Abstract from the publisher :
This vividly detailed revisionist history exposes the underworld of the largest metropolis of the early modern Mediterranean and through it the entire fabric of a complex, multicultural society. Fariba Zarinebaf maps…
L'exemple de la ville nouvelle de Cergy-Pontoise permet de voir comment décideurs et citadins fabriquent de la localité. Les villes multiséculaires ne sont pas les seules à être susceptibles de donner des significations aux espaces et d'être…
This lecture places the attack on the World Trade Center in the context of New York's history as a place that is seemingly destined to be destroyed and rebuilt with stunning regularity. It explores three ways of…
Abstract from the publisher: This book adopts a holistic, integrated and pragmatic approach to exploring the myths, concepts, policies, key conditions and tools for enhancing creative knowledge cities, as well as expounding potentially negative…
Organisers' description :
An unflinching critique of the recently popularized notion of the ‘creative city’ is developed. The geographic reach and political salience of this near-ubiquitous development fix is explained not in terms of…
Si l'Ecole Française d'Athènes s'est de tout temps intéressée aux antiquités romaines de Grèce, depuis une vingtaine d'années à Argos, quinza ans à Philippes et plus récemment à Thasos, les centres urbains ont fait l'objet d'attentions particulières.…
This paper proposes the artwork as an exploratory tool and means of expression for revealing the nature of a place permitting the enrichment of the project development process in urban design. We represent two sites in Montreal. The first is the old…
En comparaison de la situation observée dans de nombreux autres pays (Royaume Uni, Etats Unis, Belgique...), le patrimoine universitaire français n'a longtemps suscité que peu d'intérêt de la part des scientifiques, qui sont pourtant en l'occurence…
Through the analysis of the regeneration process carried out in the centre of Barcelona, this paper aims to explore the social production of an urban atmosphere. From an anthropological point of view, what we call an atmosphere is to be understood in…
Il sera question d'analyser l'" ambiance " à travers son histoire, d'en faire ressortir les composantes et de les analyser séparément et par la suite d'en rassembler les résultats, espérant que l' " ambiance désirée " deviendra la somme de ces…
This thesis focuses on one of the most controversial and ambitious urban regeneration policies of recent years – the plan to create sustainable communities via Housing Market Renewal Pathfinders (HMRP). Announced as a ‘step change’ in urban policy to…
Abstract from the distributor:
The Transforming Auckland: Innovations for Sustainable Cities Thematic Research Initiative (TRI) hosted a very successful Research Symposium. Over two days international and local researchers examined some of the major…
Examining how economics, geography, and politics interacted in the expansion and economic changes within the United States, this dissertation investigated the symbiotic relationships and their qualities among the economic transformations of an…
Extract from the Introduction by Evelyn Schulz and Hiroshi Okano: The papers gathered here are the outcome of Creating Cities; Culture, Space and Sustainability: The 1st City, Culture and Society (CCS) Conference which took place in Munich, Germany,…
The major metropolitan areas and secondary cities have a more significant impact and make a larger contribution to the economy than do most of our provinces. Over 30% of the people of South Africa are found in these areas, but their contribution to…
The aim of the present study is to demonstrate that research focusing merely on economic and physical effects in a given area, and ignoring the social aspects and ambiance of new transport infrastructure, inevitably suffers a loss of quality. The…
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Ville portuaire d'origine coloniale du Bénin située au carrefour des flux d'échanges ouest-est et sud-nord du golfe de Guinée en Afrique occidentale, Cotonou connaît une…