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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…
Knowledge economy and the city : Spaces of knowledge
Abstract from the publisher : This book explores the relationship between space and economy, the spatial expressions of the knowledge economy. The capitalist industrial economy produced its own space, which differed radically from its predecessor…
Cities of signs: Learning the logic of urban spaces
Abstract from the publisher: Signs exist as fundamental markers of the urban landscape. Whether in the form of street signs offering directions, the airbrushed promises of advertising media or the vandalized détournements of street art, signs…
Henri Lefebvre and the Spanish urban experience: Reading the mobile city
Abstract from the publisher: An important contribution to the still evolving field of 'urban cultural studies,' Henri Lefebvre and the Spanish Urban Experience is the first book to thoroughly apply the French urban philosopher's thoughts on cities…
Constructing community : Configurations of the social in contemporary philosophy and urbanism
Abstract from the publisher : Constructing Community examines community from the particular perspective of the shaping and control of urban space in contemporary liberal democracies. Following a consideration and critique of influential theories of…
Ville et bande dessinée
Le mercredi 18 septembre 2013, le laboratoire junior Sciences Dessinées a proposé sa seconde journée d’études : “Ville et bande dessinée“, à l’ENS de Lyon.
La journée s’est articulée en deux temps : les communications de la matinée interrogeant…
La journée s’est articulée en deux temps : les communications de la matinée interrogeant…
Territoires d'action : aménagement, urbanisme, espace
Dans le domaine de l'urbanisme, le zonage fonctionnaliste est aujourd'hui mis en cause par la rhétorique du projet. Or, dans le même temps, la délimitation de périmètres d'intervention et de prescription apparaît comme une solution généralisée, non…
Saigon's edge : On the margins of Ho Chi Minh City
Abstract from the publisher : Exploring the places where the rural and urban intersect, where many of the world’s people live. Much of the world’s population inhabits the urban fringe, an area that is neither fully rural nor urban.…
La ville dans tous ses états
Une réflexion sociologique et anthropologique sur l’imaginaire urbain.
Jubilation de l’éphémère, bonheur de vivre et de jouir, intensivité du moment : la ville et ses métamorphoses sont un puissant révélateur des appétences toujours recommencées…
Jubilation de l’éphémère, bonheur de vivre et de jouir, intensivité du moment : la ville et ses métamorphoses sont un puissant révélateur des appétences toujours recommencées…
Planning in divided cities
Abstract from the publisher : Does planning in contested cities inadvertedly make the divisions worse? The 60s and 70s saw a strong role of planning, social engineering, etc but there has since been a move towards a more decentralised…
Voies des villes - voix des villes. Dimensions postcoloniales
L'objectif de cet ouvrage est de conduire une réflexion par rapport à l'organisation sociale de l'espace urbain en situation de contact de différents codes symboliques. Il s'agit de préciser dans quelle mesure la diversité est issue des mouvements…
The cities of Roman Africa
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…
L'Habitable inhabité en Alsace
Comment répondre à une mission photographique pour découvrir un territoire quand celle ci est lancée à soi-même ?
Contrainte ou liberté ? C’est pourtant ce défi qu’a relevé Guillaume Romero en décidant de parcourir la région Alsace durant des…
Contrainte ou liberté ? C’est pourtant ce défi qu’a relevé Guillaume Romero en décidant de parcourir la région Alsace durant des…
Understanding the City. Henri Lefebvre and Urban Studies
Henri Lefebvre is undoubtedly one of the most influential thinkers in the field of urban space and its organization; his theories offer reflections still valid for analyzing social relations in urban areas affected by the crisis of the neoliberal…
The new Asian city: Three-dimensional fictions of space and urban form
Abstract from the publisher: Under Jini Kim Watson’s scrutiny, the Asian Tiger metropolises of Seoul, Taipei, and Singapore reveal a surprising residue of the colonial environment. Drawing on a wide array of literary, filmic, and political…
Scénarios d'espace. Littérature, cinéma et parcours urbains
Si à la suite du « tournant topographique » dans les sciences humaines on a élaboré des instruments sophistiqués pour analyser la construction sociale et culturelle de l'espace urbain, il reste à élucider les déplacements individuels auxquels cet…
Designing streets as public spaces in Northern climate cities
Organisers' description :
Is it possible to plan people-centric streets and friendly urban environments in Northern cities that face rough winters?
This conference will examine Streets Designed as Public Spaces with examples in Northern Climate…
Is it possible to plan people-centric streets and friendly urban environments in Northern cities that face rough winters?
This conference will examine Streets Designed as Public Spaces with examples in Northern Climate…
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 reflections : Narratives of place, planning and change
Abstract from the publisher : Urban Reflections looks at how places change, the role of planners in bringing about urban change, and the public's attitudes to that change. Drawing on geographical, cinematic and photographic readings, the book…