Do Londoners have a right to the city?
subject: , droit à la ville, équité sociale, injustice, planification, London, Londres, économie, mouvement social, Edwards Michael, Catterall Bob, Gibbons Andrea, Kuklowsky Celine
description: Organisers' description : London grassroot groups are certainly making it clear what they need, from housing and transport to jobs and the environment. Is there a basic demand that underlies these needs? Is the idea of rights to the city a focus for that demand? This meeting explores the idea that Right to the City (RTTC) is a good focus for these needs and demands. It is called by individuals from UCL's Bartlett School of Planning, UCL's Urban Lab, the London-based international journal CITY, and the Just Space Network of London community groups. The meeting is the start of a potential series triggered partly by the talks given last autumn in London by Peter Marcuse, veteran lawyer, planning educator and activist in New York. It takes advantage of the presence in London of 2 activists who have been involved with the US RTTC movement and of the discussion advanced and continuing in CITY by Peter Marcuse and his colleagues. This meeting will be a series of short talks on the London issues, a short talk on the USA movement and then time for a substantial structured debate and discussion. Michael Edwards is a Senior Lecturer and Leverhulme Fellow in the Bartlett School of Planning at University College London. Bob Catterall is Editor-in-Chief of City journal. Andrea Gibbons is an assistant editor of City journal and a research student at the London School of Economics. Celine Kuklowsky is an assistant editor of City journal and works in the Social Policy Department at the London School of Economics.
creator: Michael Edwards, Bob Catterall, Andrea Gibbons, Celine Kuklowsky
date: 30 March 2010

Economic and social change and violence in Ahmadabad 1950-2000
subject: , aménagement de l'espace, développement urbain, conflit urbain, violence urbaine, fragmentation sociale, ségrégation urbaine, tissu urbain, India, Inde, Ahmadabad, Ahmedabad
description: Abstract from the distributor : What dynamics contribute to emergence of social tensions and conflicts in an urban environment? Mass mobilisations and episodes of collective violence have been a constant element in the development of large Indian cities over the twentieth century, and the emergence of a deep fracture between the Hindu and the Muslim community has informed social, political and cultural transformations in post-colonial urban environments. Taking Ahmedabad city (north-western India) as a case study, this paper analyses the explosion of collective violence as part of long-term dynamics of urban transformation. Group tensions can be seen as the expression of social, economic and spatial inequalities that consolidated unbalanced patterns of urban territorial and demographic growth. At the same time, the management of urban growth at a political level contributed to the construction of an urban geography where social differences are inscribed in the organisation of the space. In this context, episodes of collective violence have two dimensions: on one side, they can be read as moments when the many instances of inequality find expression in open confrontations at a street level; on the other, violence leaves deep marks in the city’s social and physical landscape and, in this sense, it is an integral element in the process of urban construction and organisation over time. Tommaso Bobbio is a postgraduate research student in the Department of History at Royal Holloway University of London.
creator: Tommaso Bobbio
date: 1 December 2009

Middle Eastern urban frontiers, migrants and states
subject: , migrant, histoire urbaine, économie, développement urbain, Bahrain, Kuwait, Koweït, Bahreïn, Monde Arabe, Arab world, Moyen-Orient
description: Abstract from the distributor : Dr. Fuccaro traces the development of the urban settlements of Bahrain and Kuwait and their (predominantly Iranian) migrant communities, as well as the rapid economic change from pearl fishing and merchants to the modern petroleum industry. Nelida Fuccaro is lecturer of Modern History of the Arab Middle East at the School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS), University of London.
creator: Nelida Fuccaro
date: 17 February 2009

