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Author: Jean-Claude Bolay Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3030284190 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 218
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This open access book revisits the theoretical foundations of urban planning and the application of these concepts and methods in the context of Southern countries by examining several case studies from different regions of the world. For instance, the case of Koudougou, a medium-sized city in one of the poorest countries in the world, Burkina Faso, with a population of 115.000 inhabitants, allows us to understand concretely which and how these deficiencies are translated in an African urban context. In contrast, the case of Nueve de Julio, intermediate city of 50.000 dwellers in the pampa Argentina, addresses the new forms of spatial fragmentation and social exclusion linked with agro export and crisis of the international markets. Case studies are also included for cities in Asia and Latin America. Differences and similarities between cases allow us to foresee alternative models of urban planning better adapted to tackle poverty and find efficient ways for more inclusive cities in developing and emerging countries, interacting several dimensions linked with high rates of urbanization: territorial fragmentation; environmental contamination; social disparities and exclusion, informal economy and habitat, urban governance and democracy.
Author: Jean-Claude Bolay Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3030284190 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 218
Book Description
This open access book revisits the theoretical foundations of urban planning and the application of these concepts and methods in the context of Southern countries by examining several case studies from different regions of the world. For instance, the case of Koudougou, a medium-sized city in one of the poorest countries in the world, Burkina Faso, with a population of 115.000 inhabitants, allows us to understand concretely which and how these deficiencies are translated in an African urban context. In contrast, the case of Nueve de Julio, intermediate city of 50.000 dwellers in the pampa Argentina, addresses the new forms of spatial fragmentation and social exclusion linked with agro export and crisis of the international markets. Case studies are also included for cities in Asia and Latin America. Differences and similarities between cases allow us to foresee alternative models of urban planning better adapted to tackle poverty and find efficient ways for more inclusive cities in developing and emerging countries, interacting several dimensions linked with high rates of urbanization: territorial fragmentation; environmental contamination; social disparities and exclusion, informal economy and habitat, urban governance and democracy.
Author: Jean-Claude Bolay Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 2817802675 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 351
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Technological innovation – combined with scientific research – has always constituted a driving force of transformation in our societies. At the same time, it is no longer simply possible to transfer technologies from the North to the South; it is also essential to consider technical innovations that are adapted to the social, environmental, cultural and economic conditions of receiving countries, and which can be appropriated by their potential users and as such prove to be real technologies for fostering development. The first International Scientific Conference on the topic organized by the UNESCO Chair Technologies for Development at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in 2010 focused on its four priority sectors: Technologies for Sustainable Development of Habitat and Cities, ICTs for the Environment, Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction, and Technologies for the Production of Sustainable Energy. This volume reflects the main outcomes of the conference and provides some significant orientation and success criteria for the effective implementation and use of innovative technologies, their aims, their particular applications in the context of developing countries, their accessibility for users, and their appropriation by producers and stakeholders in the field of development both in the North and South, thus ensuring their sustainability. This kind of scientific cooperation also highlights the added values for northern researchers in sharing their knowledge and know-how, leading to a real win-win partnership. The authors gathered within this book include representatives from academic and research institutions and other organizations from diverse countries and offer a significant synergy of competences, approaches and disciplines.
Author: Celine Rozenblat Publisher: Springer ISBN: 9811077991 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 399
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This book reviews the recent evolutions of cities in the world according to entirely revised theoretical fundamentals of urban systems. It relies on a vision of cities sharing common dynamic features as co-evolving entities in complex systems. Systems of cities that are interdependent in their evolutions are characterized in the context of that dynamics. They are identified on various geographical scales—worldwide, regional, or national. Each system exhibits peculiarities that are related to its demographic, economic, and geopolitical history, and that are underlined by the systematic comparison of continental and regional urban systems, following a common template throughout the book. Multi-scale urban processes, whether local (one city), or within national systems (systems of cities), or linked to the expansion of transnational networks (towards global urban systems) throughout the world over the period 1950–2010 are deeply analyzed in 16 chapters. This global overview challenges urban governance for designing policies facing globalization and the subsequent ecological transition. The answers, which emerge from the diversity of situations in the world, add some reflections on and recommendations to the “urban system framework” proposed in the Habitat III agenda.
