| Titre | Faut-il démolir les banlieues ? / Should problem suburbs be demolished ? | |
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| Auteur | Isabelle Mesnard, François Plassard | |
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Revue | Géocarrefour |
| Numéro | volume 75, no -2, 2000 Questions de banlieues | |
| Page | 165-172 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Demolition is a common process in transforming the built environment, but it has a particular connotation when it concerns problem suburbs. The analysis of three demolition operations provides an insight into this special status. To justify such demolition three types of argument are commonly used, all linked to the idea of a rational approach to urban management : the physical decay of buildings and the vacany rate, the need to diversify the types of residents and the creation of new urban development projects. However, these arguments do not stand up welle to detailed examination. Behind such justifications it seems possible to discenr a form of symbolic action, related probably to executions and sacrificial practices, to which contemporany society seems to be attached. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/geoca_1627-4873_2000_num_75_2_2526 |
