Éric Charmes

Éric Charmes is a researcher in social sciences applied to urban issues. He is the director of the RIVES (Recherches Interdisciplinaires Ville–Espace–Société – Interdisciplinary Research into Cities, Spaces and Society) laboratory (ENTPE, Université de Lyon, UMR CNRS 5600 EVS). In particular, his work concerns the relationships with city-dwellers’ residential spaces, as well as public spaces and periurbanisation. His publications include: La Ville émiettée. Essai sur la clubbisation de la vie urbaine, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2011; (with Taoufik Souami) Villes rêvées, Villes durables ?, Paris: Gallimard, 2009; La Rue, village ou décor ? Parcours dans deux rues de Belleville, Grâne: Créaphis; and La Vie périurbaine face à la menace des gated communities, Paris: L’Harmattan, 2005.