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This book is a bold interdisciplinary critique of claims regarding the free movement of goods, people, services, and capital throughout Europe. Ginette Verstraete interrogates European discourses on unlimited movement for everyone and a utopian unity-in-diversity in light of contemporary social practices, cultural theories, historical texts, media representations, and(...)
Tracking Europe: mobility, diaspora, and the politics of location
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This book is a bold interdisciplinary critique of claims regarding the free movement of goods, people, services, and capital throughout Europe. Ginette Verstraete interrogates European discourses on unlimited movement for everyone and a utopian unity-in-diversity in light of contemporary social practices, cultural theories, historical texts, media representations, and critical art projects. Arguing against the persistent myth of borderless travel, Verstraete shows the discourses on Europe to be caught in an unresolvable contradiction on a conceptual level and in deeply unsettling asymmetries on a performative level. She asks why the age-old notion of Europe as a borderless space of mobility goes hand-in-hand with the at times violent containment and displacement of people.
Transportation, Tourism, Migration
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When the motor car first came to England in the 1890s, it was a luxury item with little practical purpose - drivers couldn't travel very far or very quickly without paved roads or traffic laws. Thus began a transformation that has affected the architecture, infrastructure, and even the natural environment of the country. "Carscapes" relates the history of the car's impact(...)
Transportation, Tourism, Migration
November 2012
Carscapes : the motor car, architecture and landscape in England
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When the motor car first came to England in the 1890s, it was a luxury item with little practical purpose - drivers couldn't travel very far or very quickly without paved roads or traffic laws. Thus began a transformation that has affected the architecture, infrastructure, and even the natural environment of the country. "Carscapes" relates the history of the car's impact on the physical environment of England from its early beginnings to the modern motorway network, focusing especially on its architectural influence. The authors offer a detailed look at the litany of structures designed specifically to accommodate cars: garages, gas stations, car parks, factories, and showrooms. Presenting a comprehensive study of these buildings, along with highways, bridges, and signage, "Carscapes" reveals the many overlooked ways in which automobiles have shaped the modern English landscape.
Transportation, Tourism, Migration
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De quelle façon les villes ont-elles capté l'émergence de la mobilité aérienne ? En quoi cette rencontre de la ville et de l'avion a-t-elle façonné notre environnement contemporain ? 1909 marque un tournant. Ont lieu, cette année-là, des spectacles de masse au cours desquels l'invention du vol dirigé est révélée au public. C'est aussi le moment que choisit le milieu(...)
Aerocity : quand l'avion fait la ville
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De quelle façon les villes ont-elles capté l'émergence de la mobilité aérienne ? En quoi cette rencontre de la ville et de l'avion a-t-elle façonné notre environnement contemporain ? 1909 marque un tournant. Ont lieu, cette année-là, des spectacles de masse au cours desquels l'invention du vol dirigé est révélée au public. C'est aussi le moment que choisit le milieu professionnel de l'urbanisme pour s'emparer du sujet aérien et alimenter les réflexions sur la ville du futur. Cet imaginaire aéro-urbain viendra nourrir les concepts qui guideront plus tard la réalisation des grands aéroports internationaux. Incarnation d'un perpétuel dépassement des limites, l'aéroport exalte le spectaculaire et devient le lieu phare de la compétition métropolitaine. De la vision au dessin, de l'idée à la matérialisation, le récit d'Aerocity s'intéresse à l'imaginaire architectural et urbain de l'aéroport, aux modalités selon lesquelles les projets sont apparus, ont été réalisés, ainsi qu'à leur influence : quand l'avion fait la ville. Parcourant l'épopée moderne de l'avion et la démocratisation de la mobilité aérienne, l'enquête se poursuit jusqu'à la période récente, témoin d'un développement spectaculaire des zones aéroportuaires qui s'affranchissent physiquement de la ville d'accostage sans cesser de la questionner et de la stimuler. Une riche iconographie souvent inédite vient ponctuer cette histoire du xxe siècle.
Transportation, Tourism, Migration
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Jacques Roubaud est un marcheur, ce qui ne l’empêche pas de monter dans des bus, et notamment ceux de la ligne 29 qui, partant de Saint Lazare, traversent Paris d’ouest en est jusqu’à la porte de Montempoivre. Au bout de sept années de pérégrinations, il a ainsi conçu Ode à la ligne 29 des autobus parisiens. Structuré en 6 chants et 35 strophes, composé en alexandrins,(...)
Ode à la ligne 29 des autobus parisiens
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Jacques Roubaud est un marcheur, ce qui ne l’empêche pas de monter dans des bus, et notamment ceux de la ligne 29 qui, partant de Saint Lazare, traversent Paris d’ouest en est jusqu’à la porte de Montempoivre. Au bout de sept années de pérégrinations, il a ainsi conçu Ode à la ligne 29 des autobus parisiens. Structuré en 6 chants et 35 strophes, composé en alexandrins, ce texte drôlatique parcourt Paris au rythme des arrêts de la ligne 29 et de la mémoire démentielle de l’auteur. L’ode, qui comprend jusqu’à 8 niveaux de digressions, réinvente aussi quelque peu l’orthographe...
