City futures 2009 : City futures in a globalising world
subject: , mondialisation, changement climatique, développement durable, ville durable, cadre de vie, développement urbain, économie, migration urbaine, insertion, logement, démographie, gouvernance, aménagement urbain, planification, sécurité, innovation
description: Organisers' description : Aims of City Futures in a Globalising World The central aim of the Madrid Conference in 2009 is to lift the quality of international dialogue about urban issues by: * Creating a whole conference sharply focussed on international exchange. * Engaging different disciplinary perspectives and approaches. * Welcoming papers that address policy concerns – local, regional, national and international – that speak to the impact of policy on the ground. Conference Themes This conference calls for papers relating to one or more of the following themes. We welcome scholars from diverse disciplines as well as practitioners. * Climate change, resource use, and urban adaptation. How sustainable are modern cities? What policies are being introduced to tackle climate change? * Knowledge and technology in urban development. How are cities harnessing knowledge and technology to increase the quality of life for their citizens? Whither local economic development in a rapidly changing world? * Community development, migration and integration in urban areas. How are cities coping with rapid population movements – both into and out of cities? What are the implications for housing, urban regeneration and community building of international population shifts? * Urban governance and city planning in an international era. Sound city governance and urban planning are critical to urban success. What are the implications of current trends for political and managerial leadership? How should cities position themselves internationally? * Architecture and the design of the public realm. The quality of architecture and urban design affects the quality of life in cities. What innovations are taking place in urban design and planning at street level? Are cities redesigning themselves to cope with new challenges relating to, for example, public safety?
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: European Urban Research Association (EURA) Urban Affairs Association (UAA)
date: 4-6 June 2009
format: Various
type: Autre

City futures 2004
subject: , logement, développement urbain, logement social, économie, planification, gouvernance, politique urbaine, cadre de vie, équité sociale, aménagement de l'espace, aménagement urbain, mutation urbaine, mondialisation
description: Organisers' description : An important international conference on globalism and urban change took place in Chicago from July 8-10, 2004. The aim of the City Futures conference was to boost the quality of international dialogue about urban issues by: * Creating an entire conference focused on strengthening international exchange, * Engaging different disciplinary perspectives and approaches, and * Welcoming papers that address local, regional, national and international policy concerns. Session topics : Session 1.1 -- Future of city finances Session 1.2 -- Comparative urban economic development Session 1.3 -- Comparative land use planning Session 1.4 -- Planning and affordable housing Session 2.1 -- Divided cities and new responses Session 2.2 -- Public housing debates: decline, revitalization and gentrification Session 2.3 -- Social exclusion in comparative perspective Session 2.4 -- Regional economic development patterns and policies Session 2.5 -- Digital development and the urban future Session 3.1 -- Infrastructure, land and development in a globalizing world Session 3.2 -- Divided cities and urban vulnerability Session 3.3 -- Urbanization and sustainability Session 3.4 -- Urban data and policy analysis in a global world Session 3.5 -- Urban inequality - race, class, caste and gender Session 3.6 -- Cultural heritage and urban development Session 4.1 -- Un-marginalizing marginalized space Session 4.2 -- The global-local nexus Session 4.3 -- Travel to work Session 4.4 -- Urban sprawl(ing) Session 4.5 -- Changing urban space Session 4.6 -- A new spatial order? Session 5.1 -- Constructing new urban space Session 5.2 -- History, culture and planning Session 5.3 -- Competition and cooperation in shaping urban futures Session 5.4 -- Crossing Boundaries Session 5.5 -- Spatial structure and development Session 5.6 -- Change space...space change Session 6.1 -- Community led development Session 6.2 -- Public participation Session 6.3 -- Improving Survey research methods f…
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: European Urban Research Association (EURA) Urban Affairs Association (UAA)
date: 8-10 July 2004
format: Various
type: Autre

