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Un diagnostic à Alger
Les travaux d'infrastructure du métro d'Alger et de ses ouvrages annexes (stations, puits de ventilation, etc.) se déroulent dans le périmètre de la Casbah, inscrit au patrimoine national algérien depuis 1973, et au Patrimoine mondial de l'Humanité…
Contractual communities in the self-organising city
Abstract from the publisher: Both “land-use regulation” and “territorial collective services” have traditionally been accomplished in cities through coercive efforts of public administrations. Recently, land-use regulation…
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…
Rennes antique
4e de couverture :
Quantité de données nouvelles issues – pour l’essentiel – du développement de l’archéologie préventive permettent aujourd’hui d’éclairer de…
Villes, villages, campagnes de l'âge du bronze
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Entre le monde urbanisé oriental et les communautés rurales d'Occident, entre "lettrés" et "barbares", l'Age du bronze est la période de tous les…
Reconsidering informality : Perspectives from urban Africa
Abstract from the publisher : This book brings together two bodies of research on urban Africa that have tended to be separate: Studies of urban land use and housing, and studies of work and livelihoods. Africa’s future will be to an…
Making room for a planet of cities
Abstract from the publisher :
In a rapidly urbanizing world -- over half the world’s population lives in urban areas, including many millions in informal settlement -- the large cities of the developing world in particular are expanding. Yet…
Measuring urban transportation performance : A critique of mobility measures and a synthesis
From the Executive Summary : While peak hour travel is a perennial headache for many Americans — peak hour travel times average 200 hours a year in large metropolitan areas — some cities have managed to achieve shorter travel times and…
Cities: The international journal of urban policy and planning (Vol. 29, Supplement 1)
Extract from the Editorial: You are reading the first issue of Current Research on Cities... The first four issues will all be supplements to the journal Cities, prior to an independent launch in 2014. Although Current Research on Cities has much…
Urban sprawl in Europe : The ignored challenge
Extract from the introduction :
Europe is a fascinating and diverse continent, one of the most urbanised on earth. Today, approximately 75% of the European population live in urban areas, while still enjoying access to extensive natural or…