In the last years, metropolization has been a topical subject of French geography. The process raises some theoretical issues, because the main subject — the metropolitan city — is hard to define. The "Metropole Lorraine" Nancy-Metz illustrates such issues, because of its multipolarization : an unanimously approved definition of it cannot exist. Failing to delimit a metropolitan area, structuralism turns to metaphors, based on axial and network concepts. The increase in urban complexity and the outdating of statistics, are invalidating divisions into zones proposed by the I.N.S.E.E. (National Institute of Statistics), such as "Z.P.I.U." (urban and industrial living area) and "zones d'emploi" (employment statistical area). Metropolization...
International audienceThe Metropolitan Question is at the center of political debates in France wher...
Metropolization is a universal phenomenon characterized by the concentration of a growing number of ...
International audienceIn the name of sustainable development, cities should be made compact, that is...
In the last years, metropolization has been a topical subject of French geography. The process raise...
En France, comme dans de nombreux pays, les dernières décennies ont été fortement marquées par le dy...
To speak about the metropolitan phenomenon today, in the 21st century, implies in going beyond the g...
The upheavals linked to metropolization induce a territorial restructuring process. With decentraliz...
On Metropolitanization : a new paradigm ? For the last ten years, metropolization has been perceived...
In France, as in many countries, the last decades witnessed the dynamism and the spreading of metrop...
The recent economic growth of many big cities has led to the new concept of "metropolization" and to...
In an urban context marked by the phenomenon of metropolization and globalization, new issues appear...
Since the 50's, the altering between urban area and political power is at the origin of a major dysf...
International audience[In the early 1990s, the world is experiencing a process of metropolization I ...
Cette recherche interroge le processus contemporain de construction institutionnelle des métropoles ...
The globalization combined to the concentration of opportunities, services, cultural and command fun...
International audienceThe Metropolitan Question is at the center of political debates in France wher...
Metropolization is a universal phenomenon characterized by the concentration of a growing number of ...
International audienceIn the name of sustainable development, cities should be made compact, that is...
In the last years, metropolization has been a topical subject of French geography. The process raise...
En France, comme dans de nombreux pays, les dernières décennies ont été fortement marquées par le dy...
To speak about the metropolitan phenomenon today, in the 21st century, implies in going beyond the g...
The upheavals linked to metropolization induce a territorial restructuring process. With decentraliz...
On Metropolitanization : a new paradigm ? For the last ten years, metropolization has been perceived...
In France, as in many countries, the last decades witnessed the dynamism and the spreading of metrop...
The recent economic growth of many big cities has led to the new concept of "metropolization" and to...
In an urban context marked by the phenomenon of metropolization and globalization, new issues appear...
Since the 50's, the altering between urban area and political power is at the origin of a major dysf...
International audience[In the early 1990s, the world is experiencing a process of metropolization I ...
Cette recherche interroge le processus contemporain de construction institutionnelle des métropoles ...
The globalization combined to the concentration of opportunities, services, cultural and command fun...
International audienceThe Metropolitan Question is at the center of political debates in France wher...
Metropolization is a universal phenomenon characterized by the concentration of a growing number of ...
International audienceIn the name of sustainable development, cities should be made compact, that is...