20 décembre 2024
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Yoann Doignon et al., « Global Settlement Dynamics.: How people inhabit the world », HALSHS : archive ouverte en Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société, ID : 10.1002/9781394340590.ch3
The urban world arises from an inclination toward consolidation in a mineralized environment crafted by humans. It embodies the material manifestation of the species' gregarious tendency. The geographical landscape of the 21st century directs our attention not toward the autonomy of the urban world in relation to the rural world but, on the contrary, to the map of the ancient rural world. The dynamics of rural densification and its colonization through urban dispersal are reshaping a historical and classical paradigm of urban dynamics based on a view that urbanization is primarily driven by migrant flows, notably rural exodus. The studies on metropolization present a reductionist and elitist perspective of urbanization. Development and urban planning projects, such as new neighborhoods and eco-districts, are proliferating and contribute to the development, and even redevelopment, of urban areas. Nations benefitting from industrial relocations are experiencing a phase of intense urban concentration.