The vital city : EURA 2007 conference
subject: , renouvellement urbain, lien social, mixité sociale, environnement urbain, dynamiques urbaines, voisinage, gouvernance, démocratie participative, innovation, politique publique, aménagement urbain, immobilier, logement, forme urbaine, transport, développement durable, éducation
description: Organisers' description : This major conference on the theme of The Vital City was held under the auspices of the European Urban Research Association (EURA). EURA brings together an inter-disciplinary network of urban researchers from across Europe and beyond. It provides a forum for cross-national debate on urban policy and acts as a bridge between research and policy in this rapidly urbanising world. The conference, which attracted an audience of over 260 delegates and featured over 180 papers, celebrated EURA's 10th Anniversary. The event provided an opportunity for urban researchers and policy makers to engage in lively debate and exchange knowledge and ideas about the challenges involved in achieving 'The Vital City' in different European settings. Session themes : Resurgent European Cities Diversity, Cohesion and the Richness of Cities Branding the Distinctive City The Urban Environment and 'Quality of Place' Neighbourhood Dynamics and Urban Vitality Strategies for Viable and Vital Neighbourhoods Urban Governance Community Activism and Civic Innovation Health and Public Policy Real Estate Development and City Planning Housing Organisation and Finance Urban Form, Transport and Sustainability The Role of Higher Education in Cities and Regions
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: European Urban Research Association (EURA) University of Glasgow
date: 12-14 September 2007
format: Various
type: Autre

Area-based initiatives in contemporary urban policy : EURA conference
subject: , politique de la ville, politique urbaine, gouvernance, gestion locale, insertion, immigration, emploi, rénovation urbaine, participation
description: Organisers' description : Many contemporary European urban policy initiatives emphasise an area-based approach, which also aims to involve the community in planning and implementation of projects. There is a recognised need to strengthen the democratic element, further social inclusion, integrate social, employment, cultural, and physical regeneration components, and to promote urban renewal for the existing residents, rather than to gentrify. Does this signal a break with previous more sector-organised initiatives and the birth of a new coherent and integrated urban policy better suited to tackle the complex social and economic challenges of the city of the 21 Century? What challenges and barriers confront efforts to rethink city governance? Do participatory methods and partnerships in community involvement render superfluous the traditional democratic models of urban government? Are they better or do they pose new problems in terms of lack of legitimate democratic representation? The aim of the conference is to bring forward recent European and international research and experience regarding the effects of the new generation of urban policy initiatives both emphasising theoretical debate and empirical findings. Session topics : Workshop 1. Participation and community involvement in planning and implementation of urban policy projects and programmes Workshop 2: Challenge to policy and administration of an integrated and comprehensive approach in urban policy Workshop 3: EU Urban Policy vis à vis the development of new practices in the urban policy of European towns and cities Workshop 4: Employment issues, immigration and social inclusion in the neighbourhood. Stigmatisation, image of deprived neighbourhoods, the role of business in the neighbourhood Workshop 5: Models of partnerships and collaborative planning efforts Workshop 6: Methodological issues related to the measurement and evaluation of the effects of urban improvement programmes. Learning processes in th…
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: European Urban Research Association (EURA) Danish Building Institute (SBi)
date: 7 - 9 May 2001
format: Various
type: Autre

European city in comparative perspective
subject: , histoire urbaine, gouvernance, commerce, migration urbaine, ville portuaire, espace public, mémoire, représentations, culture urbaine, périphéries, infrastructures, guerre, identité, pauvreté, sauvegarde, patrimoine, centre historique
description: Papers presented at the 2004 European Association for Urban History (EUAH)'s conference 'European city in comparative perspective : Seventh international conference on urban history' are available for download as full-text PDF files. 144 papers are available, the majority of which are in English (the remainder being in French). Session topics : Eastern Mediterranean Cities compared: Urban Government in Greece, the Balkans and the Ottoman Empire (1820-1925) Living in the city: Urban Elites and their residences Urban Stability and Civic Liberties: Two Fundamental Concepts and the Practice of Crime Control in Early Modern European Cities (1450-1850) Cats and Cities Another (hi)story of modernity: Urban everyday life in the 19th century, Europe West - Europe East Retailers and Consumer Changes in Medieval and Early Modern Europe Villes de Flandre et d’Italie: rélectures d’une comparaison traditionnelle The Ancient City in a European Perspective: Feeding the ancient city Green spaces in Cities since 1918: politics, ideologies, and perceptions Public Utilities, Local Resources and Politics Trade, Migration and Urban Networks in European Port-cities (17th-20th centuries) Constructing Urban Memories: The Role of Oral Testimony Methods and problems in Comparative Urban History: Searching for New Indicators of Success and Backwardness of Towns Urban Images and Representations in Europe and beyond during the 20th century Cities and Creative Milieus Wars, Bastions, and Towns: The Impact of Fortifications upon the Civic Community in the Early Modern Europe Périphéries et espaces périphériques dans les villes européennes du moyen age et de l’époque Moderne (XV - XIV siècles): les transformations induites par l’économie Urban Historiography in Comparative Perspective Power and Water problem in European Cities in XV and XVI centuries Cadastres and representations of the cities (XVIII-XIX centuries) Cultural Styles of Provincial Towns in the 18th Century: The Influence of the Metrop…
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: Panteion University European Association for Urban History (EUAH)
date: 2004
format: Various
type: Autre

