This dissertation examines how public history and historic preservation have changed during the twentieth century by examining the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1683, Germantown is one of America’s most…
Extract from the Introduction, 'What the fight is about' :
The slum is as old as civilization... The battle with the slum began the day civilization recognized in it her enemy. It was a losing fight until conscience joined forces with fear and…
Une intervention de Lindsey Freeman mise en ligne au format audio sur La forge numérique de la MRSH de Caen
Présentation par le diffuseur :
During the Second World War, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was a secret government city created from…
What is an urban atmosphere? Through an atmospherological (aesthetical-phenomenological) approach, primarily inspired by the new aesthetics (Böhme) and the new phenomenology (Schmitz), the paper investigates what creates the overall impression…
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Despite the rapid creation of jobs in the greater Atlanta region, poverty in the city itself remains surprisingly high, and Atlanta's economic boom has yet to play a significant role in narrowing the gap between the…
Abstract from the publisher: This insightful book draws upon a wide range of disciplines – political economy, geography and international relations – to examine how Asia has returned to its central position in the world economy. As in…
Présentation par l'éditeur du n° 25 de la revue Anglophonia :
Les textes rassemblés dans ce numéro ont été présentés lors du colloque international "L’art de la ville" qui…
Abstract from the publisher :
A collaborative work among historians, literary specialists, and architects, this collection is directed at filling the gap in our knowledge about minority neighborhoods in the southern Mediterranean.
A series of…
This thesis explores the premise that during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras there existed a significant and influential division within the working class of England's industrial towns and cities. This division, based largely on economic…
Abstract from the publisher : The American Urban Reader brings together the most exciting work on the evolution of the American city, from colonial settlement and western expansion to post-industrial cities and the growth of the suburbs. Each of…
Current debates around networks and urban fragmentation focus on the ownership of the service to explain processes of socio-technical differentiation in cities (splintering). In this perspective, integrated public ownership and management…
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, 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…
For his talk “The 21st-century Medieval City,” Robert Neuwirth took an overflow audience to “the cities of tomorrow,” the developing-world shanty-towns where a billion people live now, and three billion (a third of humanity) are expected to be living…
The thesis seeks to demonstrate that during the period between 1986 and 2006, some of the principal cities of the Spanish metropolitan system, have undergone significant change in terms of their European competitiveness. It is suggested that in the…
Journal description from the publisher :
Progress in Planning is a multidisciplinary journal of research monographs offering a convenient and rapid outlet for extended papers in the field of spatial and environmental planning. Each issue comprises…
The population of Nouakchott numbers around 745,000 inhabitants, and accounts for approximately one quarter of Mauritania's total population. It is the capital city of one of the multi-ethnic countries of the Sahelo-Saharan region, and was created…