Author: Patrick Gubry Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian ISBN: 9812308253 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 365
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Since the Doi Moi policy of economic renovation was introduced in 1986, Vietnam has undergone deep transformations as a result of the transition to a socialist-oriented market economy. Social and urban transition has taken place in parallel, as urban dynamics were spurred on by Vietnamese public and private stakeholders, and by external agents such as international organizations and international solidarity organizations, experts, consultants and bilateral aid organizations.Here are the results of research carried out by French, Canadian and Vietnamese teams from the north and south of the country on the overarching theme of Vietnamese cities in transition. Some of this research deals with urban dynamics, some with the issues at stake within such dynamics, or with the strategies of the most significant stakeholders in urban transition: civil society, donors within the framework of official aid for development, consultants and international consultancy firms. These projects were carried out between 2001 and 2004 as part of the Urban Research Programme for Development (PRUD), and mainly focus on Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, or both in the case of comparative studies.Is there such a thing as a Vietnamese model of an Asian city? It seems that urban transition in Vietnam is not taking place in as radical and abrupt a manner as in China. The country's capacity for absorbing external models, the quest for a third way between state intervention and economic liberalism, and the fact that the country's architectural heritage is taken into account in urban planning, are just some of the reasons for its particularity. The issues addressed in each chapter, as well as the proposals for further research suggested by the contributors, should act as a catalyst for urban research in Vietnam.
Author: Manuel Flury Publisher: IOS Press ISBN: 9781586032227 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 284
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How can weaker sections of society exercise their rights and participate in the management of their physical environment? What factors enhance the development and adaptation of knowledge in view of sustainable natural resource management in rural as well as urban contexts? What roles do development agents such as public administration, community development organizations, training and research institutions and international development agencies assume in these regards?
Author: Jérôme Chenal Publisher: EPFL Press ISBN: 0415750210 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 370
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Rapid growth, unmanageable cities, urban crisis, macrocephali... The cities of west Africa are no longer ‘plannable’ – at least not using traditional urban development tools. Without negating the importance of participatory processes in city creation, it nonetheless seems crucial to return to city plans and models, to what cities convey, and how they are built. But to understand the city in all its depth and richness, we must also hit the streets. The West African City proposes a dual perspective. At the urban scale, it analyses historical trajectories, spatial development, and urban planning documents to highlight the major trends beyond the plans. At the second level – that of public space – the street is discussed as the city’s lifeblood. By innovating approaches and testing new methods, The West African City offers an unconventional look at Nouakchott, Dakar and Abidjan, the three study sites for this investigation. The city of today, in Africa or elsewhere, must re-examine its many social, economic, cultural, political, and spatial dimensions; for this, urban research has begun challenging its own methods. This book is also the companion of Chenal's MOOC African cities.
Author: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development Publisher: Un Research Institute Social Development ISBN: Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 276
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This publication contains eight papers based on research activities undertaken by the UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) during 2000-01, and which consider goverance aspects of urban sustainable development in developing countries, including case studies from India, Vietnam, Tanzania and the Philippines.
Author: Michel Bassand Publisher: EPFL Press ISBN: 9782880744182 Category : Approvisionnement urbain en eau Languages : fr Pages : 318
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Métropolisation, crise écologique et développement durable sont trois enjeux fondamentaux du monde contemporain. La métropolisation est l'une des causes essentielles de la crise écologique mondiale. Le développement durable, quant à lui, est considéré comme une stratégie réaliste et efficace pour sortir de cette crise. Cette problématique est à l'origine d'une recherche interdisciplinaire menée par des chercheurs de deux hautes écoles suisses et de diverses institutions saïgonaises sur la métropole d'Ho Chi Minh-Ville. Cet ouvrage en présente les principaux résultats. Cette analyse fouillée d'une métropole du Sud est faite sous l'angle des questions de l'habitat précaire et de l'eau. Ho Chi Minh-Ville, du fait de sa difficile planification, est en effet exemplaire d'une crise urbaine qui s'exprime dans les rapports entre métropolisation, pollution de l'eau et gestion de l'habitat précaire. Même si chaque métropole est unique, les auteurs de cette recherche essentielle nous rappellent que le développement durable mis en œuvre à Ho-Chi-Minh-Ville peut être appliqué au monde entier, que les pays du Nord ont leur part de responsabilité dans l'actuel état des choses et qu'ils doivent inventer, avec les pays du Sud, un autre mode de développement que celui exercé jusqu'à présent. L'ouvrage s'adresse à tous ceux qui, ingénieurs, architectes, urbanistes ou experts en sciences sociales, sont désireux de comprendre les enjeux de la globalisation.
Author: C. A. Brebbia Publisher: Computational Mechanics ISBN: 9781853129179 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 1080
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Urban areas produce a series of environmental problems that arise from the consumption of natural resources and the consequent generation of waste and pollution. These problems are continuing to grow and new solutions, without adverse effects, therefore need to be developed in order to maintain the quality of life desired by the community.
Author: Jean-Claude Bolay
Author: Jean-Claude Bolay
Author: Jean-Claude Bolay
Author: Celine Rozenblat
Author: Patrick Gubry
Author: Manuel Flury
Author: Jérôme Chenal
Author: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Author: Michel Bassand
Author: C. A. Brebbia
Author: Michel Bassand