The rise of Chinese and Indian Cities (in Chinese)
The rise of Chinese and Indian cities.pdf
Chinese version published in "Human Settlements" magazine, Beijing, 2009
The Urban Guru Website
Article archive
01/03/2009 00:00
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01/03/2009 00:00
Global Financial Crisis, Misguided Housing Policies (in Chinese)
Global Financial Crisis - Misleading Housing Policies.pdf
Chinese version published in Urban and Rural Development (URD), Beijing, 2009
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15/01/2009 00:00
Misguided housing credit, the root cause of the global financial crisis
Analyzing the world financial crisis which marked the end of 2008, this article of January 2009 (published in "Urban World", March 2009, in "Urbanisme", Paris, May 2009, in URD, Beijing, 2009 and in PoSIbles, Buenos Aires, 4/2009) called for a serious debate on housing finance systems. This is...
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24/11/2008 00:00
Urban Challenges and Opportunities in Kenya
UN-Habitat has recently published the first “State of African Cities Report” in which a substantive chapter is devoted to East Africa, including to its largest cities of Addis Ababa, Nairobi and Dar Es-Salaam, and to its smaller agglomerations.
Before presenting the challenges that the...
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01/11/2008 00:00
China-India urbanization (in Chinese)
China-India Urbanization.pdf
Article published in the Chinese Architectural Journal, Beijing, 2008
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27/06/2008 10:28
Latin American Cities, Quito
Latin America Cities.ppt (2 MB)
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11/06/2008 10:29
La Croissance Urbaine en Afrique, Saint Louis
Croissance urbaine en Afrique.ppt (3,8 MB)
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03/11/2007 00:00
Italie: une histoire urbaine en trois temps
L’histoire de l’Italie, berceau de l’urbanisation européenne, commence avec les Etrusques, entre Florence et Rome. Ils fondent les premières cités 600 ans avant notre ère selon un urbanisme méticuleux, avec des maisons bâties autour d’une cour, et des nécropoles. Ils s’organisent déjà en...
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19/08/2007 00:00
Chinese Cities, Indian Cities: a telling contrast
China and India are the two demographic giants of the planet. They count together close to 2.5 billion inhabitants, representing more than 37 % of the world population (estimated at 6.6 billion people in 2007).
They are about to become economic giants and are seriously shaking traditional power...
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02/08/2007 00:00
Chinese and Indian Cities, Fukuoka briefing
Chinese and Indian Cities.ppt (1,1 MB)
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