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Les hommes grenier
Présentation par le diffuseur :
On dit souvent que Hongkong est le « Monaco de l'Asie ». C'est assez juste a ce détail prêt. L'île de Hongkong regorge des fortunes les plus importantes d'Asie mais la partie géographiquement rattachée au territoire…
On dit souvent que Hongkong est le « Monaco de l'Asie ». C'est assez juste a ce détail prêt. L'île de Hongkong regorge des fortunes les plus importantes d'Asie mais la partie géographiquement rattachée au territoire…
Neighborhood and life chances : How place matters in modern America
Abstract from the publisher :
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…
Tenement cites: From 19th century Berlin to 21st century Nairobi
Abstract from the publisher: Nairobi today has over 10,000 multi-story tenement buildings, many of them offering single rooms and up to eight stories high. Privately owned and exploiting urban space to the maximum, these bear similarities to housing…
The battle with the slum
Extract from the Introduction, 'What the fight is about' :
The slum is as old as civilization... The battle with the slum began the day civilization recognized in it her enemy. It was a losing fight until conscience joined forces with fear and…
The challenge of slums : Global report on human settlement 2003
Abstract from the publisher : The Challenge of Slums presents the first global assessment of slums, emphasizing their problems and prospects. It presents estimates of the numbers of urban slum dwellers and examines the factors that underlie the…
The ghetto : Contemporary global issues and controversies
Abstract from the publisher : Too often the term “ghetto” is simply applied to any African American community, to the inner city as a whole, or recently to anything that is degraded or unrefined. But what is a ghetto? Does it arise…
The rise of the Paris red belt
Abstract from the publisher :
From 1920 until the present, the working-class suburbs of Paris, known as the Red Belt, have constituted the heart of French Communism, providing the Party not only with its most solid electoral base but with much of…
Transports urbains durables et quartiers urbains défavorisés
Extrait de l'introduction :
On sous-estime généralement la contribution que la planification communale des transports apporte à l’amélioration de la situation des quartiers urbains défavorisés.…