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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…
Turning points : Modern Seoul
In this lecture, part of the Case Western Reserve University symposium 'Tipping Points in Urban Change: Modern Perspectives on Agents of Urbanization', Peter G. Rowe discusses shifting mindsets in the recent history Seoul. Much of his lecture focuses…
Motor City : The rise and fall of Detroit
Robert Fishman teaches in the urban design, architecture, and urban planning programs at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. and A.M. in history from Harvard and his A.B. in history from Stanford University. He is a nationally…
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…
Le grand ensemble : ses mots... et ses maux ?
Un café géographique organisé à Tours le 1er décembre 2009.
"Les grands ensembles sont la honte de la France"... Ce propos, émanant d’un ancien ministre de l’Equipement, résume sans doute une pensée assez répandue dans notre pays sur cette forme…
"Les grands ensembles sont la honte de la France"... Ce propos, émanant d’un ancien ministre de l’Equipement, résume sans doute une pensée assez répandue dans notre pays sur cette forme…
Angkor Thom, de la Cité des dieux à l'horizon urbain : archéologie d'une mise en scène
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Le centre du site d’Angkor est occupé par un espace exceptionnel en raison de ses dimensions, de la géométrie de son enceinte et de la dramaturgie de ses monuments : Angkor Thom. A l’analyse, le symbolisme…
Le centre du site d’Angkor est occupé par un espace exceptionnel en raison de ses dimensions, de la géométrie de son enceinte et de la dramaturgie de ses monuments : Angkor Thom. A l’analyse, le symbolisme…
Mots-clés: analyse spatiale, Angkor, archéologie, architecture, forme urbaine
Ville compacte, ville diffuse
La forme des villes, entendue comme la forme de l'espace urbanisé et de la répartition de ses fonctions, a évolué au fil du temps en fonction des opportunités offertes par les moyens de transport mis à la disposition des citadins grâce à l'innovation…
Cities How They Grow (1952)
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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…
Table Rase
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Marseille prétend aujourd'hui au titre de métropole méditerranéenne. On assiste à un ensemble de mutations économiques et sociales qui ont pour but un changement…
Vers une nouvelle révolution urbaine ?
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La première moitié du XXe siècle a profondément renouvelé les idées en matière d’urbanisme alors que la population urbaine connaissait une croissance sans…
Mots-clés: croissance urbaine, développement durable, forme urbaine, urbanisme
New (sub)urbanisms
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In this talk, 2011-2012 GCI Faculty Scholar De Jong will discuss the research and writing she is undertaking during her fellowship year at the Institute. Her project investigates how American cultural attitudes about…
How cities cope with obduracy and vulnerability
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City planning initiatives and redesign of urban structures often become mired in debate and delay. Despite the fact that cities are considered to be dynamic, innovative and flexible spaces, never finished but always…
London and other Great American Cities 50 years on
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The RSA and the Centre for London at Demos gather a panel of expert commentators at the RSA to mark the 50th anniversary of Jane Jacobs’ landmark book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities.
Jane…
Cities and peripheries : Anglo American conference of historians 2009
This lecture was part of the Anglo-American Conference of historians 2009, on the theme 'cities'. Conference description by the organisers : The conference will deal with cities throughout the world, with papers examining the networks of cities and…
Politics + space : Periurbanization redux
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The nature of Asian urbanization has been the object of theoretical attention for almost two decades. A central theme in the discussion revolves around the dissolution of the city and countryside divide; and the…
Scope and dimensions of African suburbanisms
Alan Mabin discusses the nature of cities and suburbs in Africa.
Alan Mabin is Head of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Mots-clés: Africa, Afrique, banlieue, forme urbaine, Mabin Alan, pavillonnaire, périphéries, périurbain
Shrinking cities : New thinking about urban development
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In the 21st century, urban development is facing new challenges caused by the parallel occurrence of both growing and shrinking cities. The development patterns and instruments of urban growth are well-known.…
Urban forms and comparisons : Chicago's Near North Side and the localization of gentrification
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Please join us for a comparative and historical analysis of the gentrification of the Near North Side of Chicago.
Professor Bodnar will examine the communities that have replaced the Cabrini-Green housing…
Meaningful types in a world of suburbs
Richard Harris discusses suburbs around the world in this lecture from the City Institute at York University City Seminar Series. Segregation is a key theme of the lecture - segregation between suburbs, between suburbs and cities, and the theoretical…
Fringe benefits : Cosmopolitan dynamics of a multicultural city
Ian Chodikoff discusses how cities are being shaped by immigration, and the experiences of immigrants in Western cities. He focuses especially on the example of Toronto and selected European cities, and explores how urban form, architecture and…