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Économie politique de la ville: les politiques territoriales en question Serge Wachter 0 Resenhas Harmattan, 1998 - 205 página

convergence is the name we give to an event that unites different people, ideas, and approaches in a common project. as a noun it simultaneously  describes the group of students who, together, form the content of this project; the variety of research and educational approaches, from honours  theses to political pamphlets or photo essays; and the movement between university work and community activism, not simply by uniting them but by attempting to strengthen one through the other, bringing them into contact. in its form as a verb, convergence is a taking-on of injustice: where students, approaches, and ideas encounter political and social problems, where research converges on the powerful territory of academia to insist on alternatives. in its simplest, however, convergence is intended as a modest companion piece to the community-university research exchange (CURE) and the Study in Action conference - a kind of archival capsule that,  by recording their work, affirms the efforts of undergraduate students. But at the same time we hope this small convergence of people and ideas ultimately takes on a life of its own, encouraging and creating space for intellectual work that is geared towards community and committed to  fighting for justice. Convergence is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Website by: Phah © 2012 ¶ THANKS, WORDPRESS. ¶ VERYPLAINTXT THEME BY SCOTT. ¶ IT'S NICE XHTML & CSS.

Faire société: la politique de la ville aux États-Unis et en France Jacques Donzelot 0 Resenhas Seuil, 2003 - 362 páginas Aux yeux des Français, les Etats-Unis sont souvent un parfait repoussoir en matière de politique sociale et urbaine. Notre " politique de la ville " volontariste, qui a multiplié d'en haut les lois obligeant à la mixité sociale, semble justement faite pour éviter les " dérives à l'américaine " de nos cités. Or un regard attentif et une enquête sérieuse démentent ces vues avantageuses. On découvre aux Etats-Unis une vraie politique de la ville est à l'œuvre. Elle est plus incitative que volontariste. Elle fait davantage confiance aux gens et, ce faisant, elle leur apprend à se faire mutuellement confiance et à acquérir confiance en eux-mêmes. Du coup, cette politique fait parfois voir les limites de la nôtre. Nous avons une propension à traiter des lieux plutôt qu'à aider les gens à se remettre en mouvement. Nous préférons restaurer la confiance envers les institutions plutôt qu'entre les personnes. Ce n'est pas que les villes américaines et la politique qui les anime soient le paradis, mais ce livre éclairant peut nous aider à sortir d'une certaine suffisance, à voir les limites de nos politiques et à découvrir comment " faire société ".

Ahead of the 2012 National Infrastructure Summit, the City of Regina & Regina Regional Opportunities Commission are seeking radical new approaches to sustainable urban planning. 2040 Prize The 2040 Prize gives you the chance to unleash your imagination and transform an existing neighbourhood into a community that offers the best of green technology and planning. One of the biggest obstacles to truly innovative transformation in existing neighbourhoods is the interconnectedness of water, waste, transport and power systems. (It's difficult to design the public transit system when the streets were built decades ago.) To overcome these limitations, the 2040 Prize permits and strongly encourages entrants to rethink all systems - no restrictions. Using the data below, transform the neighbourhood of Rosemont, Regina. We invite all innovators to partake in this challenge and make a mark on the future of Regina. The finals will be held 10th-12th September 2012 in Regina at the National Infrastructure Summit. The finalists will pitch their vision before a gathering of public sector decision makers and an independent jury of experts and industry people. The winner will be awarded a contract worth $50,000, the details of which will to be negotiated post-competition

Histoire civile et politique de la ville de Reims (Google e-Livro) Louis-Pierre Anquetil 0 Resenhas

