Marcotullio Peter J., migration, mondialisation, Pacific, Pacifique, ville durable

Gender and territory : The connoted space. Artecontexto (No. 8, 2005, 4)

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From the editorial by Alicia Murría : Modern city planning and architecture have been places at the service of production, traffic, and consumption, and of a particular idea of the white, Western, heterosexual middle-class male. Only in the…

Mots-clés: art, espace urbain, femmes, gender, genre, mondialisation, Murría Alicia, usage de la ville, women

Becoming global and the new poverty of cities

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Extract from the introduction by Lisa M. Hanley, Blair A. Ruble and Joseph S. Tulchin : Globalization has had a peculiar impact on cities all over the world, as much in the developed world as in the developing world. Globalization turned out to be…

Mots-clés: Amérique latine, capitalisme, Eastern Europe, économie, Europe de l'Est, Hanley Lisa M., Latin America, marxisme, mondialisation, mutation sociale, paupérisation, pauvreté, Ruble Blair A., Tulchin Joseph S.

Bridging diversity in a globalizing world : Journal of urban and regional analysis (Vol. 2, No. 2)

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From the introduction by Izhak Schnell : Special Issue: “Bridging Diversity in a Globalizing World” Selected Papers given at the IGU - Urban Commission Meeting Regional Conference, July 2010, Tel Aviv, Israel This volume is a result of…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, immigration, inégalité spatiale, mixité sociale, mondialisation, participation, post-communist, postcommuniste, réseaux, Schnell Izhak

The making of global cities : A symposium and research agenda

Abstract from the publisher : Increasingly, mega cities located in Asia, Africa, and Latin America have become the focus of policy makers and scholarly research. These regions are the locations of the bulk of the world’s largest cities; now…

Mots-clés: global cities, mégapole, mondialisation, néolibéralisme, urbanisation, ville mondiale, world city

City and region : German journal of urban studies (No. 2, 2001)

From the introduction by Dietrich Fürst : "In Focus" in the second issue of the German Journal of Urban Studies is the problem of how collective needs for economic and ecological action cut across city boundaries in interdependence…

Mots-clés: environnement, Fürst Dietrich, gouvernance, mondialisation, région, territoire

The city as an entertainment machine

To access the document : Click the folder icon in the left-hand column, then click the 'Book manuscripts' folder. Then open the folder 'The city as an entertainment machine' and open the clark.zip file. This will download to your computer a folder…

Mots-clés: cadre de vie, Clark Terry Nichols, croissance urbaine, développement urbain, divertissement, économie, entertainment, immobilier, loisir, mondialisation, sciences politiques, société urbaine, sociologie urbaine, tissu urbain

21st international congress of historical sciences

Organisers' description : The International Congress of Historical Sciences takes place every five years. This Congress provides an ideal venue for extensive reports, papers, debates, exchanges, and meetings reflecting historical research in…

Mots-clés: culture urbaine, échange, forme urbaine, histoire urbaine, infrastructures, mondialisation, renouvellement urbain, rue, sciences politiques

City futures 2004

Organisers' description : An important international conference on globalism and urban change took place in Chicago from July 8-10, 2004. The aim of the City Futures conference was to boost the quality of international dialogue about urban issues…

Mots-clés: aménagement de l'espace, aménagement urbain, cadre de vie, développement urbain, économie, équité sociale, gouvernance, logement, logement social, mondialisation, mutation urbaine, planification, politique urbaine

City futures 2009 : City futures in a globalising world

Organisers' description : Aims of City Futures in a Globalising World The central aim of the Madrid Conference in 2009 is to lift the quality of international dialogue about urban issues by: * Creating a whole conference sharply focussed on…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, cadre de vie, changement climatique, démographie, développement durable, développement urbain, économie, gouvernance, innovation, insertion, logement, migration urbaine, mondialisation, planification, sécurité, ville durable

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