The new urban question : Urbanism beyond neo-liberalism
subject: , néolibéralisme, urbanisation, culture urbaine, croissance urbaine, développement urbain, économie, société urbaine, développement durable, forme urbaine, métropolisation, gouvernance, aménagement urbain
description: Organisers' description : “The New Urban Question – Urbanism beyond Neo-liberalism” is the title of the 4th Conference of the International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU) that will take place from November 26th to 28th, 2009 at Zuiderkerk in Amsterdam and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). The theme of the conference is about the recovery of the discipline of Urbanism under the conditions of urbanization and urban transformation, ecological threats and economical crises. More than 35 years after the publication of La Question Urbaine by Manuel Castells the urban question has to be asked anew. In the meantime the world is experiencing the fastest urbanization in history of man. Never before has human society gone through a comparable process of urban growth, nor have cities expanded as today. Within a few decennia new mega-cities or even meta-cities arose that are confronting the world with new urban cultures, with increasing social contradictions and with new and unknown environmental threats. On the other hand, more than half of the urban population worldwide is living in middle-sized cities up to 500.000 inhabitants that have become the major catchment areas for future population growth. For decennia urban development has been dominated by a globalizing economy and almost unlimited market demands. While economic power more and more became concentrated in global command centers, the influence of public planning decreased in the framework of governmental decentralization. However, the recent economical crisis has shown the limits of growth under the conditions of neo-liberalism. New models for urban development, new concepts for urban design and new approaches for planning and management are demanded that are able to guide the processes of extension and transformation of cities and regions, to bridge social contradictions, to combat segregation and fragmentation and to face the ecological challenges. With other words: The discipline of Urbanism has to be rediscove…
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU)
date: 26 - 28 November 2009
format: Various
type: Autre

Futures of cities : 51st IFHP world congress
subject: , planification, développement durable, développement urbain, aménagement urbain, aménagement de l'espace, infrastructures, logement
description: Organisers' description : The year 2007 marks a shift to an urban era, an era in which more than half of the world’s population lives in cities. This fact is making many headlines. But what are its implications? How will this impact the futures of cities? Over a century ago, the Danish journalist and photographer Jacob A. Riis gave us How the Other Half Lives, shedding light on the plight oftenement dwellers — people who had moved to the city in search of a better life. Today, we again need to address how this urban half lives. How are we to plan, build, budget, negotiate, develop, promote, govern, service, use, embrace and secure a myriad of different sustainable urban futures? We now call upon policy-makers, practitioners and researchers from the public, private and academic sectors to share their predictions and proposals for the futures of cities! As our urban numbers increase, so do the questions: What are the impacts? On the cityscape, on the countryside, on the built environment,on where we work, where you live, and where Peter plays? What are the indicators? Recent findings, current trends! Hard facts, future figures! What is the measure of urban quality, of adequate housing? What are current construction rates? What are theforecasts for 2030? What implementations are being made? What is being done to tackle rising urbanization? What policies, plans, and programs are being enacted? Who is doing it, and how are things getting done? Session topics : Planning for climate change Space and demographic changes Housing and welfare Public realm and mobility Planning for healthy cities Building green cities Welfare policies in a global perspective Why large scale projects? Housing and planning between state and market Urban liveability Art in cities and planning The art of creative city making Dutch dilemma : Expanding housing in a shrinking world Impacts, indicators, implementations in a Danish context Sustainable futures for megacities Construction of urban identit…
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: International Federation for Housing and Planning (IFHP)
date: 23-26 September 2007
format: Various
type: Autre

Urban transformation : Controversies, contrasts and challenges
subject: , histoire de l'urbanisme, histoire urbaine, mutation urbaine, espace urbain, gouvernance, société urbaine, occupation du sol, économie, environnement, politique urbaine
description: Organisers' description : 14th International Planning History Society Conference will take place in Istanbul between the dates July 12-15, 2010. The conference will address the theme of “Urban Transformation: Controversies, Contrasts and Challenges”. The conference theme seeks to provide a window not only for a broad investigation of urban transformation aspects in Planning History across the world, but also for sharing professional and academic knowledge and expertise in Istanbul, in the European Capital of Culture 2010. During the recent globalisation period, Istanbul has become the focus for a number of urban transformation initiatives, which have brought an unprecedented level of challenges in planning, urban governance, cultural and social structure, historic preservation and other areas. Proposals will preferably address one or more of the following sub-themes: * Urban transformation in the planning history * Urban transformation strategies, policies, tools, urban management and governance, * Urban transformation and the urban space * Urban transformation and land use: housing and squatter settlements, commercial and industrial districts, transportation and infrastructure, * Urban transformation and the society * Urban transformation and the economy * Urban transformation and the environment conference website for a full list of papers available as full text.
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: International Planning History Society (IPHS)
date: 12-15 July 2010
format: Various
type: Autre

