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Carhaix antique. La domus du centre hospitalier. Contribution à l'histoire de Vorgium...
Carhaix antique. La domus du centre hospitalier. Contribution à l'histoire de Vorgium, chef-lieu de la cité des Osismes.
4e de couverture :
Entre 1995 et 1997, la restructuration du centre hospitalier de Carhaix donne lieu à la…
Century of the city : No time to lose
Abstract from the publisher :
One in every ten people lived in urban areas a century ago. Now, for the first time ever, most people live in cities. By 2050, the United Nations projects, almost three-quarters of the world's population will call…
Château, ville et pouvoir au Moyen Age
Présentation par l'éditeur :
La question de la formation des bourgs et de leurs rapports avec le castrum intéresse les historiens et les archéologues depuis de nombreuses décennies. Loin d’aboutir à un…
Chicago 1910-1930 : le chantier de la ville moderne
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Si le grand incendie de 1871 vient un temps interrompre son essor, il permet de penser une reconstruction de la ville selon des critères modernes. Ainsi naît l'école d'architecture de…
China and India: Governance, urban development, and sustainability in the cities of the Global South
Cincinnati : Queen City of the West, 1819 - 1838
Abstract from the publisher :
Daniel Aaron, one of today’s foremost scholars of American history and American studies, began his career in 1942 with this classic study of Cincinnati in frontier days. Aaron argues that the Queen City quickly…
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 How They Grow (1952)
Présentation :
Ce documentaire fait une présentation générale de la croissance urbaine en Amérique du nord et des techniques de planification urbaine.
Un document très intéressant même s'il est…
Cities in transition : Globalization, political change and urban development
Abstract from the publisher :
This book was written with the aim of showing that even in the era of globalization developments appearing in cities are not subject to almost unconditional global forces. Rather, universal forces are decisive…
City life
Abstract from the publisher :
Cities are more important as cultural entities than their mere function as dormitories and industrial sites. Yet, the understanding of what makes a city 'alive' and appealing in cultural terms is still hotly contested -…
City visions 1910 / 2010 : Urban planning in Berlin, London, Paris and Chicago 1910 and 2010
Extract from the catalogue :
The exhibition City Visions 1910 | 2010 is a celebration of the anniversary of the General Town Planning Exhibition. It compares two key moments in time: The years around 1910 and 2010.
1910
The planning exhibition…
Climate change and sustainable urban development in Africa and Asia
Abstract from the publisher : This book is about African and Asian cities. Illustrated through selected case cities, the book brings together a rich collection of papers by leading scholars and practitioners in Africa and Asia to offer empirical…
Connecting cities : India
Extract from the introduction by Chris Johnson :
The bustle and chaos associated with Indian cities encompasses only 27% of the country's population. The other 73% of India's population still live in rural areas and villages spread across the…
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,…
Creatively destroying New York : Fantasies, premonitions, and realities in the provisional city
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This lecture places the attack on the World Trade Center in the context of New York's history as a place that is seemingly destined to be destroyed and rebuilt with stunning regularity. It explores three ways of…
This lecture places the attack on the World Trade Center in the context of New York's history as a place that is seemingly destined to be destroyed and rebuilt with stunning regularity. It explores three ways of…