L’Espace géographique 2/04

With summaries


Guénola CAPRON. Gated communities in the Americas: a critical reading of the literature

Pedro José GARCÍA SÁNCHEZ. Private urban communities: security and socio-spatial homogenisation in Caracas (3 fig., 4 photos)

Julie-Anne BOUDREAU, Sophie DIDIER, Claire HANCOCK. Residential homogenisation and political independence: secession and incorporation of cities in Los Angeles. (1 tabl., 4 fig., 3 photos, 1 encadré)

Mónica LACARRIEU, Guy THUILLIER. A utopia of order and enclosure: “private districts” and “countries” in Buenos Aires (2 fig.)


Bernard ROLAND, Cyril FLEURANT. Using fractal geometry to characterise hedgerow lattice (2 tabl., 5 fig.)

The impossible reconstruction of destroyed hedgerows. When changes in social perceptions associated with hedgerows explain the failure of hedge-replanting policies in land consolidation zones in south-eastern Ille-et-Vilaine. (2 fig., 5 photos)


Book reviews


In this issue of l’Espace géographique, you will find critical reviews of the following books

BURGEL Guy (2002). Le Miracle athénien au XXe siècle. Paris: CNRS Éditions, coll. «CNRS/PLUS», 365 p. (par Jean-Bernard Racine, Université de Lausanne)

PELLETIER Monique (2002). Les Cartes de Cassini, la science au service de L’État et des régions. Paris: CTHS, 338 p. (par Bernard Debarbieux, Université de Genève)

WHATMORE Sarah (2002). Hybrid Geographies. Natures Cultures Spaces. Londres: Sage, 225 p., ISBN 0 7619 6567 X, paperback, £18.99. (par Véronique FOURAULT, Université de Paris 1, et Olivier MILHAUD, University of Bristol)


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