En combinant plusieurs affectations, les grands objets urbains tels que les complexes multifonctionnels privés (centre commercial et de loisirs) ou publics-privés (stades de sport et centre commercial) qui se sont récemment multipliés en Suisse peuvent contribuer à la construction de « la...

L’objectif de cet article est de développer un cadre conceptuel, analytique et interprétatif des relations entre « finance, ville et durabilité » peu abordées jusqu’alors en géographie urbaine. Afin de répondre aux enjeux de la transformation des villes contemporaines marquées à la...

In their attempt to explain in ever more in-depth manner learning processes at the roots of economic change, territorial innovation models (TIMs) have remained centred on production. Consumption is mainly regarded as the expression of an abstract demand relayed by exogenous market mechanisms....

At regional level a number of models, such as innovation systems and cluster have been developed which have been influential on this policy support. Policy initiatives based around these models are firmly rooted in a technological model of innovation and a standard market situation which takes...

In a context of globalization characterized by increasing concerns about sustainable development, the roles of innovative milieus have to be reconsidered. Our contribution discusses the territorialities of “sustainable innovations” and identifies the specific actor relations and forms of...

Drawing on particular socio-economic theories, this paper discusses the implications for regional studies of the experience economy approach through the broader question of market valuation. Different forms of market construction are identified and compared with regard to distinct models of...

Financialization and sustainable urban planning are now two major components of urban production and landscape change in Western cities. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how the intervention of financial actors influences urban sustainability in the building of megaprojects, by...

Various territorial innovation models have been developed since the 1980s, offering a new perspective on how certain regional production systems have grown out of the innovation and training processes specific to certain local milieus. These models reflect a process of economic globalisation...