Sketches from the Urban Internationale. Voluntary Societies, International Organizations and US Foundations at the City's Bedside 1900-1960

Pierre-Yves Saunier (1)

1 EVS - Environnement, Ville, Société

The international milieu of town planning is an exciting web of people, books, exhibits, congresses or ideas. Its exploration is a tool to complete our national-oriented understandings of the ways in which the urban scene was conceived in the 20th century. This article sets its exploration in the wider context of the "Urban Internationale", this sphere dedicated to the declensions of "urban issues" such as town planning, housing and urban government. It is proposed that the IU is structured around three poles: volontary associations, international institutions and the big US philantropic Foundations. The evolution of those poles, and the relations amongst them, shaped the way in which the 'urban issues' were defined and treated.

Mots clés: city planning; municipal government; International Union of Local Authorities; International Federation of Town Planning; 1313; Public Administration Clearing House; Spelman Fund of New York; Rockefeller Foundation; Ford Foundation; philanthropy; non governmental organizations; inter governmental organizations; international associations; international conferences

Mots clés: organisations non gouvernementales; organisations intergouvernementales; urbanisme; gouvernment municipal; Union Internationale des Villes; Fondation Rockefeller; Fondation Ford; philantrhopie; associations internationales; conférences; congrès; gouvernement municipal; Fédération Internationale de l'Habitation et de l'Urbanisme; Emile Vinck; Paul Otlet; Henri Lafontaine; Carnegie Endowment

Domaines: Histoire

Pierre-Yves Saunier. Sketches from the Urban Internationale. Voluntary Societies, International Organizations and US Foundations at the City's Bedside 1900-1960. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 1999, 25, june, p.380-403. ⟨halshs-00002822⟩