Le besoin de strategies de developpement coherentes et nouvelles apparait aujourd'hui nettement pour les grandes metropoles car elles se trouvent confrontees a des situations economiques et sociales difficilement gerables. Malgre les specificites de chaque cas d'espece, ces situations presentent...

The rapid pace of urbanization in developing countries, and especially the growth of very large cities, is a source of considerable concern for policy makers and is increasingly becoming a topic for economic analysis. Most studies of migration are concerned with rural-urban flows. However, in...

Poverty analysis in Tunisia so far depends heavily upon the choice of poverty lines. In this paper we propose to adopt an approach based on the determination of regional basic needs in order to estimte the differential between urban and rural lines. In order to get stable results we also propose...

This paper is concerced with the role of externalities and nonconvexities in agglomeration (concentration) of urban population and production. The paper examines whether, indeed, as often asserted, the external aspect of scale economies (diseconomies) deters (enhances) agglomeration.

This article outlines the initial draft of a PhD project which investigates refurbishment or rehabilitation projects in two German cities. The study focuses on obstacles, restraints and deficits as well as factors of success, which can be identified during the execution of the refurbishments....

This paper analyses how the Medellín elite developed a mass-transport system, the urban tramway, during the first decades of the 20th century. This project supported the city’s industrialisation and facilitated constructing working-class neighbourhoods in the periphery. The elite’s...

In 2006, the Commission of the European Communities encouraged the incorporation of sustainable urban development in the Cohesion Policy for 2007-2013. These proposals seem to be based on the cities involvement in the framework of the Structural Funds and other European programs. The purpose is...

manufacturing have collapsed are trying to stimulate entrepreneurial activities of businesses in the cultural industry. The question is whether this strategy could be successful. This article examines the strategy of supporting the sector of Media Industry (´MI´) by policy makers in the region...