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Keynote conference. Abstract The evolution of cities in response to global warming, whether in terms of transport logistics, decarbonization of the economy or adaptation to new climatic conditions, will lead to an evolution of materials in the direction …

Abstract The purpose of this presentation is to analyze the current and future role of the hospital in the city, and more generally in the …

Abstract Cities of the future will need to monitor pathogen mutations in animal and human populations to anticipate species crossings causing pandemics. They will need to prepare these populations with sentinels to detect early warning signals, and with …

Keynote conference. Abstract Cities are home to a high proportion of the population ; temperature, air pollution and noise levels are generally higher there than elsewhere ; and they are more vulnerable to rising sea levels and flood risks. As a result, …

Abstract To meet future urban challenges, many cities have embarked on a process of " renaturation ", through revegetation programs and actions to increase biodiversity. These actions have many positive impacts on the health and well-being of residents. …

Abstract Most massive stars live in pairs. Often, since their birth, they have lived close to another star. During their life as a couple, certain events in the life of a star will bring them so close together that they will exchange matter, a phenomenon …

Abstract La Chaumière indienne is a short philosophical tale by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, published in 1791. It depicts the encounter between an English scholar and an Indian outcast, a face-off between the learned culture of the European Enlightenment …

Abstract After a supernova explosion, if the remaining core does not exceed 3 solar masses, it can remain in equilibrium as a neutron star. It is the Pauli pressure of the degenerated neutrons that compensates for gravity. The explosion of the Crab …

Abstract First-person thoughts, i.e. thoughts one would express using the pronoun " I ", are reflexive : the thought I would express by saying " I'm hungry " is about myself as the thinker of that thought. In this seminar, I defend an introspectionist …

Abstract A thought, in the sense of Descartes and the Cartesians, is a content of consciousness, whatever it may be. Some contents of consciousness are " representative " and have an object to which they relate. Among these, we distinguish between those …

Abstract Philippe Clergeau will present the concept of regenerative urbanism, after recalling the definitions of biodiversity and ecosystems, which are essential to a liveable, sustainable city. Nature-based solutions already permeate architecture, but we …

Abstract Cities are particularly exposed to hydro-climatic hazards, now exacerbated by anthropogenic global warming. As both major sources of greenhouse gas emissions and vulnerable territories, cities are called upon to be drivers of mitigation and …

Abstract This paper examines the future of cities by shifting the focus to the African continent. The aim is to consider African cities as places for exploring new imaginaries and new ways of inhabiting the world. This reflection comes at a crucial time …

Abstract When it comes to building, as with energy, the new doesn't make the old disappear. The extraordinary rise of concrete between 1950 and 2000, far from eradicating other building materials, allowed them to grow : glass of course, steel, wood, but …

Abstract New York, the city of exile for the Surrealists and ethnologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, is the capital of the modern, but also the refuge of the archaic. " Ali Baba's cave ", it provides backdoor exits and an escape from the time of …