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Inventing the future of urban highways
Aurélien Bellanger defines these highways as “fake maps of the territory, blending the hostility and...
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The cyborg city, an all-encompassing urbanity?
The cyborg, a heroization of the technological individual For Antoine Picon, a Professor at the... -
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Psychoanalysis of the smart city
The emergence of data in cities has given rise to a federating narrative built around... -
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Innovating in a constrained territory
In its latest masterplan, Helsinki plans to transform its urban highways into urban boulevards, hoping... -
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Embracing complexity: how Singapore became Singapore
Complexity isn’t what is complicated.... -
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The conquest of constrained territories: governance challenged by political innovation
At the dawn of Eastern Asia’s development, the insular city-state of Singapore, located at the... -
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Coordinating mobility stakeholders: the AustriaTech platform – Interview with Martin Russ
What are AustriaTech’s missions? Established by the Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, AustriaTech... -
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Living in 20 years: which scenarios for the future of French territories?
A changing and favorable French context While concerns about a growing contrast between demographic empty spaces... -
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Reconciling urban development and health to combat health inequalities
LFDLC: How would you define health? I believe health to be the sum of many different... -
Expert viewpoint
Zoé Vaillant: health inequalities are rooted in local areas
LFDLC: As a researcher in the geography of health, you have worked on cities in... -
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Nature in the city, a factor of health and well-being: points of view from Lise Bourdeau-Lepage and Florence Marin-Poillot
LFDLC: How can nature in the city be defined and what are its main features? Lise... -
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Is the ability to live in a city a key factor of quality of life?
Housing for everyone: the challenge for growing European cities Ensuring that everyone has housing in...
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La Fabrique de la Cité is a think tank dedicated to urban foresight, created by the VINCI group, its sponsor, in 2010. La Fabrique de la Cité acts as a forum where urban stakeholders, whether French or international, collaborate to bring forth new ways of building and rebuilding cities.
