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The shape of the new American city conference

Abstract from the distributor: Cities are the engines of metropolitan growth in the U.S. economy today. But key economic, demographics and environmental challenges threaten this role. Home to enormous economic disparities, struggling schools,…

Mots-clés: croissance urbaine, démographie, économie, environnement urbain, infrastructure, logement, mutation urbaine, planification, politique urbaine, société urbaine, tats-Unis, United States

The shrivelled USA: Representing time-space in the context of metropolisation and the development high speeds

On the one hand the present globalisation process has only been made possible through a reduction of time-distances allowed by high speeds, and particularly through the development of the air mode. On the other hand the metropolisation process seen…

The Slum/Shacks Question and the Making of 21st Century Political Citizenship in Postcolonial Nairobi, Kenya and Harare, Zimbabwe

Our era is often described as a moment of globalization and urbanization. The two words, often used interchangeably, describe movements and concentration of populations in 'new' places often Diasporas described as centers of 'development'. At both…

The social city : Middle-way approaches to housing and suburban governmentality in southern Stockholm, 1900 - 1945

This dissertation deals with the period bridging the era of extreme housing shortages in Stockholm on the eve of industrialisation and the much admired programmes of housing provision that followed after the second world war, when Stockholm district…

The social construction of real estate market risk. The case of a financial investments cluster in Mexico City

This article contributes to the study of the geographical concentration of financial investments in real estate markets. It demonstrates the social construction process at work in the evolution of real estate market risks. The objective is to…

The Social Cost of Road Congestion in Ile-de-France Region (and France): Empirical Evidences from the Paris Ring-Road

The aim of this article was to assess specific problems concerning traffic congestion access to the city of Paris. First, we attempted to evaluate the evolution of the congestion cost for the Paris Ring-Road (PRR), the major urban highway surrounding…

The social-material performance of cozy interiority

Based on ethnographic observations and interviews in cafés in Copenhagen, and online descriptions in which users review their experience of cafés, this paper focuses on how materiality and sociality inter-relate to constitute a relaxed, pleasant…

The sociology of a New York city block

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Alternative link to the book via the Making of America digital library at the University of Michigan.

Mots-clés: Jones Thomas Jesse, New York, pauvreté, quartier dégradé, race, slum, sociologie urbaine, tenement

The sociology of city life

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Contents : I. The beginnings of city life : 1. The origin of city life 2. The emergence of urbanism II. The location of the city : 1. The urban site 2. General geographic location III. The physical setting of city life : 1. The developmental history…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, Carpenter Niles, délinquance, forme urbaine, genèse des villes, gouvernance, habitants, health, pauvreté, santé, service public, société urbaine, sociologie urbaine, urbanité

The sociology of urban regions

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Extract from the Preface : An understanding of modern man's increasingly typical habitat - the city and the urban region - is a practical necessity for almost everyone... In this work, I have tried to present an organized review and interpretation of…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, Boskoff Alvin, communauté, community, culture urbaine, démographie, écologie urbaine, société urbaine, sociologie urbaine, territoire

The sonic niche - A new design tool to enhance and create atmospheres with sounds in the contemporary city

The sonic niche is a design tool I first conceived for the project Soundscapes Oltrarno, in its "digital" version, where we can see it realized through the application of "Spot Sounds" and the use of new digital technologies. I subsequently theorized…

The South African municipal demarcation process

The first democratic municipal elections, held on 5 December 2000 brought to an end the interim system of local government and put in its place a democratic system based on the South african Constitution.

The spatial economy in the urban informal settlement

In the rapidly urbanizing world, the informal settlement has been forming a significant part of the common urban scene in many cities in the developing countries. It holds a particular role in the city as it houses millions of urban poor who has no…

The spatial syntax of urban segregation

NB : This is the author's pre-print version of a special issue of Progress in Planning (Vol. 67, No. 3, April 2007). The published version of this text can be found on the ScienceDirect journal page.

Mots-clés: aménagement de l'espace, analyse spatiale, exclusion, forme urbaine, logement social, pauvreté, ségrégation résidentielle, ségrégation sociale, ségrégation urbaine, transport, Vaughan Laura

The spatially concentrated settlement of ethnic Germans (Aussiedler) - an opportunity for integration? Experience from a model project in Brandenburg / Le rassemblement géographique des Allemands ethniques (Aussiedler) : une chance d'intégration ? L'expérience d'un projet modèle au Brandebourg

Le rassemblement géographique des Allemands ethniques (Aussiedler) : une chance d'intégration ? L'expérience d'un projet modèle dans le Brandebourg.

Au début de l'immigration de masse d'Allemands ethniques (Aussiedler) en provenance de l'Union…

The Spectacle of Representation:

Martha Huang examines how the Westernized pictorial gaze was, at times painfully, assumed by China's cultural producers in the first half of the twentieth century. Hang Zhiying 杭穉英 (1900-1947) trained at the Commercial Press in Shanghai, but left in…

The spirit of cities: Why the identity of a city matters in a global age

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Abstract from the publisher: Cities shape the lives and outlooks of billions of people, yet they have been overshadowed in contemporary political thought by nation-states, identity groups, and concepts like justice and freedom. The Spirit of Cities…

Mots-clés: Beijing, Bell Daniel A., Berlin, de-Shalit Avner, esprit, Hong Kong, identité, Jérusalem, Montréal, New York, Oxford, Paris, Singapore, Singapour, spirit

The state of Asian cities 2010-11

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Abstract from the publisher : The report throws new light on current issues and challenges which national and local governments, the business sector and organised civil society are facing. On top of putting forward a number of recommendations, this…

Mots-clés: Asia, Asie, changement climatique, économie, environnement, gouvernance, inégalité, pauvreté, urbanisation

The state of the Hungarian residential market in the time of the global economic crisis

En Hongrie, le logement est confronté à d’importantes mutations depuis les années de transition politique et économique. Durant les décennies du socialisme, ce secteur se trouvait sous le contrôle de l’état et les forces du marché étaient marginales,…

The step function of middled-sized towns in migration processes in West Africa : the hipothesis reevaluated in the study of three urban centres in a plantation area in Togo

A partir de l'exemple de trois villes dans la région des plateaux au Togo : Atakpamé, Kpalimé, Badou, l'analyse des migrations permet d'évaluer la place des divers mouvements migratoires dans la croissance des villes, mais également de déterminer le…

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