Reminiscences of Jean Gottman

Résumé du livre

Childhood; education, University of Paris, 1934-1937; teaching career, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, 1941-1944, University of Paris, 1948-1956, and Oxford University, 1968-1983; research in France, Japan, and United States; interest in complex urban systems, publication of Megalopolis, 1961; advancement of geographical, historical-geographical and socioeconomic approaches to urbanization theory; involvement in European postwar policies and European integration; reflections on his trans-Atlantic experiences and perspectives.