London lives
subject: , histoire urbaine, société urbaine, sociologie urbaine, London, Londres
description: Organisers' description : www.londonlives.org) will provide access, using an integrated search facility, to primary sources containing 240,000 pages of manuscripts sources, and 3.2 million names, reflecting the history of eighteenth-century London. It includes the 18th century material from the Old Bailey Online; the manuscript records of quarter sessions, three London parishes, Bridewell, St Thomas’s Hospital, and the Carpenter’s Company; datasets from the Westminster Pauper Biographies Project; and several datasets formerly deposited with the Arts and Humanities Data Service. Conceived as an unconference, this event is designed to allow as many participants as possible to contribute in as many ways as possible. Contributions are invited from anyone whose research will benefit from use of the site. List of podcasts : Tim Hitchcock - Introduction and welcome Robert Shoemaker - Criminal Lives and the Making of Modern Criminal Justice Becky DiBiasio - Ghosts and the Old Bailey Janice Turner - "Shifting it for themselves" - Working women on Rosemary Lane 1737-1755 Ernesto Priego - "The Harlot's Progress" - Bell's Life in London and the birth of the British comic strip Susan Gane - Irish silk weavers Melanie Winterbotham - William Winterbotham (1763-1829), political prisoner and ordinary Londoner Margaret Makepeace - The East India Company's London warehouse labourers Mary Clayton - Blood money Rachel Ramsey - From casement to sashes : How windows redefine crime in Early Modern England Heather Shore - Criminal Connections: Uncovering Plebeian Networks in the Metropolis McDara Dwyer - The Irish Crime Explosion of the 1740’s: Its Origins, Course and the Response, 1736 – 1756 Simon Dixon - The Quakers of St Dionis Backchurch, 1680-1800 Ben Heller - Finding Pleasure in Plebeian Lives Louise Falcini - Washerwomen, Laundresses, Barbers and Boot Blacks: the Business of Cleanliness Shekhar Krishnan - Urban History and the Geospatial Web Sharon Howard - London Lives and Bastardy…
creator: Multiple authors
date: 5 July 2010

L'invention de la cité-ghetto
subject: , cités, ghetto, zone urbaine sensible, politique de la ville, Stébé Jean-Marc
description: Présentation par le diffuseur : Le modèle sociologique qui décrit la ville de manière binaire, un centre ville qui accueille les richesses et les périphéries qui concentrent la pauvreté demeure très vivace. Le sociologue Jean-Marc Stébé, spécialiste des représentations urbaines nuance en avançant qu'il y a une diversité de banlieues. De Neuilly-sur-Seine aux 751 ZUS (Zones urbaines sensibles), il y a un continuum où s'encrent des populations au capital économique, culturel et social diversifié. Dans son ouvrage, "La mythologie de la cité-ghetto", Jean-Marc Stébé revient sur l'histoire de la construction des banlieues en France. Des zones à la banlieue et les quartiers, en passant par la cité, il revient sur les politiques de la ville depuis le début des années 90. Emission diffusée en deux parties : Première partie Seconde partie
creator: Jean-Louis Rioual
date: 19 janvier 2010
format: 2 x 20 minutes

Regards croisés sur les méthodes d'analyse urbaine : du quantitatif au qualitatif
subject: Bailleul Hélène, Delas Julien, méthodes d'analyse urbaine, espace urbain, perception, parcours, représentations spatiales, habitants, entretien
description: Présentation par l'organisateur : L’association ESSPACES organise son deuxième séminaire de méthodologie en sciences sociales. Après avoir décrypté la carte comme outil et objet d’étude en sciences sociales, ce séminaire aura pour but d’interroger la pertinence des méthodes d’analyse quantitative et qualitative dans des problématiques urbaines. L’objectif de cette demi-journée est de confronter différentes méthodes d’analyse des phénomènes socio-spatiaux en termes quantitatifs (statistiques, analyses textuelles…) et qualitatifs (entretiens, perceptions, observations de terrain…). Interventions : Julien Delas, Les parcours "en aveugle" : une méthode in situ pour saisir le vécu urbain quotidien. Ecouter ou télécharger l'intervention de Julien Delas au format mp3 Télécharger le diaporamat de Julien Delas au format pdf Hélène Bailleul, Aborder le rapport à l’espace de vie dans sa dynamique : les représentations spatiales des habitants à l’épreuve des projets urbains. Ecouter ou télécharger l'intervention d'Hélène Bailleul au format mp3 Sabrina Bresson, Un exemple de méthode d’analyse d’entretiens sociologiques. Enregistrement non disponible
creator: Julien Delas, Hélène Bailleul
date: 17 juin 2010
format: et 35'
identifier: Auteurs Julien Delas Hélène Bailleul Type Séminaire Date 17 juin 2010 Durée et 35' Diffuseur Crévilles

