Huê-Tâm Jamme is a French urban planner and academic, focused on urban development in Vietnam.[1][2][3]

Huê-Tâm Jamme
Academic background
EducationSciences Po Rennes (BA), (MA)
University of Southern California (PhD)
ThesisProductive Frictions: A Theory of Mobility and Street Commerce Grounded in Vietnam’s Motorbike-Centric Urbanism (2020)

Career

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Productive frictions

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Jamme's 2020 thesis, focused on Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, developed the "productive frictions" conceptualization of cities organized around two-wheeler usage and their relationship with commerce.[4][5] Jamme argued that the slow speed of motrobikes supports vibrant street life, as they support "productive frictions" between people in transit and the surrounding built environment.[5][6]

In October 2021, the dissertation won the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning’s Barclay Gibbs Award.[7][8]

Publications

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  • A twenty-five year biography of the TOD Concept: From design to policy and implementation (2019)[9]

References

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  1. "Confiscated Motorbikes Pile Up as Vietnam Goes After Drunken Driving (Published 2024)". 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  2. "Nordic Asia Podcast - Motorbike Madness in Vietnam: A Discussion with Hue-Tam Jamme". New York Southeast Asia Network. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  3. Tatarski, Michael (2024-12-29). "Vietnam's 'Productive Frictions'". Vietnam Weekly. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  4. "Lessons from Ho Chi Minh City: Designing active and inclusive street spaces | ASU News". news.asu.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  5. 1 2 "Motorbike Contributions: Enhancing Street Life and the Local Economy". American Planning Association. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  6. "Episode 3.2: Future of Asian Mobility, with Hue-Tam Jamme". 2025-06-23. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  7. Montoro (Shib), Sarah (2021-11-03). "Price PhD alum awarded for dissertation on future of mobility in Vietnam". USC Price. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  8. "2021 Barclay Gibbs Jones Award - Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Inc". www.acsp.org. Archived from the original on 2021-09-09. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  9. Jamme, Huê-Tâm; Rodriguez, Janet; Bahl, Deepak; Banerjee, Tridib (December 2019). "A Twenty-Five-Year Biography of the TOD Concept: From Design to Policy, Planning, and Implementation". Journal of Planning Education and Research. 39 (4): 409–428. doi:10.1177/0739456X19882073. ISSN 0739-456X.