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China and India: Governance, urban development, and sustainability in the cities of the Global South
Villeneuve-la-Garenne. La ville renouvelée
Présentation par l'éditeur : Villeneuve-la-Garenne est une petite ville anciennement industrielle située dans la boucle nord des Hauts-de-Seine. Elle est connue pour sa fosse de plongée, la plus profonde d'Europe, mais…
Cities and citizenship : Surviving the 21st century
- Matthew Taylor is the Chief Executive of the RSA.
- Lord Mawson is founder and President of the renowned Bromley by Bow Centre in east London and Co-founder and President of Community Action Network (CAN), a national charity supporting 850…
- Lord Mawson is founder and President of the renowned Bromley by Bow Centre in east London and Co-founder and President of Community Action Network (CAN), a national charity supporting 850…
Incomplete urbanism: A critical urban strategy for emerging economies
Abstract from the publisher: Incomplete Urbanism is a dynamic, hybrid interactive concept, which destabilizes the current architectural and urban theories and practices. Its main characteristics are indeterminacy, inconsistency and changeability,…
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…
Vers un nouveau mode de ville
À mesure que le développement durable, le vivre ensemble et le droit à la mobilité s’esquissent comme autant de pensums, une autre ville s’invente : à la fois plus dense et plus soucieuse de préserver l’environnement, solidaire et conviviale mais…
The just city
Abstract from the publisher : For much of the twentieth century improvement in the situation of disadvantaged communities was a focus for urban planning and policy. Yet over the past three decades the ideological triumph of neoliberalism has caused…
Settling for less : The planned resettlement of Israel's Negev Bedouin
Abstract from the publisher : The resettlement of the Negev Bedouin (Israel) has been wrought with controversy since its inception in the 1960s. Presenting evidence from a two-decade period, the author addresses how the changes that took place over…
Dubai amplified : The engineering of a port geography
Abstract from the publisher : Following the British withdrawal in 1971, the Gulf Region entered a heady period of political restructuring, awash with oil money that helped fund national aspirations. Infrastructure investment became a central part…
Gary, the most American of all American cities
Abstract from the publisher : U.S. Steel created Gary, Indiana. The new steel plant and town built on the site in 1906 were at once a triumph of industrial capitalism and a bold experiment in urban planning. Gary became the canvas onto which the…
Cities surround the countryside: urban aesthetics in postsocialist China
Denounced as parasitical under Chairman Mao and devalued by the norms of traditional Chinese ethics, the city now functions as a site of individual and collective identity in China. Cities envelop the countryside, not only geographically and…
Cleveland and sprawl : A global perspective
Bruegmann's fields of research and teaching are architectural, urban, landscape, and planning history and historic preservation. He has received scholarships and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Graham Foundation, the…
Cities, design and climate change
With cities contributing upwards of 75 per cent of global carbon emissions, urban design is increasingly important when planning for climate change. This discussion examines the creative urban design solutions coming out of the world's cities. …
Michel Ragon. Critique d’art et d’architecture
Ce livre s’attache à la personnalité de Michel Ragon en tant qu’acteur, critique et historien de la scène artistique et architecturale. Il questionne les spécificités de son écriture critique dans ses rapports à l’écriture de l’histoire, à la…
A joint enterprise : Indian elites and the making of British Bombay
Abstract from the publisher : An in-depth look at the urban history of British Bombay It was the era of the Raj, and yet A Joint Enterprise reveals the unexpected role of native communities in the transformation of the urban fabric of British…