Traversées urbaines
subject: promenade urbaine, patrimoine, habitants, forme urbaine, cartographie, représentations
description: Présentation par le diffuseur : Les traversées urbaines en débat dans cette conversation perchée*, enregistrée au Merlan le 21 mai 2010. Traversées urbaines, c’est à dire parcours, déambulations, plongées dans le dédale des rues, mise à l’épreuve des corps pour une découverte d’espaces inconnus, ou parfois trop connus, qui révèlent la ville comme un bien commun, un espace partagé. Des traversées mises en oeuvre par des artistes ou collectifs d’artistes, comme Ici-Même et SAFI qui proposent du 4 au 12 juin plusieurs marches et traversées des quartiers nord de Marseille. Que révèlent ces traversées à ceux qui les imaginent, à ceux qui les pratiquent ou bien à ceux qui les observent, de près ou de loin ? C’est l’objet de cette conversation à laquelle prennent part : Nadira Amsaghri (habitante du quartier Picon-Busserine), Jacques Boyer (collectif Ici-Même), Christine Breton (conservateur du patrimoine), Jérémy Garniaux (géographe), Géraldine Garnier (la Gare Franche), Dalila Ladjal (association SAFI), Marie-Hélène Lizée (écologue), Nathalie Marteau (le Merlan, scène nationale), Louise Pascal (participante des traversées d’Ici-Même).
creator: Xavier Thomas
date: 3 juin 2010
format: 58'

The right to the city : Prospects for critical urban theory and practice
subject: , droit à la ville, développement urbain, capitalisme, politique de la ville, équité sociale, développement durable, néolibéralisme, mondialisation, société urbaine, aménagement urbain, Marcuse Peter
description: Organisers' description : The conference will focus on the meaning of the "right to the city" in the context of neoliberal urban restructuring. While the notion of "the right to the city" was popularized by Henri Lefebvre in the late 1960s, it has become something of a keyword among contemporary critical urban theorists for analyzing struggles to reappropriate urban space towards collective social uses under circumstances in which private capital and state institutions are dominating the urban process. It thus provides a focus for reflecting on the legacies and contemporary possibilities of critical urban theory, and exploring its relation to practice, in the context of early 21st century transformations and struggles. Specifically, the conference aims to investigate the evolution of critical urban theory since its consolidation over three decades ago, and the changing relation of critical urban theories to ongoing struggles over the form and pathway of urban development (often seeing "urban" as a crystallization of the societal). Inquiry into this relationship entails an analysis of a number of key theoretical, empirical and political issues, including : (a) the changing global and national parameters for urban development under post-1980s capitalism; (b) supranational, national and subnational political strategies to influence the trajectory of urbanization; and, against this background, (c) the proliferation of popular initiatives to reshape cities towards progressive or radical-democratic political ends, such as enhanced social and spatial justice, greater equality and socio-ecological sustainability; and (d) the alternatives available for action to produce desired changes in the constitution of urban life today. The contributors will grapple with the following issues, which have been proposed for debate and discussion at the conference by Peter Marcuse, whose oeuvre will be central to this conference: • How best to capture the transformation of cities under con…
creator: Multiple authors
date: 6-8 November 2008

La politique des quartiers à Thuin, avant tout un "état d'esprit"
subject: Belgique, Thuin, pratiques participatives, politique des quartiers, démocratie participative, politique de la ville, citoyenneté, débat, habitants
description: Présentation par le diffuseur : Depuis 8 ans, la ville de Thuin (située dans la province du Hainaut) développe avec les citoyens une politique des quartiers. Une politique qui crée du lien social et vise à contrer la crise de la représentativité en rapprochant les élus des citoyens. Sont mis sur pied des réunions, un Conseil des quartiers, et un budget participatif. Un défi audacieux qui donne aux citoyens les moyens de débattre, d’exprimer leur avis et de peser dans les décisions qui les concernent. Une façon de revitaliser voire de démocratiser la démocratie… L’émission tend le micro aux acteurs de la sphère politique et citoyenne et questionne tant les opportunités offertes que les limites de la démocratie participative. Dans quelle mesure, la politique des quartiers expérimente-t-elle une réelle alternative à la démocratie représentative traditionnelle ? Comment impliquer les habitants ? Comment s’exprime l’intelligence collective ? Quel est le pouvoir d’influence réel des citoyens ? Sert-il toujours l’intérêt général ? Quels sont les risques encourus ? … Autant de questions et de témoignages qui invitent à réfléchir sur les enjeux de la démocratie participative. Avec : Marie-Eve Van Laethem – Présidence du CPAS de Thuin et initiatrice de la politique des quartiers Jean-Noé Dehon – Représentant de quartier Loïc Géronnez – Capacitation citoyenne (Periferia) Réalisation : Julie van der Kar Captation sonore, montage, mixage : Omar Perez
creator: Emission radio
date: 8 juin 2010
format: 47'

