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An alternative urban world is possible: a declaration for urban research and action

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At its June 2002 meeting in Paris and Caen, France, the members of the International Network for Urban Research and Action (INURA) collectively agreed on a declaration to express the organization's urbanist agenda. This declaration operates on two levels: one makes five statements conceived in the tradition of earlier (for example situationist) manifestos; the other is a set of concise statements on the state of the globalization process in the era of globalization and neoliberalism. Subsections of the declaration deal with an urban world, a global city, migrant cities, unsustainable urban‐natural relations, neoliberalization, attacks on democracy, community vulnerability, the rise of racism, and some thoughts on possible alternatives. The strategic purpose of this declaration was to be an intervention at meetings of the international urban community, for example for the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre in January 2003 and similar regional and local events. The declaration is published here in order to invite debate among other scholars and activists on the issues raised in its theses and statements. Lors de ses rassemblements de juin 2002 à Paris et Caen, les membres de l'INURA (International Network for Urban Research and Action) ont convenu ensemble d'une déclaration visant à exprimer le programme urbanistique du Réseu. Cette déclaration agit à deux niveaux: l'un énonce cinq propositions dans la tradition de manifestes antérieurs (situationnistes, par exemple), l'autre est une série de communications concises sur l'état de la démarche mondialiste à l'ére de la globalisation et du néolibéralisme. Les paragraphes de la déclaration abordent univers urbain, ville planétaire, villes de migrants, relations ville‐nature insoutenables à terme, néolibéralisation, attaques contre la démocratie, vulnérabilité des communautés, montée du racisme et quelques réflexions sur les options possibles. Cette déclaration avait pour objectif stratégique une intervention lors de rencontres de la communauté urbaine internationale, comme au Forum social mondial de Pôrto Alegre en janvier 2003, ou d'événements locaux et régionaux similaires. Elle est publiée ici afin de susciter un débat entre d'autres intellectuels et militants sur les problèmes que posent ses thèses et propositions.

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  • International Network for Urban Research and Action (INURA), 2003. "An alternative urban world is possible: a declaration for urban research and action," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(4), pages 952-955, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijurrs:v:27:y:2003:i:4:p:952-955
    DOI: 10.1111/j.0309-1317.2003.00494.x
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    1. Paul Routledge, 2010. "Introduction: Cities, Justice and Conflict," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 47(6), pages 1165-1177, May.

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