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• 31 oct 2015

  Helsinki

  Call for papers - Representation

  Managing the State, transforming the City. Office buildings for central State administrations as a "forgotten" type of political architecture (1880–1980)

  XIII International Conference of European Association for Urban History – Session 29

  From the late XIX^th century onwards, both the competence and scale of Ministerial departments and State-run corporations have increased continuously in Western countries. This growth – which accelerated after each World War, and became a truly global phenomenon in the second half of the XX^th century – necessitated the construction of large and well-equipped office buildings, which were often grouped together in the "administrative districts" of capitals and other major cities. 

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• 16 oct 2015

  Paris

  Conference, symposium - Urban studies

  Extension of the domain of health - integrating climate change in the city

  Intégrer le changement climatique en ville

  La santé demeure encore l’un des parents pauvres des négociations internationales sur les changements climatiques, alors même que les conséquences sur la santé des populations sont multiples. Il est temps de construire les passerelles d’un dialogue durable entre professionnels de l’urbanisme et professionnels de la santé pour aborder en cohérence les enjeux climatiques aux côtés des collectivités territoriales, qui sont des acteurs majeurs de la lutte contre le changement climatique.

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