FNAC Livraria Cultura Livraria Nobel Livraria Saraiva Submarino   Encontrar em uma biblioteca Encontrar livrarias locais Todos os vendedores » Minha biblioteca Meu histórico Livros no Google Play La politique de la ville: maîtriser les dispositifs et les enjeux Emmanuel Heyraud 1 Resenha Berger-Levrault, 21/10/2010 - 450 páginas Les élus et professionnels sont aujourd'hui en butte, avec la crise, à de nouvelles demandes sociales, sur fond de montée des précarités, d'augmentation du chômage (en particulier des jeunes) et d'insécurité persistante dans les quartiers dits sensibles. Programmes ANRU, réussite éducative, internats d'excellence... : les dispositifs ne manquent pas. Souvent perçue comme complexe, la politique de la ville n'en reste pas moins au coeur des enjeux de mixité sociale et d'un vivre ensemble à réinventer. Elle recèle des ressources d'innovations et d'expérimentations que peu de politiques publiques ont su et pu mobiliser jusqu'ici. Elle comporte aussi des leviers d'action que cet ouvrage a vocation à mettre en avant, au service de projets de territoires ambitieux, solidaires et durables. Un guide didactique et complet, pour aider à mieux comprendre et maîtriser les ressorts de la politique de la ville d'aujourd'hui et de demain. Rendez-vous sur www.pratiques-locales.fr, site compagnon de l'ouvrage qui propose des ressources complémentaires : actualités, textes, cartes, schémas..

Ethnicité et politique de la ville en France et en Grande Bretagne Damian Moore 0 Resenhas Harmattan, 2001 - 312 páginas Analyse la façon dont les politiques de la ville tentent de gérer les différences socioculturelles qui sont liées à la diversité des communautés qui cohabitent dans les villes modernes. Etude comparée des pratiques mises en oeuvre à Marseille et Manchester.

Food hitting our plates with who knows what pumped into it and growing economic uncertainty. We took the seeds in our pockets and every square foot we owned and went about like mad scientists testing out innovative ideas from all around world and making them work in one of the most blighted neighborhoods in the US. Everything from urban fish farming to alternate energy. Now let's pass it on... to our neighborhoods and the nations. We believe you are part of the solution

Syllabus This course will consist of twenty sections. As the course proceeds, I will fill in the descriptions of the topics and put in readings. Section 1: Introduction: Why Model? In these lectures, I describe some of the reasons why a person would want to take a modeling course. These reasons fall into four broad categories: To be an intelligent citizen of the world To be a clearer thinker To understand and use data To better decide, strategize, and design There are two readings for this section. These should be read either after the first video or at the completion of all of the videos. The Model Thinker: Prologue, Introduction and Chapter 1 Why Model? by Joshua Epstein Section 2: Sorting and Peer Effects We now jump directly into some models. We contrast two types of models that explain a single phenomenon, namely that people tend to live and interact with people who look, think, and act like themselves. After an introductory lecture, we cover famous models by Schelling and Granovetter that cover these phenomena. We follows those with a fun model about standing ovations that I wrote with my friend John Miller. In this second section, I show a computational version of Schelling's Segregation Model using NetLogo. Netlogo is free software authored by Uri Wilensky or Northwestern University. I will be using NetLogo several times during the course. It can be downloaded here: NetLogo The Schelling Model that I use can be found by clicking on the "File" tab, then going to "Models Library". In the Models Library directory, click on the arrow next to the Social Science folder and then scroll down and click on the model called Segregation. The readings for this section include some brief notes on Schelling's model and then the academic papers of Granovetter and Miller and Page. I'm not expecting you to read those papers from start to end, but I strongly encourage you to peruse them so that you can see how social scientists frame and interpret models. Notes on S

Complete Works 3: Case Study: Japan ///  This free digital publication makes texts and studies available on the subject of shrinking cities in Japan. It is the first of its kind to provide concise insight into the Japanese discussion about processes of urban shrinkage, population loss, migration, aging, and declining economic performance. The downloadable PDF files contain more than 300 pages of studies and research in Japanese and English by twentyfour authors. It provides information on the subject in general, on shrinking cities and demographic transition in Japan, and focuses on Hakodate/Hokkaido and other Japanese Cities.  Download PDF: Introduction (1MB) Chapter 1 (7MB) Chapter 2 (7 MB) Chapter 3 (1,6 MB) Chapter 4 (1,3 MB) Chapter 5 (8 MB) Chapter 6 (4,5 MB)    Project-partner Hidetoshi Ohno (Tokyo University) is publishing in the coming weeks the book "SHRINKING NIPPON" (Published by Kajima Institute Publishing Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, 2008) based on the discussions during the Exhibition Shrinking City X Fiber City, Tokyo 2007. The book contains also a DVD, containing eleven films (Japanese/English, ca. 85 minutes) by Shrinking Cities. Besides an analytical documentation and mapping of the Hakodate case study, it provides a general introduction to the subject. It also contains an animated world map of shrinking cities as well as video documentations and dynamic mapping of five international examples of shrinking cities and includes both cultural studies and examples of models for action (with films by Antje Ehmann/Harun Farocki, Alsop Architects/squint opera, the complizen, the Chaos Computer Club, and others). For people outside Japan, the DVD can be ordered separately for 20 Euro prepayment: press@shrinkingcities.com

