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Settling for less : The planned resettlement of Israel's Negev Bedouin
Abstract from the publisher : The resettlement of the Negev Bedouin (Israel) has been wrought with controversy since its inception in the 1960s. Presenting evidence from a two-decade period, the author addresses how the changes that took place over…
Villes et régions européennes en décroissance : maintenir la cohésion territoriale
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L’Europe devrait connaître une des croissances démographiques mondiales les plus faibles dans les années à venir. Cette évolution, conjuguée avec des…
Megacities : Urban form, governance, and sustainability
Abstract from the publisher : For the first time in human history, more than half the world’s population is urban. A fundamental aspect of this transformation has been the emergence of giant cities, or megacities, that present major new…
The city in the Ottoman Empire : Migration and the making of urban modernity
Abstract from the publisher : The nexus of urban governance and human migration was a crucial feature in the modernisation of cities in the Ottoman Empire of the nineteenth century. This book connects these two concepts to examine the Ottoman city…
Bloomberg's New York : Class and governance in the luxury city
Abstract from the publisher : What happens when our mayors are CEOs? New York mayor Michael Bloomberg claims to run the city like a business. In Bloomberg’s New York, Julian Brash applies methods from anthropology, geography, and other…
Histoire sociale du politique : les villes de l’Ouest atlantique français à l’époque moderne
Histoire sociale du politique : les villes de l’Ouest atlantique français à l’époque moderne (XVIe-XVIIIe siècle)
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En prenant les municipalités comme objet…
Cities and sovereignty : Identity politics in urban spaces
Abstract from the publisher : Space, governance, and ethnic conflict in contested cities Cities have long been associated with diversity and tolerance, but from Jerusalem to Belfast to the Basque Country, many of the most intractable conflicts of…
La ville émiettée. Essai sur la clubbisation de la vie urbaine
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Les villes s’étendent de plus en plus et inscrivent dans leurs orbites des milliers de communes qui, de rurales, deviennent "périurbaines". Restant faiblement peuplées,…
Crime and punishment in Istanbul 1700 - 1800
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This vividly detailed revisionist history exposes the underworld of the largest metropolis of the early modern Mediterranean and through it the entire fabric of a complex, multicultural society. Fariba Zarinebaf maps…
Understanding Cairo : The logic of a city out of control
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Trying to make sense of the urban giant that is Cairo.
This book moves beyond superficial generalizations about Cairo as a chaotic metropolis in the developing world into an analysis of the ways the city’s…
The fate of cities : Urban America and the Federal Government, 1945-2000
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By the end of the twentieth century, decaying inner cities in America continued to lose ground despite the best efforts of local and federal officials. By then the investment in urban revitalization begun during the…
Spatial regulation in New York City : From urban renewal to zero tolerance
Abstract from the publisher : This book explores and critiques the process of spatial regulation in post-war New York, focusing on the period after the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, examining the ideological underpinnings and practical applications…
L'action urbaine au Maghreb. Enjeux professionnels et politiques
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Cet ouvrage interroge les enjeux professionnels et politiques de la fabrication urbaine au Maroc, en Algérie et en Tunisie. Dans des villes maghrébines en profondes mutations, marquées…
The futures of the city region
Abstract from the publisher : Does the ‘city region’ constitute a new departure in urbanisation? If so, what are the key elements of that departure? The realities of the urban in the 21st century are increasingly complex and…
The urban racial state : Managing race relations in American cities
Abstract from the publisher : The Urban Racial State introduces a new multi-disciplinary analytical approach to urban racial politics that provides a bridging concept for urban theory, racism theory, and state theory. This perspective, dubbed by…
Mobile urbanism : Cities and policymaking in the global age
Abstract from the publisher : How knowledge and power flow between places and impact cities worldwide Mobile Urbanism provides a unique set of perspectives on the current global-urban condition. Drawing on cutting-edge theoretical work, leading…
Quelle gouvernance au service de la mobilité durable ?
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Au regard des enjeux environnementaux, économiques et sociaux, la mobilité urbaine est désormais, plus que jamais, le centre des politiques publiques, que ce soit à…
Contention and trust in cities and states
Abstract from the publisher : Cities and nation-states have co-existed uneasily throughout human history. At times fused, at other times opposed, at still other times hierarchically linked, they have been crucibles of identity and social and…
Métropoles XXL en pays émergents
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Ingouvernables ? Les très grandes métropoles, de 5 à 20 millions d'habitants, se multiplient ; la majorité d'entre elles se situent dans les pays émergents, accroissant…
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…