21st international congress of historical sciences
subject: , histoire urbaine, culture urbaine, mondialisation, sciences politiques, forme urbaine, échange, renouvellement urbain, infrastructures, rue
description: Organisers' description : The International Congress of Historical Sciences takes place every five years. This Congress provides an ideal venue for extensive reports, papers, debates, exchanges, and meetings reflecting historical research in action. It is the meeting place for the global community of historians. List of relevant papers : Prof. Francesca Bocchi - Innovation and Improvement in Infrastructures and Services as a Cultural Product of Italian Medieval Cities Prof. Dr. Jin-Sung Chun - Prussian Classicism as postcolonial lieux de mémoire: A transnational perspective on the Korean metropolis Seoul Dr. Maria Pia Donato & Prof. Marina Formica - Métamorphoses d’une ville-témoin : la (re)création de Rome à l’époque moderne Dr. Adrián Gorelik - The idea of "Latin American City" Prof. Dr. Catherine Horel - Le multiculturalisme dans les villes de l'empire des Habsbourg autour de 1900 Dr. Luda Klusakova - History and Cultural Heritage - Transfers Between Urban and Rural Culture (European experience) Dr. Marjaana Niemi - Urban cultural diversity and the quest for national unity: Helsinki and Dublin in the 1920s and 1930s Prof. Dr. Lars Nilsson - From an industrial to a post-industrial urban culture Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Opll - Urban Culture – Cultural City: A case-study with regard to Vienna Mr. Olusoji Oyeranmi - Globalization, Migration and City Development in Nigeria, Ibadan Example Dr. Katia Pizzi - The City as Cultural Laboratory: Trieste 1918-1954 Prof. Yvan Combeau - Paris in French political historiography Laurenţiu Rădvan - Town streets in the Romanian principalities Marco Mostert - Medieval urban literacy Carlos López Galviz - Metropolitan communications and the experience of urban form : London, Paris and the city railway
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: International committee of historical sciences (ICHS)
date: 22-28 August 2010
format: Various
type: Autre

Breslauer symposium 2006 : The right to the city and the politics of space
subject: , droit à la ville, sciences politiques, aménagement de l'espace, analyse spatiale, forme urbaine, néolibéralisme, mouvement social, espace public, géographie urbaine, politique de la ville
description: Abstract from the publisher : The Breslauer Symposium was established in 2001 through the generosity of a campus donor and is named in honor of George Breslauer, current Dean of Social Sciences at UC Berkeley. Held annually, its goal is to support graduate student research and writing on international issues related to the pursuit of solutions to real-world problems. Contents of the 2006 Breslauer graduate student symposium - The right to the city and the politics of space : Amouroux, Christa S.: Conflict In Copenhagen: Urban Reconfigurations, Disciplining the Unruly Anand, Nikhil: Disconnecting Experience: Making World-Class Roads in Mumbai Berney, Rachel: Constructing Sustainability: Emerging Spaces in Bogotá's Search for a New Identity Carriere, Michael H.: Building a New House of Hope: The Rise of the African-American Megachurch in Postindustrial Chicago Centner, Ryan: Neoliberalization and Conflicted Sustainability in Argentina: Overlain Landscapes of Buenos Aires Urban Environmental Plan Chu, Cecilia: The Myth and Reality of Housing in Hong Kong: The Controversy over the Demolition of the Hunghom Estate Desai, Renu: Uneasy Negotiations: Urban Redevelopment, Neoliberalism and Hindu Nationalist Politics in Ahmedabad, India Devlin, Ryan: Illegibility, Uncertainty and the Management of Street Vending in New York City Fredericks, Rozy: Participatory Cities? The Cultural Politics of Community-Based Waste Management in Dakar, Senegal Karacas, Cary: Buckets, Bombs, and Bodies: Rights to the Japanese City & the Tokyo Air Raids Kohl, Erica: The Power of Giving: Investigating the Shape of Private Philanthropy, a California Case Study Lebuhn, Henrik: Entrepreneurial Urban Politics and Urban Social Movements in Los Angeles: The Struggle for Urban Farmland in South Central Matsipa, Mpho: "Today It Feels Good to be an African": Nationalist Chronotopes, Freedom Park and the "Struggle" for National Identity in South Africa Miranda, Lucrezia: "It’s Illegal to be Ugly and Do Any…
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: University of California at Berkeley Source eScholarship University of California
date: 2006
format: Various
type: Autre

