Articles | Volume 81, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-81-289-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-81-289-2026
Book review
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22 Apr 2026
Book review |  | 22 Apr 2026

Book review: Après la ville. Défis de l'urbanisation planétaire de Pierre Veltz (Éditions du Seuil, 2025)

Sébastien Lambelet

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Short summary
In Après la ville, Pierre Veltz offers a perceptive analysis of the profound transformations reshaping 21st‑century cities and urban spaces. He argues that the morphological definition of the city — and the radioconcentric model that structured 20th‑century urban studies — has now become obsolete. Indeed, thanks to increasingly dense networks and territorial ramifications linking major cities, the urban condition now asserts itself everywhere.
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