The book proposes a theoretical and practical alternative to the mainstream economy, with regard to environmental emergency and societal challenges.
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Bruno Boidin
In the early 2000s, the notion of the Anthropocene was put forward to designate a new era in the history of the Earth, marked by profound and irreversible transformations induced by human actions on the environment: this notion has itself led to the issues of "sustainable development", "ecological transition" and even " energetic transition ".
Catherine Larrère, Philippe Sabot
Managing the environment.... Such a project may seem ambitious. However, it is essential. To contribute to this, this book offers an original and multidisciplinary perspective on a variety of issues.
Les apports d'une perspective situationnelle
Rémi Barbier, François-Joseph Daniel
Whether smart or knowledge-based, the city of the future with its strengths and promises is already there. Characterized by ecological and urban innovation, its goal is the common well-being. The concept of an eco-sustainable city is born.
Vers une ville écosoutenable ?
Patrizia Ingallina
The question of energy demands attention as one of the major challenges of the 21st century. The concept of the energy transition is more central than ever to public policy, which then feeds down to regional level. But it appears that periods of transition associated with the emergence of new energy sources have been a recurring phenomenon since..
Pierre Lamard, Nicolas Stoskopf
If the history of death has given rise to many and great works for the last forty years, the history of the fate reserved for the dead body remains little known.
Les funérailles, des temps modernes à l'époque contemporaine
Elisabeth Belmas, Serenella Nonnis-Vigilante
The obligation made for people of law to lead the beggars in the prisons of the closest city raises the question of the confinement in the big cities of the provinces of the North. In France, the royal State believes to remedy these difficulties by the edict of June, 1662 ordering the creation of a general hospital in every city of the kingdom. The
Olivier Ryckebusch
How do people live in industrial cities ? What do inhabitants think about living next to Seveso sites, places that provide them with job opportunities but endanger their health and environment at the same time ?
Séverine Frère, Hervé Flanquart
Official discourses, marketing narratives, civic arguments, ideologies, theories and doctrines affect the production and the transformation of urban space. Introduced by Sharon Zukin, this collective work shows how the discourses of the users, the decision-makers and the designers of the city portray everyday town planning. They make the past and..
La performativité des discours sur l'espace urbain
Yankel Fijalkow
Understanding the renewed relations of cities with their marinas. That is the ambition of this work which gathers researchers and practitioners of several countries.
L'intégration des ports dans les villes contemporaines
Vincent Herbert, Christophe Gibout
Current mutations of cities and territories raise the question of new forms of action and the role of public and private actors. Creativity and innovation are at the heart of the reflection. This book provides answers on issues of urban innovation, territorial development and living together in France and Brazil.
Regards croisés franco-brésiliens
Didier Paris
If French court is a classical subject in modern history, birth and early childhood in the curial environment constitute rare specifical research topics through the available academic works. However, many archives make possible to reconstitute what happens around the pregnant queens or princesses.
Moyen-Âge - XIXe siècle
Pascale Mormiche, Stanis Perez
The knowledge and creative economy is a major issue for European cities marked by the industrial revolution and the economic changes of the XXth century. How Lille Métropole, a laboratory of urban renewal in France, meets this new challenge?
Nouveaux liens, nouveaux lieux, nouveaux territoires
Christine Liefooghe, Dominique Mons, Didier Paris
L'ampleur des changements environnementaux est aujourd’hui bien établie. Face à cette situation inédite dans l’histoire de l’humanité, quels « cadres » et catégories mobiliser pour penser ces bouleversements et guider l’action ? La mise en évidence de l’origine humaine de ces changements et la critique du dualisme Nature/Culture ont conduit...
Aurélie Choné, Isabelle Hajek
Les projets de « ville durable » se sont aujourd'hui multipliés à travers le monde. Comment interpréter cet engouement généralisé ? Est-ce une nouvelle façon de concevoir les relations entre sociétés urbaines et environnements naturels ? Dans un contexte d’accélération de l’urbanisation, plutôt que d’acter l’inauguration de nouvelles politiques...
Isabelle Hajek, Philippe Hamman
La transition écologique, énoncée au Sommet de Rio+20, inscrit au cœur des agendas des États et des collectivités la volonté de mise en œuvre simultanée de plusieurs objectifs – réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre, promotion des énergies renouvelables – tout en interrogeant nos besoins. En France, cette question s'est focalisée sur...
Helga-Jane Scarwell, Divya Leducq
Marie-Christine Zelem
La santé est au cœur des préoccupations, tant des individus que des familles et de la société. Promouvoir le bien-être, prévenir la survenue d'une maladie, faciliter les processus de guérison sont autant de domaines auxquels contribuent les chercheurs et les praticiens en psychologie. Pas une journée sans que les média, notre entourage ou...
Véronique Christophe, Claire Ducro
La santé constitue un domaine marqué par de profondes inégalités internationales. L'ouvrage analyse ce paradoxe d'une santé sans cesse présentée comme objectif de solidarité internationale et pourtant si inégalement accessible. Il propose d’abord une analyse critique renouvelée de la notion de santé comme bien public mondial, peu abordée dans la...
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