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Cities and time
Cities are the human organizations with the greatest longevity but also the fastest rate of change. Just now the world is going massively and unstoppably urban (governments everywhere are trying to stop it, with zero success). In a globalized world,…
Cities transformed : Demographic change and its implications in the developing world
Abstract from the publisher :
Virtually all of the growth in the world's population for the foreseeable future will take place in the cities and towns of the developing world. Over the next twenty years, most developing countries will for the first…
Comment questionner l'étalement urbain ?
Extrait du préambule : Comment questionner l’étalement urbain, quels savoirs mobiliser et quels outils mettre en œuvre pour agir et améliorer le cadre de vie ? De nombreux CAUE ont décidé de…
Commerce et ville ou commerce sans la ville ?
Commerce et ville ou commerce sans la ville ?
Production urbaine, stratégies entrepreneuriales et politiques territoriales de développement durable.
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Alors que le commerce a toujours…
Company town : The industrial Edens and satanic mills that shaped the American economy
Abstract from the publisher : Company town: The very phrase sounds un-American. Yet company towns are the essence of America. Hershey bars, Corning glassware, Kohler bathroom fixtures, Maytag washers, Spam—each is the signature product of a…
Connecting cities : China
Extract from the introduction by Chris Johnson :
Beijing was the first city of modernity to reach one million - the benchmark to be a member of Metropolis. For the past millenium Chinese cities have ranked in the world's top three.
The importance…
Connecting cities : City-regions
Contents :
Kathy Pain - City regions and economic development
John Harrison - City-regions and governance
Chris Johnson - Polycentric structuring of Sydney's metropolitan region
Jeffrey Kenworth - Urban transport sustainability
John Black -…
Creating cities: Culture, space and sustainability. The 1st City, Culture and Society conference
Extract from the Introduction by Evelyn Schulz and Hiroshi Okano: The papers gathered here are the outcome of Creating Cities; Culture, Space and Sustainability: The 1st City, Culture and Society (CCS) Conference which took place in Munich, Germany,…
Creative knowledge cities: Myths, visions and realities
Abstract from the publisher: This book adopts a holistic, integrated and pragmatic approach to exploring the myths, concepts, policies, key conditions and tools for enhancing creative knowledge cities, as well as expounding potentially negative…
Detroit divided
Abstract from the publisher: Unskilled workers once flocked to Detroit, attracted by manufacturing jobs paying union wages, but the passing of Detroit's manufacturing heyday has left many of those workers stranded. Manufacturing continues to employ…
Economie des villes contemporaines
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Ensemble, les deux auteurs ont publié de nombreux articles en économie des villes, notamment sur la centralité, la proximité, l’étalement et la recomposition des…