Smart city radio
subject: , société urbaine, économie, éducation, innovation, développement durable, développement urbain, culture urbaine, entretien, planification, transport, aménagement urbain
description: Description from the website : Smart City is a weekly, hour-long public radio talk show that takes an in-depth look at urban life, the people, places, ideas and trends shaping cities. Host Carol Coletta talks with national and international public policy experts, elected officials, economists, business leaders, artists, developers, planners and others for a penetrating discussion of urban issues. Carol Coletta is president and CEO of CEOs for Cities and host and producer of the nationally syndicated public radio show Smart City. In 2008 she was named one of the world's 50 most important urban experts by a leading European think tank.
creator: Carol Coletta
date: Various

Urban age : New York
subject: New York, , mobilité, transport, voisinage, logement, espace urbain, espace public, emploi, London, Londres, sécurité, gouvernance, planification, aménagement urbain, banlieue
description: Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'New York : Almost alright?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 recordings of the entire conference are available on the Urban Age website. Many presentations also have accompanying slideshow presentations available for download in PDF format. Organisers' description : New York is certainly the most populous and perhaps the most urban of America’s cities. Such qualities are not universally seen as representing positive attributes in a country in which the traditional city is regarded with a certain degree of political and popular suspicion and which is continually elaborating new forms of exurbia. Understanding New York’s very particular nature and its prospects is an essential part of coming to terms with the evolving nature of the contemporary city, as it faces up to the reality of the extraordinary size jump of the later years of the 20th century. Scores of cities now have populations far larger than entire European nations. A city with an effective population of 18 million people - now the size of both New York and London - is an entity with no historic precedent. If such a metropolitan area is to achieve the cohesion and the sense of identity that until now has been regarded as the fundamental essence of any successful city, then it must either learn from and build upon New York’s experiences, or else find an alternative workable model. As the first stage in a cumulative sequence of conferences organized by the Cities programme of the London School of Economics, with the support of the Alfred Herrhausen Society for International Dialogue, to be held in six cities across four continents, Urban Age is exploring the deliberately provocative proposition that New York is almost all right. Through a mix of muddle and dynamism, New York is succeeding as a city. It continually attracts new people, and creates new jobs for them. Session topics : Opening Session New Y…
creator: Multiple authors
date: 2005

Cities under siege
subject: , guerre, ville en guerre, sécurité, aménagement urbain, conflit urbain, ordre social, violence urbaine, Graham Stephen, Jones Gareth
description: Organisers' description : Cities have become the new battleground of our increasingly urban world. From the slums of the global South to the wealthy financial centres of the West, Cities Under Siege traces how political violence now operates through the sites, spaces, infrastructures and symbols of the world's rapidly expanding metropolitan areas. Drawing on a wealth of original research, Graham shows how Western and Israeli militaries and security forces now perceive all urban terrain as a real or imagined conflict zone inhabited by lurking, shadow enemies, and urban inhabitants as targets that need to be continually tracked, scanned, controlled and targeted. He examines the transformation of Western militaries into high-tech urban counter-insurgency forces, the militarization and surveillance of March international borders, the labelling as "terrorist" of democratic dissent and Politics/Geography protests, and the enacting of legislation suspending "normal" civilian law. In doing so, he reveals how the New Military Urbanism now permeates the entire fabric of our urban lives, from subway and transport systems hardwired with high-tech "command and control" systems and the infection of civilian policy with all-pervasive "security" discourses; to the pervasive militarization of popular culture. Stephen Graham is Professor of Cities and Society at Newcastle University, and previously taught at Durham and MIT, among other universities. His books include Cities, War and Terrorism, the Cybercities Reader, and (with Simon Marvin) Splintering Urbanism. Gareth Jones is Senior Lecturer in Development Geography at LSE, and previously lectured at the University of Wales, Swansea, having also spent time at University of California San Diego and the Universidad de las Americas-Puebla in Mexico. notice for the book 'Cities under siege'.
creator: Stephen Graham, Gareth Jones
date: 7 June 2010

