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La rénovation urbaine entre performance et équité : le programme Choice Neighborhoods aux États-Unis
La rénovation urbaine ne se résume pas à une opération de recomposition de l’espace, mais s’accompagne toujours d’intentions et d’effets sociaux. C’était le cas hier lorsque la démolition visait les quartiers de taudis des centres urbains même si…
Downtown : Its rise and fall, 1880-1950
Abstract from the distributor :
"Downtown" is the first history of what was once viewed as the heart of the American city. It tells the fascinating story of how downtown--and the way Americans thought about downtown--changed over time. By showing…
"Downtown" is the first history of what was once viewed as the heart of the American city. It tells the fascinating story of how downtown--and the way Americans thought about downtown--changed over time. By showing…
The city (Part I and II)
The Regional Planning Association of America's plea for community chaotic cities and urban sprawl.
Directors: Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke. Script: Henwar Rodakiewicz, from an outline by Pare Lorentz. Commentary written by Lewis Mumford.…
Directors: Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke. Script: Henwar Rodakiewicz, from an outline by Pare Lorentz. Commentary written by Lewis Mumford.…
Le redéveloppement urbain de « Mission Bay » à San Francisco
L'histoire du quartier de Mission Bay à San Francisco est révélatrice des enjeux politiques économiques et sociaux du développement urbain aux Etats-Unis.
Au-delà des intérêts des…
Colin Gordon, "Mapping decline : St. Louis and the fate of the American city" : New books in history
Déclin et survie des grandes villes américaines
Présentation par l'éditeur :
« Les villes forment un immense laboratoire pour faire des expériences, commettre des erreurs, échouer ou réussir en matière d’architecture et…
La Nouvelle-Orléans : croissance démographique, intégrations urbaine et sociale (1803-1860)
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Grand port d'immigration, La Nouvelle-Orléans connaît une croissance démographique spectaculaire au cours de la première moitié du XIXe siècle. Comment l'ancienne…
American urban form: A representative history
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American urban form--the spaces, places, and boundaries that define city life--has been evolving since the first settlements of colonial days. The changing patterns of houses, buildings, streets, parks, pipes and wires,…
In the watches of the night: Life in the nocturnal city, 1820-1930
Abstract from the publisher: Before skyscrapers and streetlights glowed at all hours, American cities fell into inky blackness with each setting of the sun. But over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, new technologies began to…
Why don't American cities burn?
Abstract from the publisher: At 1:27 on the morning of August 4, 2005, Herbert Manes fatally stabbed Robert Monroe, known as Shorty, in a dispute over five dollars. It was a horrific yet mundane incident for the poor, heavily African American…
Megapolitan America
Abstract from the publisher: With an expected population of 400 million by 2040, America is morphing into an economic system composed of 23 "megapolitan" areas that will dominate the nation’s economy by midcentury. These megapolitan…