ECAS 2009 3rd European conference on African studies
subject: Afrique, Africa, aménagement de l'espace, fragmentation sociale, droit à la ville, migration urbaine, urbanisation, espace public, espace urbain, histoire urbaine, développement urbain, économie, sécurité, ségrégation urbaine
description: The 3rd European conference on African studies included a number of panels and papers on the subject of cities and urban studies, some of which are freely available as full text (see list below - only full-text papers on topics related to urban studies have been listed). Organisers' description : List of papers (click on the panel name to access the full-text papers from that panel): Panel 140 : Navigating urban space Gabriella Korling - Negotiating rights to the city: the development of neighbourhoods in peri-urban Niamey, Niger Maciej Kurcz - How to Survive in an African City? A Migrant in the Face of Urbanization Processes in the South Sudanese Juba Ulrika Andersson - The Wrong Clothes: Reinterpreting Spaces in a Nigerian City Panel 56 : Fragmented and fluid urbanities Christine Hentschel - Navigating crime and the making of instant space, Durban South Africa Edgar Pieterse - Exploratory Notes on African Urbanisms Garth Myers - What if the Postmetropolis is Lusaka? Laura Wenz - The rise of the creative economy in Cape Town/South Africa and its implications for urban development Stephen Marr - No one can see if your belly is empty : The politics and performance of insurgent consumption in Gaborone, Botswana William Freund - Kinshasa - The Congolese elite and the fragmented city Panel 51 : Spatial transformations in African towns Karin Pallaver - A second Zanzibar . Some notes on the history of precolonial and early colonial Tabora, Tanzania (1840-1912). Kristina Helgesson Kjellin - Relating to the Durban Urban Space. Experiences of Spatial Transformations Among South African Pentecostals
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS)
date: 4-7 June 2009
format: Various
type: Autre

Diversity in cities : Visible and invisible walls - EURODIV 3rd conference
subject: communauté, community, mixité sociale, immigration, migration urbaine, identité, fragmentation sociale, ségrégation urbaine, espace urbain, gated communities, culture urbaine, ethnicité, ethnicity, Europe
description: Abstract from the publisher : The special issue on Cultural Diversity collects a selection of papers presented at the multidisciplinary and multinational Marie Curie project on “Cultural diversity in Europe: A series of Conferences” (EURODIV). This batch of papers has been presented at the Third Conference “Diversity in cities: Visible and invisible walls”. Contents : Viera Bacava, Peter Babincak - Individuals in Communities and Communities in Cities – the ISA (Identity Structure Analysis) Perspective Paschalis Arvanitidis, Dimitris Skouras - Intra-Urban Patterns of Immigrant Location and the Housing Market: A Preliminary Investigation Alessandra Micoli - Participating and Belonging. The Construction and Negotiation of Group Identities in a Neighbourhood of Milan Keti Lelo - Suburbs and Fragmentation Patterns: The Case of Rome Matjaz Ursic - Culture as Exclusion? Migrants and Exclusive Spatial Demarcation in the City Giulio Verdini - Forms of Appropriation and Integration of Cultural Capital in the Metropolitan Area of Montevideo. Space and Global Market from Latin America to Europe Diana Petkova - Culture Shock and Adaptation in a Multiethnic City Nick Dines - The Experience of Diversity in an Era of Urban Regeneration: The Case of Queens Market, East London Andreas Damelang, Max Steinhardt, Silvia Stiller - Europe’s Diverse Labour Force: The Case of German Cities Sirkku Varjonen - Constructing Socio-Cultural Belonging in Narrative and Questionnaire Data Tüzin Baycan-Levent, Aliye Ahu Gülümser - Gated Communities in Istanbul: The New Walls of the City Rossella Lo Conte - Comparison of Open/Heterogeneous – Closed/Homogeneous Local Systems in Dealing with Diversity: London Alessia Mefalopulos - Moving Through Community Networks. Social Capital and Integration Strategies in the Moroccan Community in Italy Riitta Oittinen - In Hoc Signo Vinces. Eurosigns in the City Scenery of Brussels Maria Alessia Montuori - The Visible and the Invisible: Crossing Ethnic and Spatial …
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: SUS.DIV/EURODIV
date: 11 - 12 September 2007
format: Various
type: Autre

