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01/11/2019 12:00
The 3rd International Conference on National Urban Policy took place in Nairobi on 28-31 October 2019. Daniel Biau delivered the attached keynote speech at the opening session.
Keynote Address ICNUP3.pdf
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01/07/2019 23:59
Today the world counts 7.7 billion inhabitants of which 4.3 billion live in cities (56 % of the total population). In 1980 there were 4.4 billion people of which only 1.7 billion lived in cities (39 %). In 2050, the projections predict 9.8 billion people including 6.7 billion urban dwellers (68...
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01/02/2019 21:00
Le « grand débat national » fut la réponse apportée par Emmanuel Macron au mouvement des « gilets jaunes ». Englué dans une contestation sans précédent, le chef de l’Etat avait annoncé en décembre 2018 qu’il allait se tourner vers les Français pour recueillir leurs...
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25/01/2019 12:00
24 January 2019 - Pope Francis made a thinly veiled reference to President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall on Thursday, criticizing people who build walls instead of bridges. The pontiff, who is visiting Panama for a global Catholic youth rally, didn’t explicitly mention...
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31/12/2018 20:50
Ann Wroe, The common sea.pdf (borrowed from The Economist)
A nostalgic article on the Brexit, in the form of a romantic obituary. Superb.
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30/01/2018 21:00
“America is a nation of builders. We built the Empire State Building in just one year – is it not a disgrace that it can now take 10 years just to get a permit approved for a simple road?
I am asking both parties to come together to give us the safe, fast, reliable, and modern infrastructure our...
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10/12/2017 17:52
Johnny Hallyday fut un rebelle dans le style de James Dean jusqu'à l'âge de 25 ans. Cette génération, dite Yéyé, se rebellait contre l'autorité parentale mais pas contre le conservatisme social et les valeurs politiques ou religieuses de la bourgeoisie française. Au cours des années 60 les...
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19/06/2017 20:52
Du passé, ils ont fait table rase.
En France les bénéficiaires de la mondialisation ont réussi à faire élire leurs candidats grâce à un concours extraordinaire de circonstances : éclatement de la gauche et corruption de la droite au premier tour de la Présidentielle, répulsion face à une...
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07/10/2016 08:00
The UN Conferences on « Cities and other Human Settlements » take place every 20 years (Vancouver 1976, Istanbul 1996, Quito 2016). They constitute important landmarks, identifying urban challenges, opportunities, problems, and proposing principles and solutions applicable all over the...
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01/10/2016 18:45
In October 2016, "The Thinker", the South African quarterly magazine, published the attached analysis which summarizes the challenges facing African Cities and proposes a Plan of Action for re-inventing these troubled cities.
TheThinker on African Cities.pdf (802058)
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