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Cities of the World

20/05/2015 16:05

Terrorisme et Médias, la nouvelle société du spectacle

La communication, la « Com », est la nouvelle valeur dominante de nos sociétés superficielles, d’économies sur le déclin. Un leader politique, artistique, religieux, sportif, doit avant tout communiquer s’il veut exister. Dans les pays riches on trouve bien plus de...

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14/04/2015 16:00

Preparation of the New Urban Agenda

World Summit on the New Urban Agenda.docx  Huffington Post, USA, April 14, 2015

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13/04/2015 08:00

Vers un Nouvel Agenda Urbain pour la Planète

Vers un Nouvel Agenda Urbain.docx (39,8 kB) Article du Huffington Post, Paris

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15/03/2015 08:00

Bidonvilles, tiers quartiers de défis, d’opportunités et d’imagination

Bidonvilles, lieux d'innovation.doc    Contribution au Programme Participatif d’Amélioration des Bidonvilles (ONU-Habitat/CE/ACP)

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15/03/2015 00:00

Slums - Places of Challenges, Opportunities and Imagination

Slums, Places of Challenges 01.2015.docx (44138)

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26/02/2015 00:00

International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning

The International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning have been drafted in 2013-2014 by a Group of Experts organized by UN-Habitat and moderated by Daniel Biau, Lead Consultant. They have been approved by the Governing Council of UN-Habitat on 23 April 2015. International Guidelines on...

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03/02/2015 00:00

Urbanisme Vertical, un oxymoron ?

  (Article publié dans la revue PCM n° 868, Paris, janvier 2015)   Durant ces quatre dernières décennies, on a construit des centaines de tours de par le monde. Ces grands immeubles ont donné lieu à une incroyable médiatisation, à de multiples analyses et à de nombreuses...

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26/11/2012 20:56

Succès et lacunes dans l’amélioration des conditions de vie des habitants des taudis durant la décennie 2000-2010 - Improving the living conditions of slum dwellers: Achievements and shortcomings in the 2000-2010 decade.

Document de fond de la conférence de Rabat.docx (108,7 kB)   Background document of the Rabat Conference.docx (62,5 kB)

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21/07/2012 18:09

Are Asian Cities shaped by Global Forces?

Book review published by Economic and Political Weekly, Mumbai, 21 July 2012 EPW DB's article.jsp.pdf (214,3 kB)

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29/02/2012 18:24

Territorial Planning and Basic Services in Africa - Aménagement du Territoire et Services Essentiels en Afrique

AMCHUD4 Background Paper 2012.pdf (388,1 kB)   AMCHUD4 Document de Travail 2012.pdf (412,7 kB)

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Comparing Ukraine and Palestine ? December 2023

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27/03/2024 15:35

Comparer Ukraine et Palestine, décembre 2023

Comparer Ukraine et Palestine, 2023.docx (21,7 kB)

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05/11/2021 23:00

Biden's Plan approved by Congress

The 1.2 trillion infrastructure plan, passed by Congress on 5 November 2021, contains $550 billion...

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01/04/2021 00:00

Joe Biden $2tn infrastructure plan

Joe Biden unveiled his plan to plough $2tn in government spending into US infrastructure alongside...

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29/10/2020 20:00

Electionitis in Africa

A terrible virus is spreading out in Africa In October 2020 several African countries (Guinea,...

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25/01/2019 12:00

Pope Francis on Walls and Bridges

24 January 2019 - Pope Francis made a thinly veiled reference to President Donald Trump’s...

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31/12/2018 20:50

Ann Wroe, The common sea

Ann Wroe, The common sea.pdf (borrowed from The Economist) A nostalgic article on the Brexit, in...

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30/01/2018 21:00

Donald Trump on U.S. Infrastructure

“America is a nation of builders. We built the Empire State Building in just one year – is it not a...

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18/02/2016 11:23

Déclaration du Pape/ A statement from Pope Francis

"Anyone who wants to build walls instead of bridges is not a Christian." Pope Francis, 18 February...

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04/04/2015 13:00

Médias et Terrorisme

Médias et Terrorisme.docx  En mémoire des 148 étudiants assassinés à Garissa, Kenya, le 2...

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