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Mégalopoles : malades de la globalisation? / Alain Cluzet
Main entry:

Cluzet, Alain, author.

Title & Author:

Mégalopoles : malades de la globalisation? / Alain Cluzet

Publication:

Geneve : Infolio, 2020

Description:

210 pages ; 18 cm

Series:

Archigraphy

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references
Summary:

Big is not necessarily beautiful! The temptation to gigantism also reflects the illusion of omnipotence. Just like States, megalopolises must come to terms with globalization without giving up their identity and their quality of life. Megalopolises, the giant cities of the planet, are no longer the beating heart of globalization. The new globalization, digital, fluid, hyperconnected, concentrates its places of decision and creation on smaller, more agile, more specific offshore platforms. The world's iconic hyperplaces are only the tourist scum. The megalopolises are on the other hand at the crossroads of all contemporary fractures: unmanaged demographic explosion, economic growth without territorial impact, global monoculture breaking with local identities, unsustainable environmental impact. But they are also the crucible in which to forge new balances. This book takes a look at twelve of the main megalopolises, from London to Delhi, from Shanghai to Los Angeles, from Lagos to Mexico. It invites other options, more durable and less divisive. Or globalization without its dictates. Cities have always been a kaleidoscope of rhythms, experiences, identities. By rediscovering it and reconnecting with their vocation as territorial bridgeheads, the largest cities in the globalized world will become all the more its beacons the less they will be its objects.
Big is not forcément beautiful ! La tentation du gigantisme traduit aussi l'illusion de la toute-puissance. Au même titre que les États, les mégalopoles doivent composer avec la globalisation sans céder leur identité et leur qualité de vie.Les mégalopoles, les villes géantes de la planète, ne sont plus le coeur battant de la globalisation. La nouvelle globalisation, numérique, fluide, hyperconnectée, concentre ses lieux de décision et de création sur des plateformes offshores plus réduites, plus agiles, plus spécifiques. Les hyperlieux iconiques mondiaux n'en sont que l'écume touristique. Les mégalopoles sont par contre au carrefour de toutes les fractures contemporaines: explosion démographique non gérée, croissance économique sans impact territorial, monoculture mondiale en rupture avec les identités locales, impact environnemental insoutenable. Mais elles sont également le creuset où forger de nouveaux équilibres. Ce livre porte un regard croisé sur douze des principales mégalopoles, de Londres à Delhi, de Shanghai à Los Angeles, de Lagos à Mexico. Il invite à d'autres options, plus pérennes et moins clivantes. Ou la globalisation sans ses diktats. Les villes ont toujours été un kaléidoscope de rythmes, d'expériences, d'identités. En le redécouvrant et en renouant avec leur vocation de tête de pont territoriale, les plus grandes villes du monde globalisé en deviendront d'autant plus les phares qu'elles en seront moins les objets

ISBN:

9782884746960
288474696X

Subject:

Megacities.
Metropolitan areas.
Globalization Economic aspects.
Sustainable development.
City and town life.
Mégalopoles.
Mondialisation.
Développement durable.
Vie urbaine.
megalopolises.
sustainable development.
London (England)
Delhi (India)
Shanghai (China)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
England London
India Delhi
China Shanghai
California Los Angeles

Added entries:

Archigraphy

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 315420
Call No.: 315420
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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