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The urban wilderness : A history of the American city
From the foreword by Charles Tilly :
For a generation Sam Warner has written about American urban history by sketching the development of particular cities. A 1994 poll of urban history scholars identified him as the country's most influential…
La fabrication de la ville, métiers et organisations
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Les grandes villes françaises sont souvent décrites au travers de leur dynamique socio-économique, de leur histoire, de leur identité, des éléments…
Le développement durable changera-t-il la ville ? : le regard des sciences sociales
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Apparue sur la scène internationale à la fin des années 1980, la notion de développement durable a vite fait figure de panacée aux problèmes économiques,…
The medieval town
The late Fritz Rörig was an Emeritus Professor and member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences. Alternative link to this book via Google Books
Reading the Islamic city: Discursive practices and legal judgment
Abstract from the publisher: Reading the Islamic City offers insights into the implications the practices of the Maliki school of Islamic law have for the inhabitants of the Islamic city, the madinah. The problematic term madinah fundamentally…
Le commerce dans tous ses états. Espaces marchands et enjeux de société
Ce livre est la synthèse de nombreux travaux universitaires français et étrangers dont l’objet est moins d’approcher le commerce stricto sensu et du seul point de vue géographique que de le mettre en rapport avec d’autres facteurs et processus…
Urbanisation sans urbanisme, une histoire de la ville diffuse
L’urbanisme traditionnel peine à appréhender des formes d’urbanisation aujourd’hui largement majoritaires en Europe : les territoires contemporains "d’entre-deux", ni urbains ni ruraux. Ils posent question à ceux qui les analysent, les organisent…
Learning from Cairo. Global Perspectives and Futue Visions
Learning from Cairo, co-organized by CLUSTER (Cairo Lab for Urban Studies, Training and Environmental Research) and the American University in Cairo, was an international symposium that sought to engage the current political and urban transformation…
London 800 - 1216 : The shaping of a city
Abstract from the publisher : London 800-1216 : The shaping of a city takes its place in the eight-volume History of London series, but is designed also to be a self-contained enquiry into the place of ninth- to twelfth-century London in the…
Staging the new Berlin: Place marketing and the politics of urban reinvention post-1989
Abstract from the publisher: This book explores the politics of place marketing and the process of ‘urban reinvention’ in Berlin between 1989 and 2011. In the context of the dramatic socio-economic restructuring processes, changes in…
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…
Urban development in Europe
Abstract from the publisher: Cities play a crucial role in creating a sustainable, social and innovative Europe. Nowadays, cities have to face many challenges, especially since the arrival of the economic recession. For this reason, it is important…
Beyond privatopia : Rethinking residential private government
Abstract from the publisher : The rise of residential private governance may be the most extensive and dramatic privatization of public life in U.S. history. Private communities, often called common interest developments, are now home to almost…