Urban age : Mumbai
subject: , planification, logement, pauvreté, logement social, pays en développement, changement climatique, ville durable, aménagement urbain, gouvernance, urbanisation, équité sociale, Mumbai, India, Inde
description: Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'Johannesburg : Challenges of inclusion?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 and video recordings of the entire conference are available on the Urban Age website. Many presentations also have accompanying slideshow presentations available for download in PDF format. Organisers' description : In India, Urban Age examined how the largest democracy on earth negotiates considerable urbanisation and economic development. India’s urban society is experiencing the effects of increasing affluence coupled with persistent social inequalities and a scarcity of resources ranging from personal living space to transport and drinking water. Climate change and other escalating pressures further compound urban developments in India, making its urban agenda a global issue. Evaluating policy and project specific effects, the Urban Age India Conference helped draw the links between events and developments in India’s urbanised areas with trends worldwide, widening the lens from the local to the global. Session topics : Welcome The global urban context : The Urban Age and India; Cities in a Global Context; The Future of India’s Cities; Discussion Envisioning the future for global cities : Reenergising English Cities and the London 2012 Olympics; Developing Urban Visions; Transforming Mumbai into a World-Class City; Mumbai: Which Way Forward; Discussion Urban inequality Housing the urban poor : Reforming the Housing Debate; Discussion and open debate Dharavi - A global case study International experiences : Housing for the Poor in Developing Country Cities: The Bogotá Case; The Mexico City: Ciudad Neza; Tokyo to Mumbai & Back; Climate change and cities : Climate Change, Risk and Urbanisation; Green Delhi; Discussion How cities are planned : Governance and City Design; Shaping the City Case studies : Learning from Planning in Johannesburg; The São Paulo Case; Shaping Singapore; Discussi…
creator: Multiple authors
date: 2007

Urban outcasts: Incubating the precariat in the 21st Century
subject: , marginalité, ghetto, banlieue populaire, pauvreté, délinquance, citoyenneté, équité sociale, sociologie urbaine, ségrégation sociale, précarité
description: Abstract from the distributor : The American ghetto, the British inner city, and the French urban periphery are widely known as the "problem districts, the no-go areas" of their metropolis - territories of deprivation, dereliction and danger to be shunned and feared. In his new book, Urban Outcasts, Loïc Wacquant reveals that urban marginality is not everywhere the same, as the reader is taken inside the dilapidated black ghetto of inner Chicago and the deindustrializing banlieue of outer Paris. Drawing on a wealth of original fieldwork, surveys and historical data, Urban Outcasts casts new light on the explosive conjunction of mounting misery and stupendous affluence evident in the cities of advanced and advancing countries throughout the globe. Join Loïc Wacquant as he offers vital new tools for rethinking urban marginality and reinvigorates the public debate over social inequality and citizenship. Loïc Wacquant is professor of sociology at the University of California-Berkeley and Researcher at the Centre de sociologie européenne, Paris.
creator: Loïc Wacquant
date: 28th May 2008

Urban age : London
subject: London, Londres, United Kingdom, Royaume-Uni, , croissance urbaine, planification, aménagement urbain, renouvellement urbain, rénovation urbaine, sport, intégration
description: Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'London : Europe's global city?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 recordings of the entire conference are available on the Urban Age website. Many presentations also have accompanying slideshow presentations available for download in PDF format. Organisers' description : Can London cope with its future growth? Is it really Europe's only global city? What is the impact of massive regeneration projects? These are some of the questions that civic leaders, city-builders, architects and academics from around the world asked when they meet in London from 11 to 13 November 2005. The Mayors of Washington DC, Sao Paulo, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Edinburgh joined world-renowned urbanists Richard Rogers, Rem Koolhaas and Saskia Sassen to debate the future of a city facing momentous growth. Core themes included how quality of life can be maintained by promoting health; and city environments that work for people of different generations and incomes. To better understand the social impacts of current trends in London’s labour markets, housing, transport and public life, the Urban Age conference investigated the following key projects in North, South, West and East London: 1. The redevelopment of White City and the formation of a knowledge-based economic cluster in West London 2. The transformation of King’s Cross 3. The Olympic Village and its legacy in the development of affordable housing in diverse and attractive neighbourhoods in the Lower Lea Valley in East London 4. The regeneration of Elephant & Castle and the reintegration of residential communities to the city centre in South London Session topics : Opening session : Urban Age Project: The story so far Debate : The European city model Panel discussion The Future of London : London: the global context; Living in London; Designing London; Moving in London; Delivering urban governance; Debate Expanding the city core - T…
creator: Multiple authors
date: 2005

