Abstract from the publisher: Based on extensive, original fieldwork, as well as new survey data, The Right to the City contributes to the study of democratization by focusing on the dilemmas and opportunities of popular contention in the city of…
Abstract from the publisher : The Roman province of Africa was one of richest in the Empire and as a result has some of the most spectacular remains. "The Cities of Roman Africa" examines the development of urban space and cultural life…
Abstract from the publisher : As African societies come to live more and more in cities, they do so in ways that challenge prevailing theories and models of urban development in geography, sociology, anthropology, and planning. In this…
Acteur central des chantiers et des polémiques du XIXe siècle associés aux rénovations et reconstruction des monuments historiques majeurs de la France, Viollet-le-Duc traverse le siècle de sa présence géniale et controversée.
From the preface : Most books about twentieth-century Greenwich Village history focus on the artists, writers, and cultural radicals whose activities brought the Village international fame as America's bohemia. Other residents of the Village, if…
Où en est la réflexion sur la ville et la mobilité après tant d’années de recherche intensive sur ce sujet, menée d’abord séparément dans le domaine de l’urbanisme et dans celui des transports, puis de plus en plus en symbiose ? Et quel secours…
Quels sont les facteurs de la croissance urbaine ? Pourquoi certaines villes se développent-elles plus que d’autres ? Comment explique-t-on qu’une population cesse d’augmenter ? Autant de questions, propres aux sciences sociales modernes, qui dès…
Abstract from the publisher : An illustrated cartographic history of the City of Angels from the colonial era to the present. Los Angeles inhabits a place of the mind as much as it does a physical geographic space. A land of palm trees and movie…
Abstract from the publisher: Both “land-use regulation” and “territorial collective services” have traditionally been accomplished in cities through coercive efforts of public administrations. Recently, land-use regulation…
To a backdrop of dizzying urbanization, French utopian thinkers of the nineteenth century set out to explore the transformative possibilities of the modern metropolis. Linking literary analyses with diverse strands of cultural and intellectual…
Abstract from the publisher : With the stroke of a pen at the Potsdam Conference following the Allied victory in 1945, Breslau, the largest German city east of Berlin, became the Polish city of Wroclaw. Its more than six hundred thousand…
Architecte hors du commun, bâtisseur de villes, franc-tireur à la personnalité inclassable et pour certains paradoxale, Fernand Pouillon se revendiquait "maître d’oeuvre" attaché à la tradition, tout en révolutionnant les modes de production de…
Du budget participatif de Porto Alegre à la multiplication des conseils de développement, l’irruption ces dernières décennies de la participation dans la vie démocratique a fait bouger les lignes. Pourtant, à l’heure où l’on s’interroge sur le peu de…
Henri Lefebvre is undoubtedly one of the most influential thinkers in the field of urban space and its organization; his theories offer reflections still valid for analyzing social relations in urban areas affected by the crisis of the neoliberal…
L’étroite corrélation entre espace physique et ordre social a été repérée dès les premières heures de la sociologie et
de l’anthropologie comme une clé de lecture essentielle des sociétés humaines. De la sociologie durkheimienne
aux approches…
See also the other books in this series: Part 1: The Hague (not available online) Part 2: Barcelona Part 3: Birmingham Part 4: Brussels Part 5: Frankfurt Part 7: Comparative analysis
See also the other books in this series: Part 1: The Hague (not available online) Part 2: Barcelona Part 3: Birmingham Part 4: Brussels Part 5: Frankfurt Part 6: Lille