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Gentrification in Paris: the elite versus the people?

Colin Giraud & translated by Oliver Waine - 29 January 2014

Anne Clerval’s latest work on the gentrification of Paris, published in September 2013, caused quite a sensation in...

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Social housing in New York

François Bonnet & translated by Oliver Waine - 22 January 2014

Is high-rise public housing doomed to demolition? A book and article by historian Nicholas Dagen Bloom, focusing on...

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The intricacies of popular housing in the Middle East

Mona Fawaz - 18 December 2013

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Henri Lefebvre for architects

Grégory Busquet & translated by Oliver Waine - 11 December 2013

Although Henri Lefebvre is well known for introducing the concept of “the right to the city”, his work is little used...

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The March for Equality and Against Racism: the “Migrants’ May 1968”?

Muriel Cohen & translated by Oliver Waine - 4 December 2013

Abdellali Hajjat looks back at the event that went down in history as the “Marche des Beurs” (“Arabs’ March”), and its...

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Catholics, sociologists and the city

Frédéric Dejean & translated by Oliver Waine - 27 November 2013

Far removed from the habitual image of a Church incapable of dealing with the de-Christianisation that has...

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Migration and globalization: a tragic tale

Olivier Thomas & translated by Oliver Waine - 30 October 2013

At a time when flows of capital, goods and information are increasing, more and more material, ideological and...

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Beirut: the city beneath the surface

Céline Barrère & translated by Oliver Waine - 23 October 2013

The geographer Éric Verdeil distances himself from the dominant analyses that constantly depict Beirut as a “city at...

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The role of proximities in improving territorial governance

Lise Bourdeau-Lepage & translated by Oliver Waine - 10 July 2013

What can be done to improve territorial governance? André Torre and Jean-Eudes Beuret emphasise the role of...

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La Défense: the Planning and Politics of a Global Business District

Matthew Wendeln - 26 June 2013

La Défense, Europe’s largest business district, is the outcome of a singular mix of state planning, architectural...

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Haussmann: from modernity to revolution

Jean-Marie Huriot & translated by Oliver Waine - 15 May 2013

Jean-Marie Huriot shows how the latest work by geographer David Harvey to be translated into French sheds new light...

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Beirut: the new front lines of urban research

Éric Verdeil & translated by Oliver Waine - 6 May 2013

In Beirut, the extremely rapid transformations of both urban spaces and urban policy raise a number of questions...

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Urban Ethnography: A Handbook

Daniel Cefaï & translated by Oliver Waine - 3 April 2013

Since the 1980s, the field of ethnography has enjoyed a return to favour in the social sciences. Richard E. Ocejo’s...

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Free public transport: from social experiment to political alternative?

Maxime Huré & translated by Oliver Waine - 20 March 2013

In a work combining storytelling and reflection, a local councillor and a philosopher analyse the policy of free...

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Algerians and the police: colonial continuities and the weight of war

Françoise de Barros & translated by Oliver Waine - 13 March 2013

How can the treatment suffered by Algerians at the hands of the Paris police in the mid‑20th century be explained?...

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The politics of municipal mergers (and demergers) in Montreal

Richard Harris - 6 March 2013

In the late 1990s, the province of Quebec reacted to metropolitan growth in Montreal by merging the city with 27 of...

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A Regionalist Panorama for Architecture and Beyond

Karla Britton - 30 January 2013

Can architecture preserve local identities in a globalizing world? In their new book, Liane Lefaivre and Alexander...

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Intercommunality, or the broken promises of local democracy

Stéphane Cadiou & translated by Oliver Waine - 16 January 2013

As a new territorial reform is set to be enacted in France, what lessons can be learned from past reforms? In La...

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De-Westernising Urban Theory

Armelle Choplin & translated by Oliver Waine - 5 December 2012

Three recent publications share a common aim: to move beyond the dichotomies of Western vs Third-World cities,...

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Marne-la-Vallée: from new town to true town?

Laurent Cailly & translated by Oliver Waine - 31 October 2012

The redefinition of relations between a city’s centre and its outskirts is often described as the rise of a...

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History of Modern Architecture Revisited

Karla Britton - 3 October 2012

The latest work by Jean-Louis Cohen is an original contribution to the history of modern architecture. His fresh...

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The new spaces of consumption

Andrea Mubi Brighenti - 30 May 2012

Recent retail spaces are giving a new shape to our everyday environment. Kärrholm proposes new concepts to better...

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From home to the workplace: “Mad Men” or the irresistible rise of women

Nicole Rudolph - 14 March 2012

Mad Men is often viewed as the ultimate sexist TV series. Through an analysis of the behavior of men and women at...

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Jerusalem: a history of water

Aude Signoles & translated by Oliver Waine - 29 February 2012

The history of the Holy City is not just one of religious and national conflict. It is also a history of water, a...

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Barcelona: local mobilisation or global desperation?

Charlotte Vorms & translated by Oliver Waine - 8 February 2012

What is the history behind today’s protest movements involving the occupation of urban public spaces? In the film...

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The history of social housing revisited

Christine Mengin & translated by Oliver Waine - 30 November 2011

Since the end of the 19th century, how have residents’ wishes been taken into account by the public authorities...

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The Triumph of Density and the Agony of Sprawl

Richard E. Ocejo - 23 November 2011

The city is more and more often hailed as the paradigmatic form of a new sustainable development, both economic and...

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What future for periurban communities: clubbisation or differentiated social dynamics?

Violaine Girard & translated by Oliver Waine - 16 November 2011

In La ville émiettée, Éric Charmes describes the phenomenon of “clubbisation” in towns and villages in the outer...

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Post-2006 reconstruction in Lebanon: a laboratory for new urban planning practices

Éric Verdeil & translated by Eric Rosencrantz - 5 October 2011

Modes of urban planning often develop at an accelerated pace during periods of reconstruction. Lebanon in the...

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City Words: An Invitation to Travel

Yves Grafmeyer - 13 July 2011

L’aventure des mots de la ville (The Adventure of City Words Through Time, Languages, Societies), tells the story of...

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