The city can hardly be grasped by a simple definition. Most of the available definitions are statistical or descriptive and they fail to represent the complex, multidimensional and changing nature of the urban phenomenon. The definition proposed in this paper is related to economic theory of city formation and is based on the agglomeration process and the diversity of agents and activities.La ville se laisse difficilement enfermer dans une définition simple. La plupart des définitions disponibles sont statistiques ou descriptives et saisissent mal le caractère complexe, multidimensionnel et changeant du phénomène urbain. La définition proposée ici fait appel à la théorie économique de la formation des villes et se base sur le processus d’ag...
Depuis 1950, la croissance de l'urbanisation et l'évolution du rapport espace/société ont profondéme...
Bien que la région soit un concept multiforme, voire omniforme, le découpage régional est le cadre p...
The phenomenon of sub-urbanization, known in France for twenty years, has specific features upon whi...
The city can hardly be grasped by a simple definition. Most of the available definitions are statist...
International audienceThe terms "city" and "agglomeration" are concepts frequently encountered in th...
International audienceThe terms "city" and "agglomeration" are concepts frequently encountered in th...
International audience[The term city is a double paradox. On the one hand, the feeling that a lived ...
Les villes décroissantes sont devenues un objet d’études et de recherches central dans la dernière d...
National audienceThis paper aims at identifying and discussing, within the theoretical framework of ...
International audienceModern urban planning was traditionally based on the belief of a controllable ...
Two main study directions guide our inquiry.The first concerns the successive geographical expressio...
L'urbanisation est analysée comme un processus à distinguer du couple ville-campagne, supposant deux...
Insofar as the city's policy seems to dedicate a large share of its resources to resorbing the malfu...
published in french : Villes et recompositions spatiales, in : G. Ferréol ed., Manuel de Sociologie,...
International audienceThe increasing concentration of population in cities is a global phenomenon. I...
Depuis 1950, la croissance de l'urbanisation et l'évolution du rapport espace/société ont profondéme...
Bien que la région soit un concept multiforme, voire omniforme, le découpage régional est le cadre p...
The phenomenon of sub-urbanization, known in France for twenty years, has specific features upon whi...
The city can hardly be grasped by a simple definition. Most of the available definitions are statist...
International audienceThe terms "city" and "agglomeration" are concepts frequently encountered in th...
International audienceThe terms "city" and "agglomeration" are concepts frequently encountered in th...
International audience[The term city is a double paradox. On the one hand, the feeling that a lived ...
Les villes décroissantes sont devenues un objet d’études et de recherches central dans la dernière d...
National audienceThis paper aims at identifying and discussing, within the theoretical framework of ...
International audienceModern urban planning was traditionally based on the belief of a controllable ...
Two main study directions guide our inquiry.The first concerns the successive geographical expressio...
L'urbanisation est analysée comme un processus à distinguer du couple ville-campagne, supposant deux...
Insofar as the city's policy seems to dedicate a large share of its resources to resorbing the malfu...
published in french : Villes et recompositions spatiales, in : G. Ferréol ed., Manuel de Sociologie,...
International audienceThe increasing concentration of population in cities is a global phenomenon. I...
Depuis 1950, la croissance de l'urbanisation et l'évolution du rapport espace/société ont profondéme...
Bien que la région soit un concept multiforme, voire omniforme, le découpage régional est le cadre p...
The phenomenon of sub-urbanization, known in France for twenty years, has specific features upon whi...