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Tôkyô, portraits et fictions
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Au Japon où le sens du cheminement, de l'itinéraire, le michiyuki imprègne tant la culture de l'espace, choisir de vivre à Tokyo, en relater sa découverte est une histoire…
Everyday life in the segmented city
Abstract from the publisher: This volume of "Research in Urban Sociology" is composed of a selection of the papers presented at the conference "Everyday Life in the Segmented City" held in July 2010, Florence. The conference…
Children, youth and the city
Abstract from the publisher: More than half of the global and around eighty per cent of the western population grow up in cities. This text provides a vivid picture of children and youth in the city, how they make sense of it and how they…
Urban theory beyond the West: A world of cities
Abstract from the publisher: Since the late eighteenth century, academic engagement with political, economic, social, cultural and spatial changes in our cities has been dominated by theoretical frameworks crafted with reference to just a small…
Cities in translation: Intersections of language and memory
Abstract from the publisher: All cities are multilingual, but there are some where language relations have a special importance. These are cities where more than one historically rooted language community lays claim to the territory of the city.…
The lure of the city: From slums to suburbs
Abstract from the publisher: Cities, by their very nature, are a mass of contradictions. They can be at once visually stunning, culturally rich, exploitative and unforgiving. In The Lure of the City Austin Williams and Alastair Donald explore the…
London, 1100-1600: The archaeology of a capital city
Abstract from the publisher: Since the early 1970s the increasingly effective conduct of archaeological work in the City of London and surrounding parts of the conurbation have revolutionised our view of the development and European importance of…
Les 101 mots de l'urbanisme à l'usage de tous
Présentation par l'éditeur : Les 101 mots de l'urbanisme commencent par le mot agriculture. une certaine culture du territoire. Ils se terminent par ZAC pour nous encourager à suivre d'autres voies. Les mots ne sont pas…
City and soul in divided societies
Abstract from the publisher: In this unique book Scott A. Bollens combines personal narrative with academic analysis in telling the story of inflammatory nationalistic and ethnic conflict in nine cities – Jerusalem, Beirut, Belfast,…
Vienna 1900: Art, life and culture
Abstract from the publisher: At the turn of the 20th century, Vienna was one of the most exciting cities on earth - the central gathering spot of the European avant-garde in art, architecture, literature, music, journalism, philosophy, psychiatry,…
Havana beyond the ruins : Cultural mappings after 1989
Abstract from the publisher : In Havana beyond the Ruins, prominent architects, scholars, and writers based in and outside of Cuba analyze how Havana has been portrayed in literature, music, and the visual arts since Soviet subsidies of Cuba…
Globalization, modernity and the city
Abstract from the publisher : We live in a world of big cities. Urbanization, globalization and modernization have received considerable attention but rarely are the connections and relations between them the subjects of similar attention. Cities…
Les murs invisibles : femmes, genre et géographie sociale
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Comment les femmes se représentent-elles et vivent-elles la ville ? En fonction de quels critères, motivations, attraits, nécessités, précautions et même…
Urban maps : Instruments of narrative and interpretation in the city
Abstract from the publisher : This book concerns the city and the 'devices' that define the urban environment by their presence, representation or interpretation. The texts offer an interdisciplinary discourse and critique of the complex systems,…
La ville. Les entretiens d'Auxerre
Présentation par l'éditeur : Plus d’un humain sur deux vit en ville aujourd’hui, et souvent, ceux qui vivent à la campagne adoptent des comportements qui sont ceux des urbains. Il ne suffit pas de dire que le…
L'urbanité des marges : migrants, refugiés et relégués dans les villes du Proche-Orient
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L'ouvrage étudie la situation des populations de migrants, refugiés et relégués dans des villes du Proche-Orient, dans ces "espaces écarts" - en…
Living in the endless city
Abstract from the publisher :
- The companion to Phaidon’s popular The Endless City, with the same mix of smart writing, remarkable photographs and incisive data on the field of urban development and its related disciplines
- An authoritative…
From Sun Cities to The Villages : A history of active adult, age-restricted communities
Abstract from the publisher : Youngtown, Arizona, opened in 1954 and was the first development community to have a minimum age requirement (then 65) and to ban underage children as permanent residents. Developer Del Webb unveiled Sun City six years…
Unfolding the semiotic web in urban discourse
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The main focus of this volume is on urbanity as a discursive way of human life in the city. Discourse is specified here in terms of semiotic codes and processes that link city dwellers as communicating selves into…
Asian cities : Globalization, urbanization and nation-building
Abstract from the publisher : - Questions the centrality of globalization in explaining change in Asian cities and examines developing Asian cities in their own terms rather than as variants of Western urbanization. - Explores middle cities…