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Centre Pompidou, entretien avec Françoise Choay
Dans cette vidéo du 24 mai 2007, Françoise Choay revient, plus de dix ans après, sur son article de 1994 dans lequel elle posait la question de la nature de l'urbanisation et de la "non-ville" dans les…
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…
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)
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Ce documentaire fait une présentation générale de la croissance urbaine en Amérique du nord et des techniques de planification urbaine.
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Cities, sin, and social reform in imperial Germany
Extract from the Introduction: Focusing on Germany during the period when that country experienced its great age of industrial urbanization, this book treats ideas about cities, views of deviant behavior, and the socially reformist implications of…
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…
City at the point : Essays on the social history of Pittsburgh
Abstract from the publisher :
An overview of scholarly research, both published and previously unpublished, on the history of a city that has often served as a case study for measuring social change. It synthesizes the literature and assesses how…
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…
Comment questionner l'étalement urbain ?
Extrait du préambule : Comment questionner l’étalement urbain, quels savoirs mobiliser et quels outils mettre en œuvre pour agir et améliorer le cadre de vie ? De nombreux CAUE ont décidé de…
Connecting cities : China
Extract from the introduction by Chris Johnson :
Beijing was the first city of modernity to reach one million - the benchmark to be a member of Metropolis. For the past millenium Chinese cities have ranked in the world's top three.
The importance…
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…
Crucibles of hazard: Mega-cities and disasters in transition
Abstract from the publisher: As a result of repeated experiences with devastating earthquakes, storms, floods, and wildfires, places like Tokyo, Mexico City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles are already identified with catastrophe in both scientific…
De la ville en politique
Cet ouvrage décrit les évolutions récentes touchant la pensée politique sur la ville, tant en France que dans les pays anglo-saxons et il propose une vision alternative permettant de rompre radicalement avec les tendances…
Detroit : city on the move
Un petit film documentaire visant à valoriser la ville de Détroit, qui concourrait alors pour organiser les Jeux Olympiques de 1968.
Promotional film made for the City of Detroit, an unsuccessful bidder for the Olympic Games. With views of city…
Promotional film made for the City of Detroit, an unsuccessful bidder for the Olympic Games. With views of city…