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The fundamentalist city? Religiosity and the remaking of urban space
Abstract from the publisher : The relationship between urbanism and fundamentalism is a very complex one. This book explores how the dynamics of different forms of religious fundamentalisms are produced, represented, and practiced in the city. It…
Espaces urbains à l'aube du XXIe siècle. Patrimoine et héritages culturels
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Quand l’urbanisme est au service d’une certaine philosophie de la ville engagée dans la préservation des héritages culturels, la conservation traditionnelle mais aussi la…
L'art de la mémoire, le territoire et l'architecture
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Dans cet ouvrage, Sébastien Marot s’emploie à forger la notion de "suburbanisme", un néologisme un peu ingrat qui désigne un tiers état du territoire,…
The city and the moving image : Urban projections
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…
Evolution des pratiques de sécurisation des conditions de vie dans trois quartiers populaires...
Evolution des pratiques de sécurisation des conditions de vie dans trois quartiers populaires de Kinshasa. Enjeux et conséquences de la production spatiale et sociale de la ville.
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Le rejet du…
La ville événement
Présentation par l'éditeur : Les villes se reconfigurent totalement lors de grands événements. La capacité des organisateurs à attirer des publics rencontre le souci des services de sécurité de…
Asian cities, migrant labor and contested spaces
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This volume explores how migration is playing a central role in the renewing and reworking of urban spaces in the fast growing and rapidly changing cities of Asia. Migration trends in Asia entered a new phase in the…
Cities and citizenship at the U.S.-Mexican border : The Paso del Norte metropolitan region
Abstract from the publisher : At the center of the 2,000 mile U.S.-Mexico border, a sprawling transnational urban space has mushroomed into a metropolitan region with over two million people whose livelihoods depend on global manufacturing,…
Urban pollution : Cultural meanings, social practices
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Re-examining Mary Douglas’ work on pollution and concepts of purity, this volume explores modern expressions of these themes in urban areas, examining the intersections of material and cultural pollution. It…
Urban diversity : Space, culture, and inclusive pluralism in cities worldwide
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As the world's urban populations grow, cities become spaces where increasingly diverse peoples negotiate such differences as language, citizenship, ethnicity and race, class and wealth, and gender. Using a comparative…
La Calle : Spatial conflicts and urban renewal in a Southwest city
Abstract from the publisher : On March 1, 1966, the voters of Tucson approved the Pueblo Center Redevelopment Project - Arizona's first major urban renewal project, which targeted the most densely populated eighty acres in the state. For close to…
Urban space and national identity in early twentieth century São Paulo, Brazil : Crafting modernity
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Urban Space and National Identity in Early Twentieth Century São Paulo, Brazil focuses on how the political, cultural, and technical networks within the field of engineering provided the space within which an…
La France : une géographie urbaine
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Comme toute la planète, la France n’a jamais été aussi urbanisée. Le monde urbain change, la France des villes avec lui. Des transformations profondes dans les rapports…
Paradigm islands : Manhattan and Venice
Abstract from the publisher : Concerning architecture and the city, built, imagined and narrated, this book focuses on Manhattan and Venice, but considers architecture as an intellectual and spatial process rather than a product. A critical look…
Building Bangalore : Architecture and urban transformation in India's Silicon Valley
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Examining spatial transformations in Bangalore, one of India's fastest growing cities, this book highlights the influence of information and communications technology (ICT) development on the city. Focusing on the…
Fluidity of place : Globalization and the transformation of urban space
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Fluidity of Place presents an interdisciplinary conversation with theories of space-time, place and globalization at the cutting edge of social theory. Focussing on the construction of urban space in the context of…
The liberal monument : Urban design and the late modern project
Abstract from the publisher : Architect Alexander D'Hooghe believes urban design has lost its way. Once among the most articulate and avant-garde of disciplines, the field now lacks, he suggests, the confidence necessary to address its most…
Urban plots, organizing cities
Abstract from the publisher : By focusing on the interplay between material, social and narrative dimensions of the city, this book examines urban complexity, namely the dynamic and entangled nature of urban issues, and puts forward a notion of the…
Dieu change en ville : religion, espace, immigration
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La ville serait-elle le "tombeau de la religion" ? Croiser les problématiques de l'immigration et du rapport à l'espace constitue un excellent observatoire pour étudier ces…
Etalements urbains : critique sociale d'une fatalité spatiale
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Les villes peuvent-elles véritablement s'étaler comme une tache d'huile ? Les constructions et les évolutions des espaces urbains obéissent à des processus…