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Leningrad : Shaping a Soviet city
Extract from the foreword by Stanley Scott and Victor Jones :
The Lane series of books — of which this Leningrad volume is the eighth and most recent — is sponsored by the Institute of Governmental Studies and the Institute of…
The evolving spatial form of cities in a globalizing world economy : Johannesburg and São Paulo
Abstract from the publisher :
Using the concept of 'global cities' as a key context to the discussion, Murray draws our attention to the large metropolises that dominate as economic power bases – cities such as New York and Tokyo – and…
Cities transformed : Demographic change and its implications in the developing world
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Virtually all of the growth in the world's population for the foreseeable future will take place in the cities and towns of the developing world. Over the next twenty years, most developing countries will for the first…
La transition urbaine en Afrique subsaharienne
Extrait de l'avant-propos :
L’Afrique s’urbanise vite. Dans cet essai synthétique, Christine Kessides analyse les principaux aspects des défis particuliers que doit affronter l’Afrique subsaharienne face à sa…
Urban politics
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City politics is an ancient, enduring and vibrant enterprise that can be traced back over two millennia. Its key concerns include the nature of power, institutions, governance, community, scale and economic processes,…
The new encyclopedia of Southern culture : Volume 15 : Urbanization
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This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture offers a current and authoritative reference to urbanization in the American South from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, surveying important southern…
Villes : changer de trajectoire
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Regards sur la Terre consacre son dossier 2010 aux villes, espaces et acteurs en première ligne du développement durable. Au-delà du constat des enjeux et des obstacles à…