“…Aquest llibre, fruit d'aquelles jornades realitzades el novembre de 2007, pretén obrir noves perspectives de discussió i contrast que ajuden a definir, de la forma més consensuada possible, polítiques urbanes assenyades i eficients…”
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“…The domains of investigation, grouped in three major tracks of reflection – politics, space and migration – are for most situated at the crossroads of several fields: economics, politics, law, anthropology, sociology, history of ideas, of immigration, of urban planning, and literature. The aim is to identify again, in the current context of globalization, the underlying forces that bring together comparatists from various fields to work on two countries characterized by an unequal relationship…”

“…These include receiving British explorer James Cook; a 19th century voyage to London; troubled relations with early Christian missionaries; overseas emigration for plantation labor; the innovation of the John Frum Movement, a so-called Melanesian "cargo cult"; service in American military labor corps during the Pacific War; agitation in the 1970s for an independent Vanuatu; urban migration to seek work in Port Vila (Vanuatu's capital); the international kava business; juggling arranged versus love marriages; and modern dealings with social media and swelling numbers of tourists. …”

“…Some remarks on domestic architecture in North Africa and Britain. IV. URBAN ELITES AND CIVIC LIFE VRIES, T. DE & W.J. …”

“…Contemporary societies are affected by increasing conflicts over urban development projects. In the waste management sector, opposition to the construction of waste treatment plants (landfill sites, incinerators or composting facilities) has grown in spite of more stringent environmental standards and the provision of information, collaboration and participation procedures. …”

“…To follow, revisited and integrated, the presentation of the materials of the conference, where - with a detailed report on the Deans that followed the Faculty guide - the testimonies of the building and urban renewal of Naples starting from the second nineteenth century are flanked by the most relevant events of the time and the most significant local achievements…”

“…New readings of the Medieval texts, and the recent excavations conducted by the authors, place the churches in their urban context and determine their chronology. Finally, the early results of the study of the environmental evidence open up wide possibilities for future analyses…”

“…Others address home décor, housing, urban development, and commercial real estate, while still others consider the circulation of cinematic images, contraband, used cars, and clothing. …”

“…Edward Ferris, Assistant Professor, The New School for Management and Urban Policy "In my over 20 years of running companies and corporate divisions I have seen a direct correlation between the quality of communication of my managers and their success in the business world. …”

“…The primary method of empowerment was to provide modern infrastructure, “Roads first, then riches,” so rural dwellers in remote Inner Mongolia or the Himalayan heights of Tibet had the same access to markets, jobs and internet for e-commerce as their urban counterparts. People who seized the opportunities and prospered first then used their newfound wealth and experience to help others. …”

“…Starting with Donizetti's night, the volume comes to the night of different Italian singers and songwriters (De Gregori, Dalla and more), pushing the limit of electric nocturnes which, through poetry, reveal the urban glimpses of a tormented society between the end of the century and the beginning of the millennium…”

“…Their unique contributions to cycling's past continue to shape urban life for contemporary mobile women…”

“…Vanesa Castán Broto is Professor of Climate Urbanism at the University of Sheffield. She is Principal Investigator of the project Community Energy And Sustainable Energy Transitions In Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique (CESET), funded by the UK Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). …”

“…Ethnically, culturally, and economically diverse, the Indonesian people are broadly dispersed across an archipelago of more than 13,000 islands. Rapid urbanization has given rise to one megacity (Jakarta) and to 10 other major metropolitan areas. …”

“…Articles provide authoritative surveys of concepts such as rhetorical construction of bodies, Marxist, feminist, and poststructuralist traditions, materialisms, social movements, race and anti-racist critique, whiteness, surveillance and security, visual communication, globalization, social media and digital communication/cyberculture, performance studies, the "post-human" turn, critical organizational communication, public memory, gaming, cultural industries, colonialism and postcolonialism, The Birmingham and Frankfurt Schools, commodity culture, critical health culture studies, nation and identity, public spheres, psychoanalytic theory and methods, affect theory, anti-Semitism, queer studies, critical argumentation studies, diaspora, development, intersectionality, Islamophobia, subaltern studies, spatial studies, rhetoric and cultural studies, neoliberalism, critical pedagogy, urban studies, deconstruction, audience studies, labor, war, age studies, motherhood studies, popular culture, communication in the Global South, and more. …”

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“…@L'objectiu principal del treball que ací es presenta és l'elaboració d'un diagnòstic tècnic referit a les funcions urbanes, d'acord amb el model de desenvolupament territorial de la ciutat de Dénia, sobre la base d'un ampli sistema d'indicadors orientat a conèixer l'eficiència de l'estructura urbana, les infraestructures i els equipaments específics, i també els aspectes relatius a la qualitat ambiental i de vida, la situació de l'urbanisme i l'ordenació del territori. …”
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“…As it became increasingly difficult for manufacturing firms in urban centres and the coastal provinces to recruit labour, wages were bid up throughout the economy. …”

“…Near a pre-roman oppidum, on the slopes of mount Cavalier, this area was occupied from the end of the sixth century BC, later finding itself at the heart of the old town after construction of the atywall during Augustus reign. No longer an urban area from the second century AD onwards, it remained rural until the eighteenth century.Organised according to a framework which respected the relief, with both water supply system and drainage, this district contained a group of houses whose plans, construction details, decoration and domestic finds are studied both individually and from a socio-economic point of view…”

“…The main issue here is the place of religion in the everyday life of the cities: the Gods were everywhere, “in spaces with little human presence”, inside and outside the walls, in urban spaces, in the private sphere but also, and above all in the wild. …”