Jean‐claude Bolay
Biographic Data
| ID | 4518975 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jean‐claude Bolay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jean‐claude |
| FAMILY NAME | Bolay |
| SIGNATURE | BOLAY J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0491-3889 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
From Mexico to Vietnam, Fieldwork as a Method: Elements for a Sociology of Cities in Development
Urban research in Southern countries continues to be severely limited by a lack of data and information necessary for a rigorous and reliable analysis of demographic, social, and territorial developments. Researchers must therefore commit to understanding the reality on the ground by going into the field to gather information, not only from official sources, such as representatives of supervisory institutions, but from all stakeholders—namely res…
Intermediate Cities
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 cities are emblematic of so‐called “intermediate cities.” According to international thresholds, nearly 50 percent of the world's urban population now live in cities of less than 500,000 inhabitant…
Local Sustainable Development Indicators and Urbanization in Vietnam, What Are the Good Questions? The Case of the City of Chau Doc in the Mekong Delta
With nearly 100 million inhabitants, Vietnam is at an historic crossroads of spatial and demographic change that will shape it for the decades to come. The country’s urban population has effectively reached 37%, with an annual growth rate of around 3%. This rapid urbanization process for a country that is still predominantly rural is mainly taking place in its two major metropolises—Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi—and is spreading from North to South …
Decoding urban development dynamics through actor-network methodological approach
Due to growing social and physical transformations, contemporary cities reveal the profound necessity of proper scientific approaches that are adjusted to conditions of global complexity and dynamic patterns of development. Predominance of an overall market economy, sporadic deregulations of administrative powers and a lack of local investment or resources, dominate urban reality. Incongruous urban decision-making procedures result in contextuall…
Prosperity and Social Inequalities: Montes Claros, How to Plan an Intermediary City in Brazil
According to international statistics, nearly 50% of the world’s urban population live nowadays in cities of less than 500,000 inhabitants. These small and medium-sized cities play a role of intermediation between rural regions, local economy and more extensed urban networks, with three spheres of influence: micro-regional, national and international. In many of these “intermediate cities”, the main problem to reinforce them in their action is a …
Urban Planning in Africa: Which Alternative for Poor Cities? The Case of Koudougou in Burkina Faso
The efforts made to plan cities in emerging and developing countries are confronted to multiple issues, especially in small and middle sized cities which can be considered as poor through several criteria: socio-economic level of majority of population; low levels of public investments, weak quality of local administration, and large dependence of external donors. Following several authors, one of the main reason is that philosophy and methods of…
Technology and Cities: What Type of Development Is Appropriate for Cities of the South
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 that should not be overlooked. This leads to crucial questions on the nature of technological innovation and its capacity to fulfill the specific needs of certain societies. Thus, the issue of i…
Slums and Urban Development: Questions on Society and Globalisation
Urban environment, spatial fragmentation and social segration in Latin America: Where does innovation lie
Intermediate cities in Latin America risk and opportunities of coherent urban development
Metropolization and the ecological crisis: Precarious settlements in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
This paper describes two experiences with community-led upgrading programmes in precarious settlements in Ho Chi Minh City and discusses how and why these are more effective and appropriate than the city’s “redevelopment” and relocation programmes. Although rapid economic growth has meant improved material conditions for much of the city’s population, it has also had a negative impact on the environment and on the poorer groups whose living condi…
Metropolization and the ecological crisis: Precarious settlements in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
This paper describes two experiences with community-led upgrading programmes in precarious settlements in Ho Chi Minh City and discusses how and why these are more effective and appropriate than the city’s “redevelopment” and relocation programmes. Although rapid economic growth has meant improved material conditions for much of the city’s population, it has also had a negative impact on the environment and on the poorer groups whose living condi…
Quel sens au «développement durable» dans l'urbanisation du tiers-monde
L'urbanisation était synonyme de progrès technique et sociétal dans les années cinquante, d'essor du mouvement tiers-mondiste. Aujourd'hui phénomène majeur sur tous les continents, l'urbanisation révèle les antagonismes sociaux les plus brutaux. Les notions de développement local et durable tentent d'y pallier. Mais la participation sociale locale, même dans les villes d'Amérique Latine où elle est la plus développée, reste le point faible de leu…
Sustainable Development, Urbanization, and Environmental Risks: The Priority of Local Actions in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Sustainable development and urban growth: Precarious habitat and water management in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Decoding urban development dynamics through actor-network methodological approach
Due to growing social and physical transformations, contemporary cities reveal the profound necessity of proper scientific approaches that are adjusted to conditions of global complexity and dynamic patterns of development. Predominance of an overall market economy, sporadic deregulations of administrative powers and a lack of local investment or resources, dominate urban reality. Incongruous urban decision-making procedures result in contextuall…
Intermediate cities in Latin America risk and opportunities of coherent urban development
Metropolization and the ecological crisis: Precarious settlements in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
This paper describes two experiences with community-led upgrading programmes in precarious settlements in Ho Chi Minh City and discusses how and why these are more effective and appropriate than the city’s “redevelopment” and relocation programmes. Although rapid economic growth has meant improved material conditions for much of the city’s population, it has also had a negative impact on the environment and on the poorer groups whose living condi…
