1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783434003321

Titolo

Cities in a globalizing world : global report on human settlements 2001 / / United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Earthscan, 2001

ISBN

9781849770729 (e-book)

9781853838064 (pbk.)

1-136-57001-2

1-84977-072-7

1-280-47558-7

9786610475582

1-136-57002-0

600-00-0235-1

1-4175-8299-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxviii, 344 p.) : ill

Disciplina

307.76

Soggetti

Human settlements

Urbanization

Urban policy

Municipal services

Urban poor

Globalization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue: Human Settlements in a Globalizing World -- Part I: The Development Context: Changes and Challenges -- 1. Development Contrasts in Human Settlements -- 2. Urban Impacts of Globalization Globalization, Urban Planning and Democracy -- 3. Framing Normative Policy Platforms -- Part II: Emerging Approaches to Urban Governance and Politics -- 4. The Changing Context and Directions of Urban Governance -- 5. Politics of the Global City: Claiming rights to urban spaces -- Part III: Changes in Housing Finance and Shelter Delivery Systems -- 6. The Developing Countries -- 7. The Countries with



Economies in Transition -- 8. The Industrialized Countries -- Part IV: Developments in the Urban Environment and Infrastructure -- 9. Urban Health in the Developing Countries -- 10.  Assessments of the Urban Environment: Water Supply and Sanitation Services -- 11. Impacts of Recent Trends on Urban Transport -- 12. Energy Demands and Consumption -- 13. Decentralization and Urban Infrastructure Management Capacity -- Part V: Ensuring Development Prospects -- 14. Building Capacity -- 15. Strengthening Post-disaster Reconstruction of Human Settlements -- Part VI: Building a Common Future -- 16. Adequate Shelter for All -- 17. Sustaining Human Settlement Development: Strategic Foci -- Epilogue: Liveability of Cities in a Globalizing World -- References -- Background Papers -- Part VII: Statistical Annex -- Country Level data -- City Level Data -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Cities in a Globalizing World presents a comprehensive review of the world's cities and analyses the positive and negative impacts on human settlements of the global trends towards social and economic integration and the rapid changes in information and communication technologies. In this Global Report, the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) draws on specially commissioned and contributed background papers from more than 80 leading international specialists. The report focuses on recent trends in human settlements and their implications for poverty, inequity and social polarization. It develops advance knowledge for urban planning and management policies in support and promotion of inclusive cities and good urban governance. This major and influential report is the most authoritative and up-to-date assessment of human settlements conditions and trends. Written in clear, non-technical language and supported by informative graphics, case studies and extensive statistical data, it should be an essential tool and reference for academics, researchers, planners, public authorities and civil society organizations around the world.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910765520903321

Autore

Rémy Julie

Titolo

Territoires et réseaux en Bretagne et Pays de la Loire à la fin de l’âge de Fer (IIIe-Ier siècles a.C.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bordeaux, : Ausonius Éditions, 2021

Bordeaux : , : Ausonius Éditions, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

2-35613-593-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (nnn pages) : illustrations ; ; digital file (PDF)

Collana

Scripta Antiqua

Soggetti

Excavations (Archaeology) - Brittany

Excavations (Archaeology) - Pays de la Loire (France)

Social sciences

Humanities

Iron age - France

Europe celtique

analyse spatiale

agglomérations

sites fortifiés

sanctuaires

aristocratie

France

Gaul History To 58 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

In the late Iron Age, the northwest of Gaul is divided into several independent cities. In the framework of this archaeological investigation, eight of them were studied between the Channel and the Atlantic coasts. Contrary to what researchers have long admitted, this synthesis, outcome of a doctoral thesis, highlights the full integration of these western regions into the social processes that mark the end of



the Iron Age in Celtic Europe. These processes lead to the development of urbanism and the structuring of territories between the 3th and 1st centuries BC. The approach consists in analyzing the forms and functions of urban areas, but also in studying the religious spaces (sanctuaries), the hillforts and the aristocratic rural settlements. Nowadays, this extensive data compilation makes it possible to reason on the economic, even administrative, links existing between these various types of sites. Lastly, it allows you to reflect about the social structuring of the cities and the evolution of their organizations until the Early Roman Empire.