L’Union du Maghreb ou l’invincible espoir by El Mehdi Lamrani

“…It remains an imperative of regional stability, which not only ensures economic prosperity and stability with its security implications for the Mediterranean north shore, but it represents a geopolitical pole contributing to the preservation of global equilibrium.…”
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La construction des cités administratives en France durant les « Trente Glorieuses » à travers les sources des Archives nationales by Pascal Riviale

“…After the Second World War, in a context of massive reconstruction, tremendous development of urbanisation and the evolution of public services, the building of administrative centres occupied a major place in the French architectural and town-planning landscape of this period of economic prosperity. The archives of architectural and town-planning administrations held by the National Archives (Pierrefitte) allow us to document this page of architectural history. …”
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Quel développement durable pour le delta du Danube? Enquête à Pardina by Simona Niculescu, Dominique Pécaud, Élisabeth Michel-Guillou, Paul Soare, Laurence David

“…One of the objectives in terms of sustainable development in this area is to determine the right global strategy to reconcile respect for the biodiversity while insuring economic prosperity and decent living conditions.…”
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Pierre Guariche, architecte d’intérieur : la préfecture de l’Essonne ou la modernisation d’une institution de la Ve République by Delphine Jacob

“…With these large scale urban projects, the State provided this designer with many opportunities, the planning policies of the Fifth Republic constituting a favourable economic situation for Pierre Guariche, who was able to orient his work towards new architectural projects of economic prosperity, such as prefectures. In the mid-1960s, André Malraux, minister for the arts, commissioned the architect Guy Lagneau to design the prefecture of the Essonne department. …”
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Les espaces chinois de Kolkata : simples marges convoitées dans une grande ville indienne ou support des influences singapouriennes et chinoises ? by Catherine Guéguen

“…Its spaces, which were economically prosperous up to the 1960s, are now undergoing changes which are partially controlled by the community. …”
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