Slums and Urban Development: Questions on Society and Globalisation
Urban environment, spatial fragmentation and social segration in Latin America: Where does innovation lie
Quel sens au «développement durable» dans l'urbanisation du tiers-monde
L'urbanisation était synonyme de progrès technique et sociétal dans les années cinquante, d'essor du mouvement tiers-mondiste. Aujourd'hui phénomène majeur sur tous les continents, l'urbanisation révèle les antagonismes sociaux les plus brutaux. Les notions de développement local et durable tentent d'y pallier. Mais la participation sociale locale, même dans les villes d'Amérique Latine où elle est la plus développée, reste le point faible de leu…
Sustainable development and urban growth: Precarious habitat and water management in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Sustainable development and urban growth: Precarious habitat and water management in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Sustainable Development, Urbanization, and Environmental Risks: The Priority of Local Actions in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Quel sens au «développement durable» dans l'urbanisation du tiers-monde
L'urbanisation était synonyme de progrès technique et sociétal dans les années cinquante, d'essor du mouvement tiers-mondiste. Aujourd'hui phénomène majeur sur tous les continents, l'urbanisation révèle les antagonismes sociaux les plus brutaux. Les notions de développement local et durable tentent d'y pallier. Mais la participation sociale locale, même dans les villes d'Amérique Latine où elle est la plus développée, reste le point faible de leu…
Metropolization and the ecological crisis: Precarious settlements in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
This paper describes two experiences with community-led upgrading programmes in precarious settlements in Ho Chi Minh City and discusses how and why these are more effective and appropriate than the city’s “redevelopment” and relocation programmes. Although rapid economic growth has meant improved material conditions for much of the city’s population, it has also had a negative impact on the environment and on the poorer groups whose living condi…
Metropolization and the ecological crisis: Precarious settlements in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
This paper describes two experiences with community-led upgrading programmes in precarious settlements in Ho Chi Minh City and discusses how and why these are more effective and appropriate than the city’s “redevelopment” and relocation programmes. Although rapid economic growth has meant improved material conditions for much of the city’s population, it has also had a negative impact on the environment and on the poorer groups whose living condi…
Intermediate cities in Latin America risk and opportunities of coherent urban development
Urban environment, spatial fragmentation and social segration in Latin America: Where does innovation lie
Slums and Urban Development: Questions on Society and Globalisation
Technology and Cities: What Type of Development Is Appropriate for Cities of the South
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 that should not be overlooked. This leads to crucial questions on the nature of technological innovation and its capacity to fulfill the specific needs of certain societies. Thus, the issue of i…
Urban Planning in Africa: Which Alternative for Poor Cities? The Case of Koudougou in Burkina Faso
The efforts made to plan cities in emerging and developing countries are confronted to multiple issues, especially in small and middle sized cities which can be considered as poor through several criteria: socio-economic level of majority of population; low levels of public investments, weak quality of local administration, and large dependence of external donors. Following several authors, one of the main reason is that philosophy and methods of…
Prosperity and Social Inequalities: Montes Claros, How to Plan an Intermediary City in Brazil
According to international statistics, nearly 50% of the world’s urban population live nowadays in cities of less than 500,000 inhabitants. These small and medium-sized cities play a role of intermediation between rural regions, local economy and more extensed urban networks, with three spheres of influence: micro-regional, national and international. In many of these “intermediate cities”, the main problem to reinforce them in their action is a …
Decoding urban development dynamics through actor-network methodological approach
Due to growing social and physical transformations, contemporary cities reveal the profound necessity of proper scientific approaches that are adjusted to conditions of global complexity and dynamic patterns of development. Predominance of an overall market economy, sporadic deregulations of administrative powers and a lack of local investment or resources, dominate urban reality. Incongruous urban decision-making procedures result in contextuall…
Intermediate Cities
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 cities are emblematic of so‐called “intermediate cities.” According to international thresholds, nearly 50 percent of the world's urban population now live in cities of less than 500,000 inhabitant…
Local Sustainable Development Indicators and Urbanization in Vietnam, What Are the Good Questions? The Case of the City of Chau Doc in the Mekong Delta
With nearly 100 million inhabitants, Vietnam is at an historic crossroads of spatial and demographic change that will shape it for the decades to come. The country’s urban population has effectively reached 37%, with an annual growth rate of around 3%. This rapid urbanization process for a country that is still predominantly rural is mainly taking place in its two major metropolises—Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi—and is spreading from North to South …
From Mexico to Vietnam, Fieldwork as a Method: Elements for a Sociology of Cities in Development
Urban research in Southern countries continues to be severely limited by a lack of data and information necessary for a rigorous and reliable analysis of demographic, social, and territorial developments. Researchers must therefore commit to understanding the reality on the ground by going into the field to gather information, not only from official sources, such as representatives of supervisory institutions, but from all stakeholders—namely res…
Economics (12 works) · Economic growth (11 works) · Geography (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Economic geography (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Urban planning (6 works) · Cartography (5 works) · Environmental protection (5 works)