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Collective identities, governance and empowerment in megacities
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The Eighth Berlin Roundtables on Transnationality on “Collective Identities, Governance and Empowerment in Megacities” took place from 11 – 16 June 2008.
An international essay competition was organized…
Risks, hazards and urban renewal, 1666 to 2000 : Urban History Group annual conference 2006
From the conference report :
The Annual conference of the Urban History Group took place at the University of Reading this year from the 30th to the 31st March. Entitled ‘Risks, Hazards and Urban Renewal, 1666 to 2000’, the conference…
Futures of cities : 51st IFHP world congress
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The year 2007 marks a shift to an urban era, an era in which more than half of the world’s population lives in cities. This fact is making many headlines. But what are its implications? How will this impact the…
The new urban question : Urbanism beyond neo-liberalism
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“The New Urban Question – Urbanism beyond Neo-liberalism” is the title of the 4th Conference of the International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU) that will take place from November 26th to 28th, 2009 at…
The vital city : EURA 2007 conference
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This major conference on the theme of The Vital City was held under the auspices of the European Urban Research Association (EURA). EURA brings together an inter-disciplinary network of urban researchers from across Europe…
City futures 2004
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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…
City futures 2009 : City futures in a globalising world
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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…
The resurgent city
The majority of the papers presented at the 2004 conference 'The resurgent city', held at the London School of Economics, are available for download as PDF files.
Organisers' description :
This Leverhulme-funded international symposium aims to…
Policy implications of regional autonomy for Indonesian cities
Abstract from the distributor:
Since 1999 when Indonesia initiated the world’s biggest experiment with democratic decentralization (or regional autonomy ) administrations as the primary unit of analysis without disaggregating these two…
François Naudin
Présentation par le diffuseur :
Interview réalisée en 1974, alors que le quartier de l’Arlequin de la Villeneuve de Grenoble commençait à vivre et, où François Naudin révèle sa…
Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, architecture, grand ensemble, Grenoble, logement social, Naudin François
The imaginative institution : Planning and governance in Madrid
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Every 20 years since 1920, Madrid has undergone an urban planning cycle in which a city plan was prepared, adopted by law, and implemented by a new institution. This preparation-adoption-institutionalization sequence,…
Architectures urbaines et architectures du mouvement 1800-1950
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Unifier le territoire – administrativement, politiquement, économiquement –, faciliter la circulation des personnes et des marchandises : ces préoccupations ont durant tout le XIXe…
American city planning since 1890
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City planning is an ancient activity but a modern profession. The city planning profession in the United States arose from the urban reform movements of the 1890s and early years of this century. Here, in a volume…
The lost dream : Businessmen and city planning on the Pacific coast, 1890 - 1920
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Mansel Blackford’s The Lost Dream explores the history of city planning in five Pacific Coast cities—Seattle, Portland, Oakland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles—during the Progressive Era. Although…
Jean-Eudes Roullier, un pionnier des politiques de l'espace urbain
Présentation par l'éditeur :
La personne et la personnalité de Jean-Eudes Roullier (1931-2010) sont indissociables de l'histoire de l'aménagement urbain du dernier tiers du XXe siècle. Cet énarque, devenu…
Next eco-cities: Imaginations and futures
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Urban environments worldwide are in the midst of multiple shifts, driven by interconnected flows in capital, people, and resources at local, regional and global scales. It impacts not only cities but also the network…
[Limited access] or the open city?
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The idea of the open city as a place of social integration, cultural diversity and collective identity is perceived as an irreversible achievement of modernity, and fuels our visions for a sustainable urban future.…
The waters of Rome : Aqueducts, fountains, and the birth of the Baroque city
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In this pioneering study of the water infrastructure of Renaissance Rome, urban historian Katherine Rinne offers a new understanding of how technological and scientific developments in aqueduct and fountain…
Sunburnt cities : The great recession, depopulation and urban planning in the American sunbelt
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In recent years there has been a growing focus on urban and environmental studies, and the skills and techniques needed to address the wider challenges of how to create sustainable communities. Central to that demand…
Urban forms and comparisons : Chicago's Near North Side and the localization of gentrification
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Please join us for a comparative and historical analysis of the gentrification of the Near North Side of Chicago.
Professor Bodnar will examine the communities that have replaced the Cabrini-Green housing…