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Urban age : Berlin

Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'Berlin : An urban experiment?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 recordings of the entire conference are available on the Urban Age website.…

Mots-clés: Allemagne, aménagement de l'espace, aménagement urbain, Berlin, déplacements, économie, emploi, espace urbain, forme urbaine, Germany, gouvernance, logement, planification, sécurité, transport

Upper middle classes in European cities : Exit from the social fabric?

Patrick Le Gales discusses his research on the upper middle classes in European cities, questioning to what extent they are isolated from the social and economic fabric of the city, and how this destabilises and reconfigures modern society. Patrick…

Mots-clés: beau quartier, bourgeoisie, classe moyenne, économie, gated communities, Le Galès Patrick, mobilité, sciences politiques, société urbaine, tissu urbain

Un progressisme urbain en Espagne

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Un progressisme urbain en Espagne - Eau, gaz, électricité à Bilbao et dans les villes cantabriques, 1840-1930. Présentation par l'éditeur : Suivre sur près d’un siècle l’histoire de…

Mots-clés: économie, equipement, Espagne, Fernandez Alexandre, histoire, municipalité, réseaux, services publics

Un monde de villes. Le marketing des territoires durables

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Présentation par l'éditeur : Les villes abritent aujourd'hui la majorité de la population mondiale et elles sont le coeur même du développement économique. C'est donc largement à elles qu'il revient de…

Mots-clés: attractivité, compétitivité, développement durable, économie, environnement, marketing, Noisette Patrice, politique publique, Vallérugo Franck

Twentieth-century Pittsburgh, Volume Two. The post-steel era

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Abstract from the publisher: This volume traces the major decisions, events, programs, and personalities that transformed the city of Pittsburgh during its urban renewal project, which began in 1977. Roy Lubove demonstrates how the city showed…

Mots-clés: communauté, community, développement urbain, économie, éducation, gestion locale, histoire urbaine, Lubove Roy, patrimoine, Pittsburgh, post-industrial city, renouvellement urbain, sauvegarde, twentieth century, ville post-industrielle, vingtième siècle, voisinage

Triumph of the city

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Abstract from the publisher : A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity's greatest invention and our best hope for the future. America is an urban nation. More than two thirds of us live on the…

Mots-clés: croissance urbaine, économie, environnement, Glaeser Edward, urbanité

Towards undivided cities in Western Europe: New challenges for urban policy. Part 2: Barcelona

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See also the other books in this series: Part 1: The Hague (not available online) Part 3: Birmingham Part 4: Brussels Part 5: Frankfurt Part 6: Lille Part 7: Comparative analysis

Mots-clés: Baart B., Barcelona, Barcelone, économie, Kruythoff H. M., mixité sociale, politique du logement, politique urbaine, ségrégation résidentielle, ségrégation urbaine

Toulouse, l'aviation et la ville

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Présentation par l'éditeur : Depuis près d'un siècle, des premiers avions Latécoère au futur Airbus A350, le destin de Toulouse a été et reste en grande partie lié au…

Mots-clés: aéronautique, Airbus, économie, industrie, Jalabert Guy, Toulouse, Zuliani Jean-Marc

Tipping points in urban change: Modern perspectives on agents of urbanization

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This symposium considered the similarities and differences in the histories of urban modernization in cities during the late 19th through the early 21st century—with a look at global cities now under construction or in the planning stages. The…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, Détroit, économie, histoire urbaine, modernisation, mutation urbaine, Seoul

The transition to a predominately urban world and its underpinnings

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Abstract from the publisher : This paper describes the dramatic changes in the size of the world’s urban population and of its largest cities over the last 100 years. This includes the almost tenfold increase in the average size of the…

Mots-clés: croissance urbaine, développement urbain, économie, mondialisation, Satterthwaite David, urbanisation

The state of Asian cities 2010-11

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Abstract from the publisher : The report throws new light on current issues and challenges which national and local governments, the business sector and organised civil society are facing. On top of putting forward a number of recommendations, this…

Mots-clés: Asia, Asie, changement climatique, économie, environnement, gouvernance, inégalité, pauvreté, urbanisation

The shape of the new American city conference

Abstract from the distributor: Cities are the engines of metropolitan growth in the U.S. economy today. But key economic, demographics and environmental challenges threaten this role. Home to enormous economic disparities, struggling schools,…

Mots-clés: croissance urbaine, démographie, économie, environnement urbain, infrastructure, logement, mutation urbaine, planification, politique urbaine, société urbaine, tats-Unis, United States

The right to the city

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David Harvey discusses the concept of the right of the city, with a particular focus on political philosophy. Theorists and topics discussed include Marxism, the work of Henri Lefebvre and Haussmann's transformation of Paris.

David Harvey is a…

Mots-clés: capitalisme, droit à la ville, économie, histoire urbaine, marxisme, philosophie, politique de la ville, sciences politiques, sociologie urbaine

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…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, culture urbaine, économie, gestion locale, habitants, infrastructures, interaction sociale, mixité sociale, renouvellement urbain, sécurité, ségrégation urbaine, ville durable

The promise of the city : Space, identity and politics in contemporary social thought

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Abstract from the publisher : The Promise of the City proposes a new theoretical framework for the study of cities and urban life. Finding the contemporary urban scene too complex to be captured by radical or conventional approaches, Kian Tajbakhsh…

Mots-clés: culture urbaine, économie, espace urbain, identité, marxisme, sciences politiques, sociologie urbaine, Tajbakhsh Kian

The open urban studies journal (Vol. 1, 2008)

Abstract from the publisher : The Open Urban Studies Journal is an Open Access online journal which publishes original research articles, reviews and short articles in the field of urban and regional studies. Topics covered include the: theory,…

Mots-clés: aménagement de l'espace, conservation, développement urbain, économie, film, interaction sociale, mémoire, mixité sociale, patrimoine, politique culturelle

The new urban question : Urbanism beyond neo-liberalism

Organisers' description : “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…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, croissance urbaine, culture urbaine, développement durable, développement urbain, économie, forme urbaine, gouvernance, métropolisation, néolibéralisme, société urbaine, urbanisation

The new encyclopedia of Southern culture : Volume 15 : Urbanization

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Abstract from the publisher : This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture offers a current and authoritative reference to urbanization in the American South from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, surveying important southern…

Mots-clés: croissance urbaine, culture urbaine, économie, étalement urbain, États-Unis, gentrification, gouvernance, histoire urbaine, immigration, infrastructures, Rushing Wanda, United States, urbanisation