Conflict and contact : the humane city, agonistic politics, and the phenomenological body
The paper puts forward a retheorisation of urban agonistic politics, using phenomenology to reground theories of agonism in a more explicitly spatial register. The A. theorises the city, in terms of its potential, in a utopian or humane fashion
. The city is conceived of both literally and figuratively as a system for the proliferation of multiple publics, or multiple spaces and modes of appearance.
Aménagement urbain ; Communauté ; Etats-Unis ; Géographie urbaine ; Mobilisation ; New York City ; New York State ; Quartier ; Redéploiement ; Réseau de sociabilité ; Ségrégation ; Ville mondiale
Community ; Mobilisation ; Neighbourhood ; New York City ; New York State ; Redevelopment ; Segregation ; Social network ; Town planning ; United States of America ; Urban geography ; World city
Cette ethnographie évalue l'impact de cette conception urbaine en examinant la citadelle de Battery Park City (New York) alors que les communautés se sont mobilisées contre le projet de tunnel autoroutier prévu au cours du redéploiement proche du
2010
[b1] Dept. of Sociology, Brooklyn College, City Univ., New York, Etats-Unis
The aim of the study is to rank and classify Hungarian cities and counties according to their infrastructural and environmental quality and level of environmental awareness. Ranking of the Hungarian cities and counties are represented on their Green
Cities Index and Green Counties Index values. An objective classification of the cities and counties examined is based on similarity in infrastructural and environmental conditions. The principle of the classification is maximizing the homogeneity
of cities and counties within the clusters and maximizing the heterogeneity among them. - (AM)
The city of Mannheim and the GBG-Mannheimer Wohnungsbaugesellschaft mbH, a local housing association, gave a commission to study the motives underlying relocation. One topic of special interest is city-to-hinterland migration and the conditions
under which such households would be prepared to return to the city. - (IfL)
Urban thermal fringes detection and environmental quality assessment : a case study of Tsukuba City
1987 and 2001 in Tsukuba city. They analyze the changing patterns for these 14 years (thermal properties of surface materials and lack of evapotranspiration). According to this study, urban heat island (UHI) effect was reducing between 1987 and 2001
Germany ; Globalization ; Hamburg ; Perception of the urban environment ; Planning project ; Port city ; Tourism ; Town ; Urbanism
The article deals with port-city, the structural change, the local culture (for example fish markets for tourists, port festivals), the globalization, the adaptation and the change of path. Large projects, like the “Docklands” in London, the “Port
Vell” in Barcelona or the “Hafen-city” in Hamburg produce new areas for organizations of information, knowledge and service. The port-cities have new places for “placemaking” and “imagebuilding”. - (IfL)
Security in public place : an empirical assessment of three US cities
Espace public ; Espace urbain ; Etats-Unis ; Localité ; Los Angeles ; New York City ; Politique urbaine ; Quartier ; San Francisco ; Sécurité
Locality ; Los Angeles ; Neighbourhood ; New York City ; Public space ; San Francisco ; Security ; United States of America ; Urban area ; Urban policy
L'A. donne des indications sur la fréquentation des Centres Civiques et des Districts Financiers à New York City, Los Angeles et San Francisco. Dans chaque quartier sont décrits les paysages sécuritaires grâce à une évaluation de l'intensité, de la
durée et de la localisation des zones de sécurité individuelle. Ce paysage couvre de 3,4% à 36% de l'espace accessible au public, l'intensité atteignant des niveaux supérieurs à New York City. La gestion par des acteurs multiples est un gage de plus
Architecture and crisis : re-inventing the icon, re-imag(in)ing London and re-branding the City
Architecture ; Business district ; Capitalism ; Economic situation ; England ; Inner city ; Institution ; London ; Perception of the urban environment ; United Kingdom ; Urban development
Examen du rôle joué par l'architecture iconique au cours des périodes de crise. Nouvelle approche pour comprendre les commissions iconiques de la City, considérées non comme des marqueurs du pouvoir économique international de Londres, mais comme
des symptômes de changements dans les institutions et élites qui promeuvent une nouvelle urbanité de la Cité. La résistance de la Corporation londonienne à l'invasion d'entreprises, de populations et de styles architecturaux étrangers dans la City en
The Rent Gap at the Metropolitan Scale : New York City's Land-Value Valleys, 1990-2006
Centre-ville ; Ecart de loyer ; Embourgeoisement ; Etats-Unis ; Foncier ; Loyer ; Marché immobilier ; New York City ; New York State ; Valeur foncière ; Ville
Gentrification ; Inner city ; Land ; Land value ; New York City ; New York State ; Real estate market ; Rent ; Rent gap ; Town ; United States of America
Dublin ; Environment ; Inner city ; Ireland ; Private space ; Public space ; Spatial analysis ; Street ; Town ; Tree ; Tree species ; Urban park
This article presents an inventory of trees in Dublin's city centre, defined as the area between the Grand and Royal canals. The results show that there are over 10,000 trees in the study area representing a density of 684 trees km-2 or one tree
to approximately every 50 residents of the city centre. The tree canopy extent when in full foliage was nearly 1 km2 in extent or 6% of the study area. A more detailed analysis of those trees planted along streets shows little species variation but clear
Place-based corporate hegemony : General Electric in Tell City, Indiana, 1943-1947
Examen des événements qui entourent la vente dans les années 1946 et 1947 d'une usine fédérale à Tell City, Indiana. L'agence fédérale a modifié sa décision de vendre l'usine à une petite compagnie innovante, Electra-Voice, et la cession s'est faite
Competitive global city regions and ‘sustainable development’: an interpretive institutionalist account in the South East of England
Economic geography ; England ; Institution ; London ; Neo liberalism ; Regional city ; South-East England ; Sustainable development ; United Kingdom ; Urban growth ; Urban region
A spatial and temporal autocorrelated growth model for city rank-size distribution
City size ; Model ; Rank-size distribution ; Spatial autocorrelation ; Texas ; United States of America ; Urban growth ; Urban hierarchy ; Urban system
This book focuses on the many and complex attempts to care for homeless people in the contemporary city. Drawing upon in-depth ethnographic research with organizations providing services for the homeless, and with the homeless themselves, the AA
Cultural economy became a new impetus in the development strategy of Pécs (S Hungary), because the city was nominated and attained the title of Cultural Capital of Europe in 2010. The main investments of this project are realised on the edge
of the historical city-centre, and - according to AA.' opinion - seem to be able to catalyse of the renewal and revitalisation of the city-structure. - (AM)