RESEARCH ARCHITECTURE: A Laboratory for Critical Spatial Practices Paradoxically perhaps, the Centre for Research Architecture sets out to question the two separate terms that make up its given title. It seeks to open up the discipline and praxis of 'architecture' - understood as the production of rarefied buildings and urban structures - into shifting network of 'spatial practices' that includes various other forms of intervention. It contests as well the utilitarian, applied, means-to-ends relation between knowledge and action that is evoked by the term 'research' and the artificial opposition between theory and practice it implies. Drawing on the vocabularies of urbanism, architecture, art, media, politics and philosophy the centre's mode of operation seeks to use spatial practices for an open ended form of critical inquiry. The centre has brought together a group of leading international practitioners - architects, artists, activists, urbanists, filmmakers and curators - to work collectively in a roundtable mode on individual projects. This network of global practitioners engage in a unique and robust set of critical interventions in the fields of spatial and cultural politics; they look for enhanced political impact using critical theory and aesthetics startegies, dealing with the built environment through documentary filmmaking, media activism, art and curating in various places worldwide; as such the centre is a horizontal platform to develop ideas and projects among peers. It is an experimental form of pedagogy that capitalises on the knowledge-basis of the group member themselves as well as on guest seminars by leading thinkers and practitioners. The programmes recruit graduates of a range of fields as well as non-academic practitioners of distinctions wishing to pursue critical spatial practice in the context of theoretical work. http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/architecture

The Future of Cities, Information, and Inclusion Downloads: The Future of Cities, Information, and Inclusion (PDF) The Future of Cities, Information, and Inclusion (image)   Over the next decade, cities will continue to grow larger and more rapidly. At the same time, new technologies will unlock massive streams of data about cities and their residents. As these forces collide, they will turn every city into a unique civic laboratory-a place where technology is adapted in novel ways to meet local needs. This ten-year forecast map, The Future of Cities, Information, and Inclusion (PDF), charts the important intersections between urbanization and digitalization that will shape this global urban experiment, and the key tensions that will arise.  The explosive growth of cities is an economic opportunity with the potential to lift billions out of poverty. Yet the speed of change and lack of pro-poor foresight has led to a swarm of urban problems-poor housing conditions, inadequate education and health care, and racial and ethnic inequalities. The coming decade holds an opportunity to harness information to improve government services, alleviate poverty and inequality, and empower the poor. Key uncertainties are coming into view: What economic opportunities will urban information provide to excluded groups? What new exclusions might arise from new kinds of data about the city and its citizens? How will communities leverage urban information to improve service delivery, transparency, and citizen engagement? As information technology spreads beyond the desktop into every corner of citizens' lives, it will provide a new set of tools for poor and excluded groups to re-engineer their relationship with government, the built environment, and each other.  Funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, IFTF has identified this challenge-harnessing data for development and inclusion-as a critical cross-sectoral urban issue for the next decade a

"Density," is a poem inspired by Urban Planning Classes at UCLA during my undergraduate years. I enjoyed classes I took with Mike Davis and Professor Brian Taylor in the mid-90s. The vocabulary of Urban Studies and architecture excited me. My studies began to overlap with my poetry. After graduating I continued to explore Los Angeles nonstop. I drove around specific neighborhoods like the Rampart, West Adams and Koreatown. Frequently I rode public transportation with my close comrade Phillip Martin, aka PhiLLHarmonic. We made it a daily ritual to find poetry in the streets. Phill rhymes on the last verse of "Density" and gives a shout out to the man who produced the track, DJ Dave aka David Wittman. DJ Dave is like Pete Rock, an amazing producer that rhymes with great skill, but he doesn't rhyme as much as he produces. The three of us attended UCLA together and spent a lot of time listening to music, travelling around the city to see live music and eventually performing our own music. Dave recently has made several video-songs, most notably, "Whole Foods Parking Lot." The three of us all lived together at different points and still collaborate two decades after we met. Here's to artistic friendships and longevity. Bringing you back in the dense mosaic. 

