Saved by sari
The Economic Role of Cities
À l’heure de la globalisation, la compétition des villes entre elles se traduit dans les pays du Nord par plusieurs défis majeurs lancés aux nouveaux ensembles urbains, ainsi que le souligne bien François Ascher4. Selon cet auteur, un premier défi est celui de la concurrence entre les villes (ce qui n’est pas chose nouvelle) qui doivent être en mes
... See moreEdgar Morin • La Voie : Pour l'avenir de l'Humanité (Essais) (French Edition)
The most obvious of the three, although it is seldom called a neighborhood, is the city as a whole. We must never forget or minimize this parent community while thinking of a city’s smaller parts. This is the source from which most public money flows, even when it comes ultimately from the federal or state coffers. This is where most administrative
... See moreJane Jacobs • The Death and Life of Great American Cities

The more creative participants in the new economy are geographically distributed. Therefore, they are unlikely to form a sufficient concentration to gain the attention of legislators, the way that salmon fishers in Scotland or wheat farmers in Saskatchewan do.