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Debates

Water, sanitation, energy, waste: the dawn of the network-free city?

Sylvain Petitet & translated by Oliver Waine - 18 April 2012

Negative externalities, changes in society and technological innovation all call into question the industrial model...

Essays

Quotas of foreigners in social housing: a legacy of the Algerian War? Les Canibouts, Nanterre (1959–1968)

Marie-Claude Blanc-Chaléard & translated by Oliver Waine - 11 April 2012

Was it better to concentrate or disperse Algerians during the Algerian War? In the course of the conflict, both...

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....

Essays

“Cités de transit”: the urban treatment of poverty during decolonisation

Muriel Cohen & Cédric David & translated by Oliver Waine - 28 March 2012

At a time of profound housing crisis in the 1950s, cités de transit were adopted as a means of rehousing Algerian...

Essays

“Bidonvilles”: from colonial policy to the Algerian War

Françoise de Barros & translated by Oliver Waine - 21 March 2012

The term bidonville (literally a town built of oil drums) originated in North Africa in the 1930s and came into use...

Reviews

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...

Essays

The police and the “Algerian medinas” in France. Argenteuil, 1957–1962

Emmanuel Blanchard & translated by Oliver Waine - 7 March 2012

Fifty years after the end of the Algerian War of Independence, it should not be forgotten that this conflict was...

Reviews

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...

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...

Debates

Local food: a concrete Utopia

Christian Deverre & Jean-Baptiste Traversac & translated by Oliver Waine - 15 February 2012

Roland Vidal recently invited us to look beyond short food-supply chains and rethink local links between cities and...

Reviews

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...

Debates

The risk of nuclear accident: a territorial approach

Ambroise Pascal & translated by Oliver Waine - 1 February 2012

How many people live in the vicinity of French nuclear power stations? Recent events – notably in Japan, but also in...

Debates

Towers of Power

Jean-Marie Huriot & translated by Oliver Waine - 25 January 2012

Following on from Manuel Appert’s contribution, Jean-Marie Huriot discusses what is at stake in the skyscraper race....

Debates

Shale Gas: Local Democracy vs Central Government

Pascal Terrasse & translated by Oliver Waine - 18 January 2012

Without local consultation, the French government has granted permission for the exploration of shale gas plays...

Debates

Why isn’t there enough housing in France?

Jean-Claude Driant & translated by Oliver Waine - 11 January 2012

The idea that France is experiencing a serious housing deficit, requiring a massive home-building policy is the...

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...

Debates

The difficulties of housing the Chinese “sandwich class”

Jie Chen & Bernard Vorms & translated by Oliver Waine - 21 December 2011

In China, young people from the middle classes are said to belong to a “sandwich class”: they do not have enough...

Debates

Skyline policy: the Shard and London’s high-rise debate

Manuel Appert & translated by Oliver Waine - 14 December 2011

At a time when major cities are racing to build higher than ever, and when the construction of skyscrapers in...

Debates

Kanal İstanbul: a “crazy project” serving political ambitions

Yoann Morvan & translated by Oliver Waine - 7 December 2011

The current proliferation of mega-projects in the Istanbul metropolitan area is both undeniable and impressive. The...

Reviews

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...

Reviews

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...

Reviews

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...

Debates

Is rising home ownership bad for employment?

Jean Bosvieux & Bernard Coloos & translated by Oliver Waine - 9 November 2011

Homeowners everywhere are less mobile than tenants. However, does home ownership have a negative effect on...

Debates

The desirable city or the sustainable city: what is the role of green spaces?

Jean-François Guet & translated by Birdwell Institute - 2 November 2011

While green spaces are in great demand among city-dwellers, their presence alone is not enough to make the city...

Essays

Beyond dreams of village life: residential clubs and clubbisation

Éric Charmes & translated by Oliver Waine - 26 October 2011

At a time of increasing “metropolisation” and ever greater pressure on mobility, how can neighbourhood attachments be...

Debates

Participatory democracy in large-scale contexts: citizen participation in urban planning in Paris and Córdoba

Héloïse Nez & translated by Oliver Waine - 19 October 2011

Participatory urban planning often comes up against the question of scale, with local councillors accepting to...

Essays

Well-being in the Paris region: widening regional disparities despite overall improvement

Lise Bourdeau-Lepage & Élisabeth Tovar & translated by Eric Rosencrantz - 12 October 2011

Has the socio-spatial divide widened over the past 10 years in the Paris region? Using an original method inspired...

Reviews

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...

Debates

The Fantastical Accounts of Grand Paris

Frédéric Léonhardt & translated by Eric Rosencrantz - 28 September 2011

After four years of ongoing debate, the French government’s Grand Paris scheme has spawned a large-scale mass...

Debates

Integrating the train into the city: some thoughts from Spain

Luis Santos y Ganges & translated by Eric Rosencrantz - 21 September 2011

Are inner-city railways condemned to form boundaries or barriers within the city? Based on a critique of the...

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