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Cycle Space is the first book to view the city through the lens - or rearview mirror - of the bicycle. It features portraits of eight major cities and their respective cycling cultures: New York, Chicago, Portland, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Budapest, São Paolo, Singapore and Sydney. Each of these cities has seen a groundswell of cyclists taking to its streets in recent(...)
Cycle space : architecture & urban design in the age of the bicycle
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Cycle Space is the first book to view the city through the lens - or rearview mirror - of the bicycle. It features portraits of eight major cities and their respective cycling cultures: New York, Chicago, Portland, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Budapest, São Paolo, Singapore and Sydney. Each of these cities has seen a groundswell of cyclists taking to its streets in recent years. From death-defying bike messengers to hipsters with a taste for cycle chic to commuters simply riding to work, cycling is now being viewed as more than just an alternative: it’s practical; it’s cool; it’s green.
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Aerotropolis is an account of a development that is transforming the way cities are built and the way business is conducted from Vancouver to Singapore and from Dubai to Denver. John Kasarda invented the term "aerotropolis" to describe the combination of giant airport, planned city, shipping facility, and business hub that will connect the world's economies in the(...)
Aerotropolis: the way we'll live next
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Aerotropolis is an account of a development that is transforming the way cities are built and the way business is conducted from Vancouver to Singapore and from Dubai to Denver. John Kasarda invented the term "aerotropolis" to describe the combination of giant airport, planned city, shipping facility, and business hub that will connect the world's economies in the coming phase of globalization. With business writer Greg Lindsay, he draws on a decade's worth of cutting-edge research to offer a visionary look at how the metropolis of the future will change the face of our physical world and the nature of global enterprise. Aerotropolis shows us how to make the most of a phenomenon that is profoundly challenging but that also offers unparalleled opportunities.
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Taylor Holland: eurobus
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This series of 58 digital photographs was shot on bicycle commutes in Paris, France in Spring 2011. This book is dedicated to the anonymous designers of European tour bus graphics, who have embraced an underappreciated art space and made it their own.
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February 2012
Taylor Holland: eurobus
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This series of 58 digital photographs was shot on bicycle commutes in Paris, France in Spring 2011. This book is dedicated to the anonymous designers of European tour bus graphics, who have embraced an underappreciated art space and made it their own.
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“Why are Kazakhstan and Montana the same place?” asks one chapter of Kate Brown’s surprising and unusual journey into the histories of places on the margins, overlooked or erased. It turns out that a ruined mining town in Kazakhstan and Butte, Montana—America’s largest environmental Superfund site—have much more in common than one would think thanks to similarities in(...)
Dispatches from dystopia: histories of places not yet forgotten
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“Why are Kazakhstan and Montana the same place?” asks one chapter of Kate Brown’s surprising and unusual journey into the histories of places on the margins, overlooked or erased. It turns out that a ruined mining town in Kazakhstan and Butte, Montana—America’s largest environmental Superfund site—have much more in common than one would think thanks to similarities in climate, hucksterism, and the perseverance of their few hardy inhabitants. Taking readers to these and other unlikely locales, Dispatches from Dystopia delves into the very human and sometimes very fraught ways we come to understand a particular place, its people, and its history.
Transportation, Tourism, Migration
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In this volume, trans-disciplinary research teams collaborate with local stakeholders to develop sustainable transportation concepts for five cities across the globe: Gauteng, Hefei, Ho Chi Minh City, Hyderabad and Tehran-Karaj. The teams grapple with issues ranging from data collection and planning in ever-changing environments to the resistance of citizens to mammoth(...)
Mobility and transportation : concepts for sustainable transportation in future megacities
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In this volume, trans-disciplinary research teams collaborate with local stakeholders to develop sustainable transportation concepts for five cities across the globe: Gauteng, Hefei, Ho Chi Minh City, Hyderabad and Tehran-Karaj. The teams grapple with issues ranging from data collection and planning in ever-changing environments to the resistance of citizens to mammoth infrastructure projects.
Transportation, Tourism, Migration
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Au regard des usages, le parking possède des qualités insoupçonnées. N’est-il pas marqué par la présence des habitants qui le traversent, y séjournent et s’y adonnent à des travaux de mécanique ou de bricolage, bref qui l’investissent ? Aussi convient-il de se demander s’il n’associe pas les qualités du logement à celles de l’espace public, et ne peut en retour participer(...)
Le parking dans les grands ensembles
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Au regard des usages, le parking possède des qualités insoupçonnées. N’est-il pas marqué par la présence des habitants qui le traversent, y séjournent et s’y adonnent à des travaux de mécanique ou de bricolage, bref qui l’investissent ? Aussi convient-il de se demander s’il n’associe pas les qualités du logement à celles de l’espace public, et ne peut en retour participer à la requalification des espaces – public et privé – entre lesquels il s’inscrit.
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