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This deliverable contains the cost-benefit analysis results (CBA) for the piloted services in order to feed the Business Model discussions. First, a brief description of the method and the main hypotheses are shown. Then, each single system is…

Le phénomène des logements vides est en Wallonie un problème urbain de plus en plus sérieux. La première partie est consacrée aux mutations territoriales et immobilières observées en Belgique lors des dernières décennies. En s'appuyant sur…

La réappropriation des friches urbaines, durant leur temps de veille, par des acteurs informels, constitue un paradoxe prégnant pour les institutions en charge de la planification et des politiques urbaines. D'un côté, ce réinvestissement…

Analysis of the fringe belt model in France, through its application to Rennes, Nantes and Tours.

Ian Chodikoff discusses how cities are being shaped by immigration, and the experiences of immigrants in Western cities. He focuses especially on the example of Toronto and selected European cities, and explores how urban form, architecture and…

This study is based on the fringe-belt model, tested on Nantes and Rennes (France). The model stresses the alternance of high and low density zones (fringe belts). Formerly at the edge of the built-up area, they are now embedded within it. Their…

This study examines Cleveland Protestants and the changing social order from 1898 to 1940. It argues the establishment of the Federated Churches of Cleveland was one of several Protestants' responses to the expanding pluralistic societal order. Its…

Most of the studies on refugees establish a clear difference between refugees in camps and urban refugees living in cities. The Palestinian case, due to its exceptional duration and the context of rapid urbanization of their host countries, invites…

This thesis deals with the theory and practice of city marketing. It describes the transition from city marketing to city branding by identifying the roots of city marketing in general marketing theory, by adapting the concept of corporate-level…

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Abstract from the publisher: The history of Jerusalem as traditionally depicted is the quintessential history of conflict and strife, of ethnic tension, and of incompatible national narratives and visions. It is also a history of dramatic changes…

This article focuses on the water distribution network in Paris, from the 1830s, when most Parisians got their water from public fountains, and private wells, to the 1930s, by which time almost all of the capital's inhabitants had been connected to…

Between the beginning of the 1990s and 2003, the housing policy has shifted from "housing for all" to a more comprehensive, rationalized and complex urban strategy. The RDP (Reconstruction and Development Programme) housing strategy favoured…

A city is more than a physical imprint. Through its architecture and human use of urban space, it is an extension of its residents, an expression of their culture.

This investigation is situated within the domain of urban historical geography,…

Bruno Notteboom, Du monument au paysage et retour  : la photographie dans le Bulletin du Touring Club de Belgique au xxe siècle L’article examine comment les publications belges liées au tourisme, notamment le Bulletin du Touring Club de Belgique,…

This paper reviews the role of producer services in the scientific debate on metropolisation processes and discusses the different types of agglomeration economies. Based on the critical appraisal of sectoral based approaches, it develops a more…

Perception is central to the theory of ambience. Far from being one of many fields of research, perception is present throughout work inspired by ambience-oriented thinking. What models of intelligibility of perception can be used to pinpoint and…

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…

Historical research has provided scholars with a strong foundation for understanding the sport-city nexus in American culture. These studies have focused primarily on two distinct eras. The first links the rise of modern sporting and leisure…

In Mauritania, new exchanges and connections entail important spatial and identity changes. As the prospective future physiognomy of the capital city Nouakchott shows, the modern insertion of Mauritania into the global economy has a critical impact…