The TGM (Tunis-Goulette-Marsa) is a railway line which connects Tunis withMarsa while passing by Goulette. The first electrified suburban line of theAfrican continent, bears officially the name of TGM since 1905, date of theinauguration of the first…
Cet article traite de la relation entre villes et campagnes et zones rurales et urbaines, en se basant sur l'étude du marché et des foires populaires de la ville fluviale d’Afuá, Pará. Il part du postulat que les divers réseaux d'approvisionnement de…
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A remarkable meditation on the topography of the modern city, A Shout in the Street offers a close and sensitive examination of four urban landscapes -- London, Paris, Leningrad, and New York. Peter Jukes pursues the…
We use a simple economy with two interconnected geographical zones. Individuals can live and work in one of the two zones or can commute between them. This model is used to explore the dynamics of housing and work decisions after a permanent shock in…
In the 1990s, the Chinese housing reform reached a pivotal moment. The dismantling of the old public housing system and the high price of the commercial housing left the housing needs of a large number of the population unresolved. In 1998, a new…
This paper describes the development of a model architecture based on systems dynamics and econometrics. The purpose of the system of models is to simulate the medium and longterm effects of urban transport policies with reference to sustainable…
Globalization and transport revolution, logistics integration, and the consequent expansion of port area and hinterland in the maritime industry have redefined the functional role of ports in supply chains and have generated a new pattern of freight…
An urban growth model is conceptualized as a metropolitan change model consisting of multiple scales: global, regional and local. The baseline model operates in a free trade environment, in a space initially without consideration of the regulatory…
The objective of this contribution is to establish a method linking the performance of the regional rail transport network and two principles of territorial organisation around a central pole (monocentric option) or in a city network (polycentric…
Il s'agit de la façon dont les corps, les vues et les sons franchissent la frontière de l'habitation dans les villes de l'Orient arabe; de la manière que la vie quotidienne a d'y définir des territoires, de contrôler leurs limites, de négocier des…
The present paper aims to present a numerical method to assess consequences of the shrinking process on the perception of urban landscape in Detroit downtown.
Présentation par l'éditeur : Ce volume réunit les actes du colloque « Ab urbe condita… Fonder et refonder la ville : récits et représentations » (Pau, mai 2009), organisé en partenariat…
Le mouvement de la mondialisation n’épargne aucun pays. En Côte d’Ivoire, il s’exprime sous plusieurs formes dans les villes, villages et hameaux. Ce processus entraîne des mutations spatiales, sociales, économiques et culturelles. Cette contribution…