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The metropolisation of “Roma Capitale”: the view from the Tiber delta
Aurélien Delpirou & Dominique Rivière & translated by Oliver Waine
- 6 November 2013
Far from the stereotype of the “sleeping beauty”, the Italian capital is the scene of an important and unique...
From the Field
Gentrification as a driver of social and racial tensions: the case of Brixton
Amélie Bertholet & translated by Oliver Waine
- 16 October 2013
(In)famous for the various riots that have occurred there since the 1980s, the working-class district of Brixton in...
From the Field
Post-industrial cities: towards a new approach
Max Rousseau & translated by Oliver Waine
- 25 September 2013
While anglophone urban studies have sought to critique the way capitalism has developed, the French social sciences...
From the Field
“Soft densification” in Canada
Anastasia Touati & translated by Oliver Waine
- 5 June 2013
Against the backdrop of a housing crisis, a number of local authorities in Ontario, Canada, have developed policies...
From the Field
Pedestrians, cars and the city
Cédric Feriel & translated by Oliver Waine
- 29 May 2013
Pedestrianisation and the ability to get around the city on foot are key considerations in contemporary projects...
From the Field
Château Rouge: a “Little Africa” in Paris?
Marie Chabrol & translated by Oliver Waine
- 22 May 2013
The Château Rouge area of Paris is regarded as an “African neighbourhood”. But what is the reality behind this image?...
From the Field
Mongolian (Urban) Homes
Lucile Chombart de Lauwe & Justine Pribetich & translated by Oliver Waine
- 29 April 2013
The rapid urbanisation that Mongolia has undergone in recent years has changed the way its population lives. These...
From the Field
Regulating public spaces: the ambiguous role played by new professions
Jacques de Maillard & translated by Oliver Waine
- 17 April 2013
Despite a hiatus in the debate on community policing in France, the “new professions” involved in regulating public...
From the Field
Renovation and consultation: Parisian approaches to redeveloping public spaces
Bruno Gouyette & translated by Oliver Waine
- 6 February 2013
When renovating its public spaces, how does the city of Paris implement consultation processes required by French...
From the Field
Ambivalences of Gender Planning
Sandra Huning
- 23 January 2013
How can a gender approach be integrated into urban planning? Sandra Huning here considers this question and...
From the Field
Santa Claus: Planner of the ’Pole
Marc Lohez & translated by Oliver Waine
- 19 December 2012
Since the 1960s, the legend of Santa Claus has been a driving force for Lapland’s territorial development. The image...
From the Field
The reconstruction of Beirut: sowing the seeds for future conflicts?
Bruno Marot & Serge Yazigi & translated by Oliver Waine
- 14 November 2012
Periods of post-war reconstruction are often the backdrop for new socio-economic and political dynamics. In Beirut,...
From the Field
Children’s autonomy and our relationship with public spaces
Clément Rivière & translated by Oliver Waine
- 7 November 2012
The relationship between children and the city – a subject seldom studied in France in the past – has in recent years...
From the Field
(Re-)Inventing self-build housing in Strasbourg
Anne Debarre & Hélène Steinmetz & translated by Oliver Waine
- 17 October 2012
In the world of alternative housing, Strasbourg is an important player. Here, Anne Debarre and Hélène Steinmetz...
From the Field
The Vertical Village: the long road travelled by a Lyon housing cooperative
Marie-Pierre Marchand & translated by Oliver Waine
- 10 October 2012
The “Village Vertical” development that has taken shape in a mixed-development zone in Villeurbanne, near Lyon, is...
From the Field
Challenges in Co-Producing Publicly Accessible Spaces
Ulrich Berding & Antje Havemann & Juliane Pegels
- 19 September 2012
Publicly accessible urban spaces are more often than not co-produced and maintained via ad hoc partnerships between...
From the Field
Haiti after the earthquake: camps, shanty towns and housing shortages
Gerry L’Étang & translated by Oliver Waine
- 2 May 2012
In Haiti, in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, public squares became the sites of makeshift camps to provide...
From the Field
Housing the “harkis”: long-term segregation
Abderahmen Moumen & translated by Oliver Waine
- 4 April 2012
The end of the Algerian War saw the arrival en masse of thousands of pieds-noirs and harkis in mainland France....
From the Field
Gay populations as gentrifiers in Paris and Montreal
Colin Giraud & translated by Oliver Waine
- 22 February 2012
Are “gay villages” a sign of gentrification? A comparison between the Marais in Paris – an area gentrified before...
From the Field
Transport and urban planning in Rome: an unholy marriage?
Aurélien Delpirou & translated by Oliver Waine
- 4 January 2012
Aurélien Delpirou brings a new perspective to the debate initiated by Luis Santos y Ganges. He highlights the fact...
From the Field
New Orleans Post-Katrina: the Uses of the Web in Times of Crisis
Jean Samuel Bordreuil & translated by Oliver Waine
- 24 June 2011
What is the role of the internet media, particularly blogs, in mobilizing action in the aftermath of a major...
From the Field
Making sustainability public: the bayou observation deck in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans
Stéphane Tonnelat & translated by Eric Rosencrantz
- 20 June 2011
How can the residents of a flooded neighborhood in New Orleans, torn between reconstruction imperatives and...
From the Field
The Build/No-Build Line
Richard Campanella
- 1 June 2011
The Katrina flooding of 2005 ignited a debate between abandonists and maintainers. Should the city move to higher...
From the Field
The School of Urban Renewal: A New Ideological Mishmash?
Claire Carriou & Yankel Fijalkow
- 18 May 2011
The Borloo Act of 2003 is said to have marked a major turning-point in French policy concerning so-called “critical”...
From the Field
The Ladies Kingdom and Its Many Uses. A shopping mall in Riyadh for women only
Saba A. Le Renard & translated by Eric Rosencrantz
- 30 March 2011
The frenetic development of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia is unveiling new and unexpected urban realms, including a...
From the Field
Aging in self-managed housing
Stéphanie Vermeersch & translated by Claudio Cambon
- 2 March 2011
What happens to old people when they find themselves in a state of dependence? As an alternative to retirement...
From the Field
The mayor, the developer and low-cost home ownership
Guilhem Dupuy & translated by Michael Stokes
- 17 January 2011
At a time when controlling housing prices has become a national priority, a recent study carried out by Guilhem...
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Reviews
Filming Ethnic Diversity in New York
Stéphane Tonnelat & translated by Christina Mitrakos
- 21 October 2016
Frederick Wiseman’s fortieth documentary film, In Jackson Heights (2015), returns to an urban theme explored in...
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In the constellation of anti-immigrant politics in the United States, groups like the Minutemen, civilians who...
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- 29 September 2015
In the current political debates about discriminatory policing, there has been a lack of serious discussion of...
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In the wake of the pandemic, a carbon tax at Europe’s borders is now on the agenda, but a domestic version for...
Reducing Carbon-Emitting Travel: A Factor of Social Cohesion and...
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As part of France’s Mission on the Future of the Economic Model of Public Transportation, commissioned by the French...
Strasbourg, An Example of a Cycling City
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Strasbourg is the leading city for cycling in France and a constant source of inspiration for all French cities...
The Trinity of Walking, Cycling and Public Transportation Must Be...
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While emissions from the transportation sector remain at a very high level, all hopes are currently pinned on the...
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