Risks, hazards and urban renewal, 1666 to 2000 : Urban History Group annual conference 2006
subject: , aménagement urbain, renouvellement urbain, rénovation urbaine, histoire urbaine
description: From the conference report : The Annual conference of the Urban History Group took place at the University of Reading this year from the 30th to the 31st March. Entitled ‘Risks, Hazards and Urban Renewal, 1666 to 2000’, the conference attracted a diverse range of subjects and covered four centuries. The conference attracted almost fifty delegates from around the globe. Papers available as full text : Utku Balaban - The great anachronism : Urban renewal by 'peasants' José María Cardesín and Iñaki Mendizábal - Urban regeneration and architectural historical research in the Spanish city of Ferrol Molly O'Brien Castro - On the privatization of inner cities : The British Conservative government's urban policy, 1979 - mid-1990s Mark Clapson - Urban dispersal and its social consequences : Town planning, sociology and the English working classes, 1945 - 80 Angela Davis - Destruction or reconstruction? Women's experiences of community and urban living in Oxford c. 1945 - 70 Isabelle Mity - Cronos devouring its children : Urban renewal and the discourse on degeneration in Germany at the time of urbanization
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: Urban History Group
date: 30 - 31 March 2006
format: Various
type: Autre

Systemic impact and sustainability of gated enclaves in the city : Cybergeo dossier
subject: , gated communities, développement durable, foncier, enclavement, sauvegarde, ségrégation résidentielle, fragmentation sociale, périphéries, privatisation, espace urbain
description: Contents : Karina Landman - The storm that rocks the boat: the systemic impact of gated communities on urban sustainability Jörg Plöger - The emergence of a “City of Cages” in Lima : neighbourhood appropriation in the context of rising insecurities Renaud Le Goix - The impact of gated Communities on property values: evidence of changes in real estate markets -Los Angeles, 1980-2000 Eric Charmes - Suburban fragmentation versus mobilities : is suburbanism opposed to urbanism ? Setha Low - Towards a Theory of Urban Fragmentation: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Fear, Privatization, and the State
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: Revues.org
date: 2006 & 2007
type: Revue

The open urban studies journal (Vol. 2, 2009)
subject: , gouvernance, politique de la ville, politique urbaine, participation, société urbaine, métropole, géographie urbaine
description: Abstract from the publisher : The Open Urban Studies Journal is an Open Access online journal which publishes original research articles, reviews and short articles in the field of urban and regional studies. Topics covered include the: theory, methods, planning, development, analysis, design, policies and programs applied to urban studies. The Open Urban Studies Journal, a peer reviewed journal, aims to provide the most complete and reliable source of information on current developments and research in the field. The emphasis will be on publishing quality articles rapidly and freely available worldwide. Contents : Comparative Research on Urban Political Conflict: Policy Amidst Polarization - Scott A. Bollens The Partnering Society: Governmentality, Partnerships and Active Local Citizenship - Magnus Dahlstedt Drivers of Agglomeration: Geography vs History - Francisco J. Goerlich and Matilde Mas Peru’s Participatory Budgeting: Configurations of Power, Opportunities for Change - M.A. Hordijk Human Capital in Large Metropolitan Areas in the United States - William Sander
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: Bentham Open
date: 2009
format: 61
type: Revue

The making of global cities : A symposium and research agenda
subject: ville mondiale, world city, global cities, mégapole, urbanisation, mondialisation, néolibéralisme
description: Abstract from the publisher : Increasingly, mega cities located in Asia, Africa, and Latin America have become the focus of policy makers and scholarly research. These regions are the locations of the bulk of the world’s largest cities; now house the majority of urban residents worldwide; are experiencing historically unprecedented scales and rates of urbanization; and often do not fit within conventional models of the modern capitalist city. Rapid urbanization is a consequence of rural deprivation, industrialization, shifting cultural norms, increased ease of mobility and communication, shifting development discourses, and globalized flows of commodities, investment capital and labor. The largest such cities are often referred to as ‘mega’ cities—a term that has come to also connote mega challenges, of the sort which cities in the global North have overcome (congestion, shanty towns, pollution, poverty and the informal economy), or so it is often presented. While ‘mega’ has taken on negative connotations, it has become desirable to become a ‘world’ or ‘global’ city, joining the ranks of such places as Tokyo, New York or London. Such dreams and ambitions have long existed, lying behind continual attempts by states to clean up and modernize their cities, but have taken new forms during the past two decades of neoliberal globalization. Opinion makers and supra-national institutions in the global North have been promoting a neoliberal model of global urbanism, specifying a set of governance, planning and policy prescriptions that are supposed to guarantee that all cities will modernize and all urban residents can eventually prosper, including those in the South. For example, the recently, the World Bank has taken up the challenge of modernizing mega cities in the global South. It has rescaled its development strategies (e.g., structural adjustment, poverty reduction, good governance, fiscal prudence, stakeholder participation) downward from the national to the metropol…
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: Institute for Global Studies, University of Minnesota
date: 15 - 17 May 2008
type: Autre

