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The lure of the city: From slums to suburbs
Abstract from the publisher: Cities, by their very nature, are a mass of contradictions. They can be at once visually stunning, culturally rich, exploitative and unforgiving. In The Lure of the City Austin Williams and Alastair Donald explore the…
The historian and the city
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...[T]he Joint Center for Urban Studies of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and the Harvard University Summer Session [decided] to convene a conference, in August, 1961, that would consider the…
The hidden future of cities
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Do you ever wonder whether we should be optimistic or pessimistic about the future? If you want more reasons to think things may still turn out for the better, urban futurist and two-time TED speaker Alex…
The evolving spatial form of cities in a globalizing world economy : Johannesburg and São Paulo
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Using the concept of 'global cities' as a key context to the discussion, Murray draws our attention to the large metropolises that dominate as economic power bases – cities such as New York and Tokyo – and…
The evolution of great world cities : Urban wealth and economic growth
Abstract from the publisher : Some cities seem destined to become major financial capitals, yet never do—Seville, for instance, was the centre of Spain's opulent New World Empire, but failed to become a financial metropolis. Others, like…
The dynamics of urban growth in three Chinese cities
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The theme of this book is the interplay of geography, size, and industrial structure in determining the industrial vigor of cities. At any point in time, a city's economic prospects are determined by location,…
The city as an entertainment machine
To access the document : Click the folder icon in the left-hand column, then click the 'Book manuscripts' folder. Then open the folder 'The city as an entertainment machine' and open the clark.zip file. This will download to your computer a folder…
The city and the world: New York's global future
Abstract from the publisher: At first glance a study on cities and foreign policy may seem a bold leap into the future of international relations, but it represents, rather, a giant step into the present--into what is already taking place across…
The Boston renaissance: Race, space, and economic change in an American metropolis
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This volume documents metropolitan Boston's metamorphosis from a casualty of manufacturing decline in the 1970s to a paragon of the high-tech and service industries in the 1990s. The city's rebound has been part of a…
The Atlanta paradox
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Despite the rapid creation of jobs in the greater Atlanta region, poverty in the city itself remains surprisingly high, and Atlanta's economic boom has yet to play a significant role in narrowing the gap between the…
Mots-clés: Atlanta, économie, emploi, étalement urbain, inégalité, pauvreté, race, ségrégation urbaine, Sjoquist David L., société urbaine, travail
The Asian Mediterranean: Port cities and trading networks in China, Japan and Southeast Asia
Abstract from the publisher: This insightful book draws upon a wide range of disciplines – political economy, geography and international relations – to examine how Asia has returned to its central position in the world economy. As in…
Mots-clés: asie du sud-est, Chine, économie, Gipouloux François, histoire urbaine, Japon, ville portuaire
Sustainable cities for the third millennium : The odyssey of urban excellence
Abstract from the publisher : Cities are propellers of sustainable growth, theatres of values, schools of skills and abilities, beacons of culture and temples of citizen duties and rights. Aristotle called them “built politics”, places…
State of the world's cities 2010/2011 - cities for all: Bridging the urban divide
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The world's urban population now exceeds the world's rural population. What does this mean for the state of our cities, given the strain this global demographic shift is placing upon current urban…
Mots-clés: bidonville, citadin, économie, équité sociale, exclusion, fragmentation sociale, pauvreté
Spaces for consumption
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Spaces for Consumption offers an in-depth and sophisticated analysis of the processes that underpin the commodification of the city and explains the physical manifestation of consumerism as a way of life.
Engaging…
Mots-clés: consumer society, économie, espace public, société de consommation, société urbaine
Smart city radio
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Smart City is a weekly, hour-long public radio talk show that takes an in-depth look at urban life, the people, places, ideas and trends shaping cities. Host Carol Coletta talks with national and international public…
Small town Africa : Studies in rural-urban interaction
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Small towns have often been considered as unimportant and have been largely ignored by policy-makers and researchers. Instead, attention was focussed on the large city or on rural development and agricultural change…
Settlement, urbanization, and population
Abstract from the publisher: This volume presents a collection of studies focussing on population and settlement patterns in the Roman empire in the perspective of the economic development of the Mediterranean world between 100 BC and AD 350. The…
Mots-clés: archéologie, Bowman Alan, cité, démographie, économie, Empire romain, Mediterranean, Méditerranée, population, Roman Empire, urbanisation, Wilson Andrew
Russian cities 15 years after : Economy, population and urban sprawl in St. Petersburg, Russia
Nikita Maslennikov discusses the developments in Russian cities, particularly St. Petersburg, in the 15 years following the fall of the Soviet Union. He discusses such topics as the economy, population and urban sprawl, comparing St. Petersburg in…
Roppongi crossing : The demise of a Tokyo nightclub district and the reshaping of a global city
Abstract from the publisher : For most of the latter half of the twentieth century, Roppongi was an enormously popular nightclub district that stood out from the other pleasure quarters of Tokyo for its mix of international entertainment and…