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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...
Essays
“Ghetto,” “Banishment,” “Neighborhood Effects.” A Critique of the “Ghetto” Image of French Housing Projects
Pierre Gilbert & translated by Eric Rosencrantz
- 23 March 2011
Are residents of French housing projects really “banished” to their neighborhoods and kept in “confinement” there?...
Interviews
Towards a regional democracy?
Frédéric Dufaux & Edward W. Soja
- 9 March 2011
To achieve a better democracy, Edward Soja defends the idea that we need to change the way we think about the...
Debates
Homosexual City, Homophobic Banlieue?
Éric Fassin & translated by Christina Mitrakos
- 9 March 2011
Is homophobia prevalent in social housing projects? Is sexual orientation the new divide between civilizations? Éric...
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...
Essays
Arab Cities in Revolution: Some Observations
Éric Verdeil & translated by Oliver Waine
- 25 February 2011
Are the revolutions we are currently witnessing in Tunisia and Egypt essentially urban revolutions? Éric Verdeil...
Debates
Housing: for an act III of the decentralization process
Patrice Lanco & translated by Michael Stokes
- 18 February 2011
Although housing has not been concerned before now by decentralization, the contrasted realities of local markets...
Debates
The city is sustainable development
Jacques Lévy & translated by Eric Rosencrantz
- 9 February 2011
After unraveling the divergent conceptions of the relationship between “nature” and “society” that underlie the debate...
Debates
Building cities without young urban planners?
Jean-Philippe Gallardo & translated by Claudio Cambon
- 2 February 2011
The National Collective of Young Urban Planners (CNJU) is sounding the alarm bell about the discrimination that...
Debates
Why Build New Housing?
Jean-Claude Driant & translated by Christina Mitrakos
- 28 January 2011
Can building more houses solve the housing problem? Jean-Claude Driant shows that a simple quantitative approach...
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...
Debates
“Roma Villages” or the Reinvention of
Cités de Transit
Olivier Legros & translated by Christina Mitrakos
- 3 January 2011
In France, many Bulgarian and Romanian Roma migrants are being deported back to their home country. Certain...
Debates
Grand Huit, big gamble, big problem
Jean-Pierre Orfeuil & translated by Michael Stokes
- 22 December 2010
The secretary of State for the development of Paris and its region, Christian Blanc, left office in July 2010. He...
Interviews
The Geography of Financial Crisis
David Harvey & Nadine Roudil & Stéphane Tonnelat
- 22 December 2010
David Harvey is a leading figure of the marxist critique of neoliberalism. During his last stay in France, in...
Debates
The New French Ghettos
Hervé Marchal & Jean-Marc Stébé & translated by Eric Rosencrantz
- 16 December 2010
Are housing projects in France – particularly the French slums euphemistically termed Zones Urbaines Sensibles (ZUS...
Interviews
Three questions to Richard Sennett
Richard Sennett & Philippe Simay & Stéphane Tonnelat
- 15 December 2010
Richard Sennett writes about cities, labor, and culture. He teaches sociology at New York University and at the...
Essays
Alternative views and uses of money
Smaïn Laacher & translated by Eric Rosencrantz
- 1 December 2010
Still largely unknown, Local Exchange Trading Systems (LETS) are interesting alternatives to free market dominance....
Debates
Editorial
La rédaction
- 26 November 2010
Metropolitics.eu is designed to foster encounters and discussion among all interested in urban, architectural and...
Essays
Corridors of exile: a worldwide web of camps
Michel Agier & translated by Eric Rosencrantz
- 25 November 2010
Urban anthropologist Michel Agier describes how Europe controls migrant populations, keeping them “locked out” of...
Reviews
The Paradoxes of Urban Authenticity
Andrea Mubi Brighenti
- 25 November 2010
Diversity is becoming a moot point as consumerism replaces authenticity. In this well written, engaging and...
Debates
The Virtues and Vices of the Growth of Homeownership
Jean-Claude Driant & translated by Christina Mitrakos
- 24 November 2010
Why is it necessary to become a homeowner? Jean-Claude Driant examines the arguments for and against policies that...
Interviews
“Placemaking”: a new approach to designing and managing urban public spaces
Michèle Jolé & Stéphane Tonnelat
- 23 November 2010
Based in New York City, PPS or "Project for Public Spaces" is an innovating urban planning and design company at...
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Ivana Mellers
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Stephen P. Ruszczyk
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The urban context and public transportation shape how undocumented youths move within cities. In a comparison of...
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...
From the Field
Looking Inward, Across the Border
Harel Shapira
- 19 April 2016
In the constellation of anti-immigrant politics in the United States, groups like the Minutemen, civilians who...
Essays
The Political Aesthetics of Drag
Shaka McGlotten
- 13 October 2015
Drag, or the diverse art form and culture of performance that typically plays with gender and sex, is an integral...
Debates
Disarm the Police
Gregory Smithsimon
- 29 September 2015
In the current political debates about discriminatory policing, there has been a lack of serious discussion of...
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