The African city centre re(sourced) : African Perspectives 2009 congress
subject: Africa, Afrique, centre-ville, espace urbain, forme urbaine
description: Abstract from the publisher : , is it a historical core, a business district or no physical location at all? Food for a lengthy palaver. Out of the central theme, three sub-themes were distilled to enable in-depth debate: (1) the African City Centre in contemporary global context, (2) the (historic) identity of the African City Centre and (3) the future life of the African City Centre. It is on these three sub-themes that entries were called-in. Entries... range from art work, film, architectural projects to scientifically reviewed academic papers. These are included in the following presentation. Papers : Master keynote address : Imagining Urban Futures - Heinrich Wolff Economic heterogeneity and the return of the central city - Abdumaliq Simone Refereed papers : The woes of a 'straight jacketed' central business district: The case study of Odum, Kumasi - S.O. Afram and G.F.A. Olympio Meanings and perceptions of the built environment peri-urban areas of Maputo, Mozambique - Jorgen E Andersen The indigenous urban tissue of Addis-Ababa - A city model for the future growth of African metropolis - Jörg Baumeister and Nikolaus Knebel Agency in an African city. The various trajectories through time and space of the public market of Kinshasha - Luce Beeckmans Recentering the city: An anthropology of secondary cities in Africa - Filip De Boeck, Ann Cassiman and Steven van Wolputte The urban market: Social and spatial configurations in the African city - Garret Gantner Working on cities: an Experience from Kumasi, Ghana. A design studio for architects and urban managment students - Ellen Geurts 'Cities without slums'? Global architects of power and the African city - Branwen Gruffydd Jones coffeemanifesto: sampling instant and slow spaces in the African city - Hannah le Roux Planned and unplanned towns in former Portuguese colonies in sub-saharan Africa: an analysis of Silveira's Iconografia - M.C. Matos, T.B. Ramos and L.P. Costa Narrating urban acupuncture - Bärbel Müller…
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: University of Pretoria
date: 25 - 28 September 2009
type: Autre

3rd international workshop on post-communist urban geographies : Actors shaping urban change
subject: post-socialist, post-communist, postsocialiste, postcommuniste, Europe de l'Est, Eastern Europe, mutation sociale, mutation urbaine, capitalisme
description: Organisers' description : The 3rd International Workshop on Post-communist Urban Geographies. Actors Shaping Urban Change carries on the tradition established by two earlier workshops held in Lund (2005) and Stockholm-Tallinn (2007) with the aim (1) to draw together scholars interested in post-communist cities in order to discuss leading edge urban research in the region, and (2) to experience post-socialist urban change first hand through conference excursions. Papers : Gábor Hegedűs - The social geographical study of gated communities in most populous Hungarian cities outside Budapest agglomeration Albrecht Kauffmann - Migration movements within the Russian Federation and changes in the distribution of its urban population Michael Gentile, Sara Ferlander and Ilkka Henrik Mäkinen - Experiences from carrying out a large survey in a small city : The Stakhanov health interview survey 2009 Anneli Kährik and Kadri Leetmaa - Residential preferences towards suburban living in post-socialist metropolies Oleg Golubchikov and Nicholas Phelps - Post-socialist post-suburbia? Growth machine and the emergence of 'edge city' in the metropolitan context of Moscow Kadri Leetma, Kristi Anniste and Isolde Brade - Hidden new residential areas in the Tallinn metropolitan area : Soviet summer home settlements in residential suburbanisation Liviu Chelcea - Gentrification as primitive accumulation : Property rights, the market and the State in a postsocialist city during the 1990s Natalia Onyshchenko and Anastasia Ryabchuk - Marginalization of working class in post-soviet urban space : The case of Bilshovyk plant and shopping cenre Tuari Tuvikene - From socialist city to capitalist city? The persistence of socialist places : The case of garage areas Dominik Weiss - Keeping the bubble alive? The effects of urban renewal and demolition subsidies in the East German housing market Panait Laura Ioana - Art and public space in Romania after 1989 : Screaming loud for re-conquering the city? Anna…
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: University of Tartu
date: 17 - 19 September 2009
type: Autre