Zoom sur Rotterdam
subject: Rotterdam, Hollande, ville port, port, vélo, architecture flottante, gestion de l'eau, environnement, écologie, energie propre
description: Présentation par le diffuseur : Cette semaine, cap sur Rotterdam aux Pays-Bas. Evènement majeur cette année à Rotterdam : le départ du 97ème Tour de France le 4 Juillet prochain la fameuse compétition cycliste donnera l’occasion à la ville de faire la promotion du vélo notamment auprès de sa jeunesse. Reportages : Zoom sur Rotterdam (1/5) : le Tour de France pour promouvoir le vélo Zoom sur Rotterdam (2/5) : l’architecture flottante pour lutter contre la montée des eaux Zoom sur Rotterdam (3/5) : l’ambitieux partenariat avec IBM sur la gestion de l’eau Zoom sur Rotterdam (4/5) : le port, enjeu stratégique du développement durable Zoom sur Rotterdam (5/5): la piste de danse verte du Club Watt fait un bide écologique
creator: Emissions radio
date: mai 2010

Urban age : Berlin
subject: Berlin, , économie, emploi, transport, déplacements, gouvernance, espace urbain, sécurité, logement, aménagement urbain, forme urbaine, planification, aménagement de l'espace, Germany, Allemagne
description: Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'Berlin : An urban experiment?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 recordings of the entire conference are available on the Urban Age website. Many presentations also have accompanying slideshow presentations available for download in PDF format. Some audio and slides are in German. Organisers' description : The principal aim of Urban Age is to shape the thinking and practice of urban leaders and sustainable urban development. This six-year conference series – travelling from New York City, Shanghai, London, Mexico City, Johannesburg, Berlin, Mumbai to São Paulo and Istanbul – serves as an ongoing forum about how the city is studied, planned and managed in the 21st century. The Urban Age operates as a mobile laboratory, testing and sampling the social and physical characteristics of global cities through expert presentations and testimonials, research, site visits, GIS mapping and informal information exchange. Findings from each of the cities are analysed according to regional patterns in an effort to uncover global similarities and differences. The results help policymakers, academics and urban practitioners understand the future development of cities and the processes that sustain them. Session topics : Introduction : The Urban Age Project; Policy implications for the Urban Age Labour market and work places : Urban economies: Challenges of inequality and the informal Presentation : Cities and their global economies Mobility and transport - Moving people, making city; Transport as politics Panel discussion : Governance and the City Public life and urban space - Managing safety in the Urban Age : Securing London Reflection : Open cities and brittle cities Housing and urban neighbourhoods - Urban design and city form : Connecting space to society German cities - Germany’s Global City-Network : A new spatial paradigm for Germany Panel discussion : Berlin’s future:…
creator: Multiple authors
date: November 2006

