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What happened to participation? Urban development and authoritarian upgrading in Cairo
Elena Piffero is Doctor of Philosophy in International Cooperation and Sustainable Development Policies at the University of Bologna, Italy. Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works license 3.0. Alternative link to the…
Villes à vivre. Modes de vie urbains et défis environnementaux
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Longtemps, les villes ont été dépendantes de leur environnement. C'est désormais l'environnement qui est dépendant des villes. Et si, loin d'être un problème,…
Urban politics
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City politics is an ancient, enduring and vibrant enterprise that can be traced back over two millennia. Its key concerns include the nature of power, institutions, governance, community, scale and economic processes,…
The public and its possibilities : Triumphs and tragedies in the American city
Abstract from the publisher : In his compelling reinterpretation of American history, The Public and Its Possibilities, John Fairfield argues that our unrealized civic aspirations provide the essential counterpoint to an excessive focus on private…
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 city as a social, legal, and political concept
Gerald Frug is a Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a specialist on legal problems of local government and legal theory.
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…
Sao Paulo: A tale of two cities
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UN-HABITAT’s new Cities and Citizens series examines urban inequality in the developing world through in-depth analysis of intracity data developed by UN-HABITAT and its partner institutions and on-the-ground…
Restless cities
Leading intellectuals reimagine the city as a site of ceaseless change and motion. The metropolis is a site of endless making and unmaking. Restless Cities celebrates the ceaselessly inventive character of the metropolitan city from the nineteenth…
Neighborhood and life chances : How place matters in modern America
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Does the place where you lived as a child affect your health as an adult? To what degree does your neighbor's success influence your own potential? The importance of place is increasingly recognized in urban research…
Les écrits à Lyon au XVIIe siècle. Espaces, échanges, identités
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Comment la population urbaine est-elle entrée dans la culture écrite ? Par quels mécanismes, selon quelles temporalités, dans quel but a-t-elle cherché à…
La rénovation urbaine entre enjeux citadins et engagements citoyens
Présentation par l'éditeur : Compte-rendu d'une recherche d'analyse des conditions auxquelles les échelons décisionnels incluant les citadins parviennent à trouver un terrain d'accord, et les éléments…
Insurgent public space : Guerrilla urbanism and the remaking of contemporary cities
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In cities around the world, individuals and groups are reclaiming and creating urban sites, temporary spaces and informal gathering places. These ‘insurgent public spaces’ challenge conventional views of…
Comment reconstruire la ville avec les habitants ?
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Dans ce film de 8 minutes des témoignages d'habitants, de techniciens de collectivités locales ou des bailleurs sociaux donnent un éclairage sur des modalités de participation des…
Clandestinités urbaines : les citadins et les territoires du secret (XVIe-XXe)
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Si la discipline historique a déjà largement appréhendé le fait clandestin dans ses multiples composantes (origines, acteurs, esthétique, répression…), elle a plus rarement…