Urban governance : Innovation, insecurity and the power of religion
subject: , gouvernance, sécurité, religion, politique urbaine, société urbaine
description: Organisers' description : The Tenth Berlin Roundtables on Transnationality were held in Berlin from 18 - 23 March 2009 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB). The Roundtables addressed the chances and challenges that the “new urban age” entails. With particular focus on different forms of innovative urban potential, on security governance, and on the power and influence of religion, discussions centered around current developments and governance strategies found in large urban agglomerations unprecedented in size and growing at an accelerated pace. Governance and innovation workshop : Matthias Becker - “Emerging Stakeholders in China’s Urban Governance: The Case of Guangzhou Development District in the Pearl River Delta” Rani H. S. Daoud - “Promoting Urban Governance within a Context of Crisis: Innovative Approaches in Response to Urban Challenges and Promotion of Local Governance in the Palestinian Territory” Daniel Hailu - “Religion and Urbanization in Ethiopia” Rolien Hoyng - “Beyond Wires and Roots: Embedding the Information Society and Displacing Culture in Turkey” Deljana Iossifova - “Managing the City of Difference: (B)ordering Space in Shanghai” Sanjay Kumar - “Urban Governance: Innovation, Insecurity and the Power of Religion” Joanna Phua - “Visual and Sensorial Innovations in Urban Governance: The Singapore Landscape Spectacle” Rolf Rauschenbach - “Urbanity as the Space for Postconventionality – How Religions May Innovate Cities and Themselves” Friederike Schröder - “New Analytical Approaches to Urban Governance in China: The Identification of Governance Modes in the Process of Changing Urban Strategies in Guangzhou” Iryna Sofinska - “’New look’ in Urban Governance of Ukraine: a Clear Perspective for XXI Century” Olga Sooudi - “Connoisseurs of Urban Life: Aesthetic Practices and Creative Production among Japanese Migrant-Artists in New York City” Katharina Sucker - “Metropolitan Cultures and Cultural Myth…
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: Irmgard Coninx Stiftung
date: 18 - 23 March 2009
type: Autre

Collective identities, governance and empowerment in megacities
subject: , aménagement urbain, gouvernance, mégapole, politique urbaine, identité, conflit urbain, architecture, société urbaine, sociologie urbaine
description: Organisers' description : The Eighth Berlin Roundtables on Transnationality on “Collective Identities, Governance and Empowerment in Megacities” took place from 11 – 16 June 2008. An international essay competition was organized in summer/autumn 2007 to address and to analyze issues relating to different forms of urban fragmentation and processes of identity (re-) configuration. Competition participants were also invited to explore best practices by state, municipal and civil society actors to cope with corresponding conflicts and difficulties and to reflect on new civilizing arrangements resulting from civic engagement in the urban context. In response to the call for papers, the Foundation selected 45 young(er) scholars to participate in three workshops and panel discussions held at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and the Humboldt-University Berlin. Social structures in megacities workshop : Mariana Cavalcanti - “From Shack to House to Fortress: The Favela Dwelling as a Total Social Fact" Zvikomborero Theodore Chadambuka - “Urban Dwellers and Politics: The Case of Operation Murumbatsvina, Harare, Zimbabwe” Neslihan Demirtaş - “The Impacts of Neoliberal Policies and Identity Politics on Low Income-Settlements in Turkey: The Case of Boğaziçi Gecekondu Neighbourhood of Ankara” Alberto Martin Di Peco - “Crossing Greater Buenos Aires with Rallyconurbano” Yannan Ding - “Handling Emergency in Megacities: A Case of South China under Snow Storm in 2008” Ajay Gandhi - “Vernacular Citizenship and Everyday Governance Amongst India’s Urban Poor” Esther Hérnandez-Medina - “A Tale of Two Cities: Mexico City, São Paulo and the Chances for Citizen Participation in Latin America’s Megacities” Clarissa Huguet - “Uncontrolled Urban Growth and COAV – Is There a Relationship between Rapid Urban Growth and the Involvement of Children and Youth in Armed Violence?” Astrid Ley - “Moving Targets as a Coping Strategy: Re-thinking Emergent Patterns and Relations of Organized U…
creator: Multiple authors
publisher: Irmgard Coninc Stiftung
date: 11 - 16 June 2008
type: Autre