CROSSED PERSPECTIVES

Neo-nomads and highly mobile people

Stéphanie Vincent-Geslin & Emmanuel Ravalet, Maude Reitz & Yves Pedrazzini

24/02/2015

Four researchers assess the traits and similarities of and the differences between the subjects of their respective fields of study: neo-nomads, the focus of the ‘noLand’s man’ research project, and high mobility as studied in the framework of the JobMob investigation.

CROSSED PERSPECTIVES

Eco-districts: the future of the city?

Marleen Kaptein, Bruno Bessis

26/11/2014

A Dutch expert in urban development, who founded one of her country’s leading eco-district projects, discusses the future of eco-districts with a French specialist in sustainable development. Could such areas be the key to the future of urban life?

LIVRES

Automobility in Transition? A Socio-Technical Analysis of Sustainable Transport - by Geels, Kemp, Dudley and Lyons

Javier Caletrío

20/10/2014

Automobility in Transition examines the tensions between stability and change in the system of automobility. Using case studies from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, it identifies patterns and mechanisms that help to explain the complex dynamics at play and analyzes how these dynamics may shape the relationship between society and transport in the coming decades.

Thematics : Lifestyles, Policies, Theories

CROSSED PERSPECTIVES

Public Policies & professional mobility

Marie-Hélène Massot, Jean-Marc Offner

24/06/2014

A University lecturer and an urban planner discuss professional mobilities and their role within community life. How do public authorities and, more broadly, society and its various components deal with mobility management?

CROSSED PERSPECTIVES

Imagined mobilities

Arnaud Passalacqua, Allen Batteau

27/05/2014

An American anthropologist and a French historian debate the significance of elected officials, transport professionals and users’ imaginaries on their choices and on decision making.

CROSSED PERSPECTIVES

Traveling without ticket?

Jean-Louis Sagot-Duvauroux, Allan Alaküla

25/04/2014

Despite being 3,000 kilometres apart, a French intellectual and a representative of the Tallinn European Union Office come together to discuss a question which both believe to be crucial for the future: the need for free public transport.

CONTROVERSIES

What metropolitan transport for Los Angeles?

Lucile Waquet, Jean Leveugle

07/04/2014

What transportation policy to develop in a sprawling, segregated city like Los Angeles? What place to give the car? Is it better to favor the subway network or the bus network? And why – economic reasons (competitiveness, employment, etc.), environmental reasons (reducing pollution and fossil resources consumption) and/or social reasons (the fight against social and racial inequality)?

CROSSED PERSPECTIVES

What are the effects of the acceleration of social rhythms?

Hartmut Rosa, Michel Lussault

31/03/2014

If they agree on the reality of an acceleration of social processes, the German sociologist Hartmut Rosa and the French Geographer Michel Lussault strongly disagree on the sustained importance of space and its effects – either good or bad – for our societies.

LIVRES

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community - by Robert D. Putnam

Javier Caletrío

17/03/2014

Bowling Alone documents the decline in the USA of different expressions of ‘social capital’ such as mutual trust and cooperation which are essential for democracy. It is argued that such erosion of social capital is partly related to the expansion of car-dependent urban sprawl.

Thematics : Lifestyles, Theories

CROSSED PERSPECTIVES

Questioning transport Infrastructures

Mathias Emmerich, Stephen Graham

03/03/2014

From one side to another of the Channel, a British sociologist and a Board Member of the SNCF discuss the impact of public infrastructures on society, from an economic, politic and social perspective.

CONTROVERSIES

Is transport infrastructure responsible for economic development?

Rémy Prud’Homme, Jean-Marc Offner, Emmanuel Ravalet

27/02/2014

Put in this way, the answer seems fairly obvious. And yet, it is an important debate that continues – even today. Indeed, in local political milieus it is still common to hear talk of the need to build highways to improve access to regions, thus allowing for their development. From where does this stance originate?

CROSSED PERSPECTIVES

Mobility and conviviality in a rural environment

Marie Huyghe, Odile Proust

30/01/2014

Is there a place for public or shared transportation in a rural environment? How can the needs of an isolated person or with reduced mobility be met? How should the ecological issues be dealt with? Here are the responses of an engineer who specialises in such questions, and a local elected representative who has played a significant role in developing the Pilat Regional Park in France.