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Acts and seminar abstracts, but also studies and debate proceedings, view all The City Factory publications
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Overview of the seminar Looking for Legacy: for a sustainable impact of major sports infrastructure
by The City Factory
04 April 2012Major sports infrastructures are a great asset when it comes to the remodelling of a city. They are a unique opportunity to launch large urban renewal projects, and they also answer the need for social cohesion. To achieve legacy, these facilities have to be designed anticipating the decades to come. This means conceiving facilities which can adapt to the challenges urban areas are facing – global warming, mobility, new technologies – and which can be maintained easily in a tight budget economic context.en savoir plus
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What kind of city do the world's students dream of?
by The City Factory
03 April 2012“Is life in the city considered an ideal for students?” This is one of the questions that encouraged discussion between researchers at “The Making of Movement” conference on March 26 and 27 at La Bellevilloise in Paris. The international research program “The Making of Movement” headed by the Institut pour la ville en mouvement (IVM, City on the... find out more
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The reversible city ? (only available in french)
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21 December 2011Study on “The reversible city?” by students in the regional and urban planning graduate program at ENPC (École nationale des Ponts et Chaussées) (national school for bridge and road construction) in partnership with The City Factory. find out more
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Overview of the seminar "What is the place for public spaces in the city of the future?"
by The City Factory
26 September 2011The overview of The City Factory seminar presents the participants’ various concerns and presents the principal challenges point by point. find out more
- related themes :
- City planning
- Innovation
- Mobility services
- Public policy
- Public spaces
- Society
- Zero impact
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8 Case studies about public spaces governance
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22 September 2011Those eight case studies are the results of a study, led by Marcus Zepf, involving seven international cities based on the theme of future challenges for governance. find out more
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Minutes of the seminar: "What is the place for public spaces in the city of the future?"
by The City Factory
15 June 2011The minutes reproduce the integrality of the interventions of the Barcelona seminar. find out more
- related themes :
- City planning
- Innovation
- Mobility services
- Public policy
- Public spaces
- Society
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Synthesis on the conditions of the digital city
by The City Factory
19 August 2010The question of the digital city was raised during the City Factory seminar held in Hamburg in April 2010 in an address by Colin Harrison, Director of Strategic Innovation for IBM Group. find out more
- related theme :
- Digital city
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Proceedings of the "City is alive" seminar
by The City Factory
08 April 2010As an expert in construction, roads, telecommunications and energy networks, property, transport and major infrastructure concessions, VINCI serves, and has always served, cities.At a time when all the major challenges of the 21st century – mobility, sustainable development, land-use planning, employment and diversity –are concentrated in cities,... find out more
- related themes :
- City planning
- Innovation
- Mobility services
- Society
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Synthesis of the seminar "City is alive"
by The City Factory
06 April 2010The overview of The City Factory seminar presents the participants’ various concerns and presents the principal challenges point by point. find out more
- related themes :
- City planning
- Mobility services
- Society
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The attractivity of cities (only available in french)
by The City Factory
06 April 2010In light of the challenges which humanity faces, the city often provides viable solutions. It fosters improved living conditions and provides access to clean water and education. Populations in disadvantaged nations often hope to find the things they need and lack in cities. But the city and the trend toward increased urbanization have come under... find out more
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- Society