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Expanding Downtown Yonah Freemark February 25th, 2011 | 94 Comments » Debating growth limits in a downtown? Consider transportation. Washington, D.C. is a lucky city: Its downtown has been filled up with new construction over the past few decades to such an extent that it has virtually no space for new office buildings. Some, like Matt Yglesias, have suggested that one way to resolve this problem would be to increase densities by ridding the city of its height limit, which in essence makes it impossible to build structures in the city that are over about 10 stories. Lydia Depillis, another local commenter, has argued that the municipality still has plenty of developable sites which, though they may not be directly downtown, still offer opportunities for more office space. What would be the manifestations of these different approaches? How can we weigh the advantages and disadvantages of upzoning the center city for more office space? Is our goal to produce vital, walkable, and dense downtown districts, or simply to expand new construction there, no matter the use? The missing ingredient in this discussion is transportation. When we discuss the demand in downtowns like Washington's for more office space, we sometimes make an assumption that the transport network will be able to handle whatever is thrown at it. In fact, there is a direct relationship between a downtown's growth and the transportation provided to it. In general, businesses want to locate their offices in places that are accessible and that provide the benefits of agglomeration, and this sometimes means downtown, but not always. If the trip to and from the center - by whatever mode - becomes too arduous, there are significant reasons to locate outside of it. How does this fact apply to a place like Washington? Once a downtown - which I will define as a traditional single-use American CBD - reaches a certain size, once it provides employment for a certain number of people, it has thr

Les Politiques de la ville Bernard Chenot 0 Resenhas Institut International d'Administration Publique

The Interdependence of Land Use and Transportation Yonah Freemark February 5th, 2011 | 43 Comments » Northern Virginia's growth patterns demonstrate the degree to which transit can play an essential role in spurring inner-city growth. There is little need for data to demonstrate just how important the Washington Metrorail system has been for Arlington, Virginia's growth over the past few decades. Visit anywhere along the Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor or in Crystal City - the two areas best served by Metro - and you'll see dozens of new residential and office buildings lining the street. But new information from Census 2010 provides empirical confirmation of the significance of land use planning around Metro stations in influencing the growth of Arlington and other places in Northern Virginia. Over the last ten years, Arlington County's growth has been overwhelmingly concentrated along the Metro corridors, as has growth in Alexandria and some parts of Fairfax County. The densification of these areas is effectively extending the inner-city core of the Washington, D.C. region and substituting sprawling development in the exurbs with dense construction. This represents a change in trends compared to the period between 1990 and 2000. As the map above shows, the areas of Northern Virginia that saw the greatest percentage growth between 2000 and 2010 were all clustered around Metro stations - in Arlington along the Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor (Orange Line) and in Crystal City (Yellow and Blue Lines); in Alexandria near Van Dorn Street Station (Blue Line) and Eisenhower Avenue (Yellow Line); and in Fairfax County near Vienna/Fairfax Station (Orange Line). As other areas of close-in Virginia have been fully developed, these station area zones have densified through the coordinated planning decisions of city officials, the availability of rail rapid transit, funds from developers, and a clear interest of a large portion of the population to inhabit the new bui

Designed to be used on its own or as a companion volume to the American Cities and Technology textbook. Chronologically, this volume ranges from the earliest technological dimensions of Amerindian settlements to the 'wired city' concept of the 1960s and internet communications of the 1990s.Its focus extends beyond the US to include telecomunications in Asian cities in the late 20th century. The topics covered: * the rise of the skyscraper *the coming of the automobile age * relations between private and public transport * the development of infrastructural technologies and systems * the implications of electronic communications * the emergence of city planning. « Menos

The papers you write for this class are supposed to function as the equivalent of take-home exams for which you choose the questions. The point is to show that you have thoroughly read the assigned material, worked closely with the study guides, and can explain and interpret the material as a result. Your grade will be based primarily on how thoroughly you would seem to have done this work.