Urban age : Shanghai
subject: , mutation urbaine, gouvernance, identité, forme urbaine, économie, emploi, mobilité, transport, déplacements, espace urbain, étalement urbain, migrant, aménagement de l'espace, logement, croissance urbaine, Shanghai, China, Chine
description: Part of the Urban Age six-year conference series, this conference takes as its theme 'Shanghai : The fastest city?'. As well as a wealth of related data and analysis, mp3 recordings of the entire conference are available on the Urban Age website. Many presentations also have accompanying slideshow presentations available for download in PDF format. Some slideshows are available in English and Chinese. Organisers' description : The principal aim of Urban Age is to shape the thinking and practice of urban leaders and sustainable urban development. This six-year conference series – travelling from New York City, Shanghai, London, Mexico City, Johannesburg, Berlin, Mumbai to São Paulo and Istanbul – serves as an ongoing forum about how the city is studied, planned and managed in the 21st century. The Urban Age operates as a mobile laboratory, testing and sampling the social and physical characteristics of global cities through expert presentations and testimonials, research, site visits, GIS mapping and informal information exchange. Findings from each of the cities are analysed according to regional patterns in an effort to uncover global similarities and differences. The results help policymakers, academics and urban practitioners understand the future development of cities and the processes that sustain them. Session topics : Opening session : Urban Age Project: The story so far Presentations : Shanghai - New York - London - addressing urban change; Power: comparing systems of urban governance; Identity: the meaning of form in three cities; Debate Presentations : Labour market and work places - After the surge: How to enhance Shanghai’s urban economy?; Urban Age so far – Labour market; The future economic profile of Shanghai; Architectural typologies of Shanghai’s new economy Presentations : Mobility and transport - Faster but further: Is Shanghai’s transport system moving in the right direction?; Urban Age so far – Mobility; Planning for movement and people; Designi…
creator: Multiple authors
date: July 2005

Urban age : Johannesburg
subject: Johannesburg, , économie, gouvernance, transport, équité sociale, espace public, logement, mixité sociale, voisinage, injustice, intégration, sécurité, planification, lien social, South Africa, Afrique du Sud
description: Organisers' description : The principal aim of Urban Age is to shape the thinking and practice of urban leaders and sustainable urban development. This six-year conference series – travelling from New York City, Shanghai, London, Mexico City, Johannesburg, Berlin, Mumbai to São Paulo and Istanbul – serves as an ongoing forum about how the city is studied, planned and managed in the 21st century. The Urban Age operates as a mobile laboratory, testing and sampling the social and physical characteristics of global cities through expert presentations and testimonials, research, site visits, GIS mapping and informal information exchange. Findings from each of the cities are analysed according to regional patterns in an effort to uncover global similarities and differences. The results help policymakers, academics and urban practitioners understand the future development of cities and the processes that sustain them. Session topics : Opening session Introduction session : The Urban Age Context Presentations : Urban Age Cities; Speaking Urbanism From Africa; Johannesburg, World Class African City Debate : Cities Accommodating Difference - Diversity, equity and racial justice Presentations : US Cities, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg Debate : Labour Markets and Work Places - Johannesburg’s economies: Globally competitive, locally integrated? Presentations : Alexandra’s Labour Force; The Transformation of the Central Business District Panel discussion : Governance and the City Presentations : Transport as justice; Equal access to transport; Transport nodes and critical social space Open discussion : Public life and urban space - Making city in the post-apartheid metropolis Presentations : City space and safety strategy; Re-imagining the city: Public space in contemporary Johannesburg Open discussion : Housing and Urban Neighbourhoods - Quality Housing Presentations : The city’s housing challenge; Building inclusive urban neighbourhoods Open discussion : Outcomes for Johannesburg
creator: Multiple authors
date: July 2006

Beirut normal
subject: , histoire urbaine, géographie urbaine, identité, développement urbain, guerre, reconstruction, Beirut, Sarkis Hashim, Beyrouth
description: Abstract from the distributor : Is there anything to say about Beirut beyond the obvious, and by now exhausted, lessons of post-war reconstruction and identity politics? What is a "Beirut normal"? Is it worth examining? The lecture puts forward these questions not in order to diminish the city's architectural output but to reveal aspects of the city that have been overwhelmed by the discourses of war and politics. Through a series of specific architectural and urban analyses, the lecture proposes that a certain urbanism could be derived out of seemingly unrelated attributes of the city such as the speculative intensities of development, Beirut's geography between countryside and Mediterranean, and its insatiable pursuit of "a worldly aesthetic." Cities are the magnets for more than half the world's population. In such urban conditions, architects are increasingly called into debates about environmental and social sustainability, governance, and social inequality. Shaping Cities is an Urban Age public lecture series organised by LSE Cities that identifies the growing complexity of architectural practice in relation to the challenges of exponential urbanism. Hashim Sarkis is the Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.
creator: Hashim Sarkis
date: 25 May 2010