Publications by Jean-Claude Bolay

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Developing cities are experiencing substantial gaps in urban planning. They are due to approaches and instruments that do not correspond to the realities of the developing city including the prevalence of informal sector and slums, urban governance problem, and few resources. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) now offer enormous possibilities to use information flows, communication, and land-use models better. ICTs offer solutions that take greater account of informal activities, enable discu

This article discusses the concept and the practice of transdisciplinary research, including how it is conceived and implemented through the cooperation of different actors involved. With transdisciplinarity gaining recognition as an approach to addressing ...

Researchers from Switzerland and Morocco undertook a joint project to develop a technique for producing electrical energy from renewable primary energy sources to supply small networks of isolated consumers. Specific attention was paid to sustainable devel ...

The Millennium Development Goals – proclaimed in the year 2000 and aimed at guiding the planet’s management and its priorities for the next fifteen years – were widely based on the concept of “sustainable development”. This concept will be once again broadly discussed in 2012 on the occasion of the United Nations Rio+20 Summit. It will be an opportunity to decipher to what extent the city, as much from a spatial as from a societal point of view, is a stakeholder in such debate. After analysing the various i

The city plays a major role in the dissemination of these technologies. Technological innovation is both the cause and effect of urban development, playing a decisive role in the structuring of cities but also representing a means of fulfilling emerging needs. Commonly defined as the transfer of scientific discoveries from one organisation to another for development and marketing purposes, the transfer of urban technologies to developing countries and the joint creation of adapted technologies have to respo

The slum question is at the very heart to urban planning and social development. The urban growth takes place primarily in developing countries. Around one billion of people (with a perspective of 2 billion in 2030), the third of the world’s total urban population, live in such conditions of precariousness. Confronted with this demographic and spatial revolution, urban decision-makers are often helpless. The aim of this communication is to: 1) actualize the analysis of the phenomenon; 2) outline through a n

La planificación urbana representa una oportunidad para pensar en el futuro a partir de lo existente, teniendo en cuenta los recursos reales, financieros y humanos, con el objetivo de luchar contra la pobreza e invertir en equipos que tengan un impacto sostenible en las condiciones de vida de TODOS los habitantes

Cities are defined mainly based on spatial and demographic criteria. The criteria of intermediation helps in identifying current urban dynamics, in relation to surrounding suburban/rural areas or in national and international environments. Medium‐sized cit ...

The main housing issues in Africa are linked with 2 trends : 1) urbanization, and 2) poverty To resolve these questions needs to face the slum issues, with the following attributes : Lack of basic services, lack of access to sanitation facilities and water being the most important feature Substandard housing or illegal and inadequate building structures: buildings constructed not observing building standards Overcrowding and high density Unhealthy living conditions and hazardous locations (natural risks and

The Academic and Scientific Cooperation Programme (CORUS 1) is a Priority Solidarity Fund programme (FSP N°2001-22), funded by France’s Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (MAEE), which ran from 11 September 2001 to end-November 2008 with a total budget of €4 million. As specified in the TOR, the core task was to evaluate the programme on the basis of commonly recognised criteria for public policy evaluation in addition to criteria of clarity and visibility of the programme. To summarise all these crit

Here, the authors analyze the capacity of the social actors to transform the urban reality.

This paper deals with technologies, catalysts for change, and their links to development. Indeed, particularly for developing and emerging countries, scientific and technological breakthroughs create wonderful opportunities, but they may also convey risks ...

This is the final Activity report of the Coordination of the Urban Environment Management Group projects, a unity of the Swiss Priority Programme on Environment (1996-2000).

Potential scientific collaboration between Swiss and Colombian academic institutions, based on a bibliographic and visit of Colombian public institutions and universities, with recommendations toward decision makers in both countries

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ICTs and Participation in Developing Countries

Testing Analytical Frameworks in Transdisciplinary Research for Sustainable Development

Electrification of Isolated Areas by Interconnecting Renewable Sources (ERD Project): Lessons Learned

What a Sustainable Development for the Cities of the South ? Urban Issues for a Third Millenium

Problèmes urbains, technologies et sociétés, des pistes à suivre

Slum Upgrading in developing countries

Planificación urbana . Para todos ?

Intermediate Cities

Africa's challenge with regard to housing - Introductory remarks

Evaluation du programme “Coopération pour la recherche universitaire et scientifique » CORUS 1 (2001-2008), Evaluation of the « CORUS » programme of academic and scientific research cooperation, CORUS 1 (2001-2008) ; Synthèse du rapport

What sustainable development for the cities of the South? Urban issues for a third millennium

Electrification of isolated areas by interconnecting renewable sources : a sustainable approach

Slums and Urban Development : Questions on Society and Globalisation

Pratiques sociales et transformations de l'espace

Technology and urban issues: What type of development is appropriate for cities of the South?

Impulsar el desarrollo a través de la circulación de conocimiento: una mirada distinta a las migraciones de los mexicanos altamante calificados

El miedo en la ciudad o el miedo de la ciudad ; conclusiones

Coordination du groupe de projets "Urban Environment Management": rapport final d'activités

Expertise sur les potentialités de coopération scientifique et technologique entre la Suisse et la Colombie

Electrification of isolated aeras by interconnecting renewable sources (ERD Research- Action project) : Lessons learned