Aux frontières de l’urbain / At the frontiers of Urban space

Avignon (France), 22-23 January 2014

Conference proceeding / Actes de la conférence

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At the International conference “At the Frontiers of  Urban Space. Small towns of the world: emergence, growth, economic and social role, territorial integration, governance”  were exposed various issues concerning the bottom of the urban hierarchy:

• Comparative approach: India, Europe, Africa, Latin America…
• Small towns, networks and mobility
• Small town and land issues
• Urban systems and hierarchies
• Emerging towns: genesis and history
• Role of politics, role of spontaneous urbanisation
• Small town economy
• Small towns and sustainable development