La prolifération des quartiers protégés préfigure-t-elle la fin des relations sociales et humaines que nous avons connues jusqu'à aujourd'hui ? Vers quelle société allons nous ? Leurs noms sonnent aux…
L’auteur a mené des enquêtes de terrain dans des quartiers populaires de villes-mondes, Paris et New York, dans le sillage de l’ethnographe américaine Sally Merry, afin de saisir les enjeux liés à la coproduction de la sécurité, lors de programmes de…
Old industrial areas have made broad use of new strategies as the means to overcome the difficulties created by the restructuring of their former economic foundation. The attempt to provide an appropriate environment for both fostering economic…
Ce film photographique de Julien Brygo est l’adaptation de l’enquête « Vivre riche dans une ville de pauvres », publiée dans Le Monde diplomatique de juillet 2010.
Toutes les images reproduites avec cet articles proviennent du film et…
From the introduction by Lawrence Phillips : Is the 'global' city an age-old historical phenomenon associated with economic, cultural, and imperial power (Rome, Athens, Beijing, Istanbul), or a consequence of the industrial revolution? Is it a…
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From the abstract for Saskia Sassen's introductory article :
Each phase in the long history of the world economy raises specific questions about the particular…
This paper deals with the contrast between the beduin tribal origins of the rulers of this wealthy and dynamic Emirate and the globalized economy and society which makes for the majority of its dwellers. It raises the question of the sustainability…
Abstract from the publisher : How do political ideologies and urban landscapes intersect in the context of globalization? This volume illuminates the production of ideologies as both discursive and spatial phenomena in distinct contributions that…
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Global Urban Analysis provides a unique insight into the contemporary world economy through a focus on cities. It is based upon a large-scale customised data collection on how leading businesses use cities across the…
Abstract from the publisher : For the first time in history, the majority of the world's population lives in urban areas. Much of this urbanization has been fueled by the rapidly growing cities of the developing world, exemplified most dramatically…
Cet article analyse les relations entre la mondialisation et le changement d’échelle urbaine. Il considère que les dynamiques à l’œuvre dans le processus de mondialisation (politiques néo-libérales, compétition territoriale, suburbanisation)…
Ce travail discute de l’argument selon lequel le modèle de développement urbain américain serait le reflet d’une pénétration du niveau local par de nouvelles forces libérées par la globalisation économique. Bien que le modèle américain contienne de…
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In Globalization and the Sustainability of Cities in the Asia-Pacific Region, scholars from around the region analyse the impacts of globalisation on cities in the Asia-Pacific. This collection of essays forms a…
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…
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This Conference Book compiles the summary-papers that win be presented at the First Conference of the ALFA-IBIS Network. Part One is an introductory chapter containing a short history of the ALFA-IBIS project, the…
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From the late 1980s the production of urban space in Asia has been proceeding under historically new dynamics that are rapidly transforming city life. One dimension of these dynamics is the emergence of a middle class…