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Housing prices go up and people go away
Housing is becoming an increasingly heavy burden on household budgets, and the cost of transport...
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Cities act on climate, while nations delay
Now that the COP26 has come to an end, and while some argue it has... -
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Back from Cahors
Access to digital technology and housing, the risks of mass tourism, environmental protection and the... -
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Reviving France – and the medium-sized cities?
On Tuesday 12 October, Emmanuel Macron announced in detail the France Relance plan, which provides... -
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Aurillac: thriving in a constrained geography
Should this phenomenon lead us to question the dogma of international accessibility and connectivity? And... -
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The mid-sized cities at high speed
Although all major French cities have a TGV station, serving medium-sized towns remains an important and sometimes vital issue. -
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The Mid-Sized Cities, Cities of Balance
French mid-sized cities are now experiencing a resurgence of interest.... -
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Forget 5th Avenue
It is high time to look at the suburbs differently from the clichés it usually conveys. -
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A warm tomorrow
When faced with the challenges of the coming decades, there are two opposing worldviews. -
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The smart city is dead, long live the climate-smart city!
This attempt to reconcile the city, digital technologies and the climate does not come from some digital giant or multinational trying to regain environmental virginity with oxymoronic slogans, but... from the United Nations. -
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Acting against climate change: “it’s politics, stupid”
This first University of the City of Tomorrow (UVD) was 24 hours during which they... -
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Beyond aesthetic controversies
Any discussion of beauty, particularly in architecture and urban planning, when it is not exclusively...
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