Die vorliegende Studie präsentiert einen Methodenvorschlag für gemeinde- und kreisscharfe Abgrenzungen von Arbeitsmarktregionen auf der Basis von Pendlerverflechtungen. Die Abgrenzung nutzt als Verfahren eine Weiterentwicklung der graphentheoretischen Methode, deren Güte mit dem Modularitätsmaß Q aus der Netzwerkforschung gemessen wird. Die Studie basiert auf Gemeindedaten für Deutschland für die ...... hiện toàn bộ
This paper identifies hubs of knowledge-based labour in the German urban system from two perspectives: the importance of a metropolitan region as a place and the importance of a metropolitan region as an organisational node. This combination of a network perspective with a territorial perspective enables the identification of hubs. From the functional perspective, hubs are understood as important ...... hiện toàn bộ
Theories of successful regional development which, like the “creative milieu” concept, stress the importance of networks of personal contacts quite rightly attract the interest of those involved in the practice of regional development planning. This article presents some of the key ideas behind this concept and evaluates them with regard to the possibility of translati...... hiện toàn bộ
The year 1997 marks a turning point in the development of east German inner-city fringe areas: many old residential quarters have registered clear increases in the number of inhabitants again after a phase of exodus. The time of the trend reversal coincides with the development of an excess supply of housing space and decreasing rents, which determine the situation of east German housing m...... hiện toàn bộ
The paper deals with the subject of urban and spatial development from the perspective of discourse analysis. It aims at reconstructing the manifold discoursive ways in which urban decline and regeneration are being interpreted. In so doing, it looks at the current issue of „urban renaissance”, which is considered by some observers as an indication of a substantial trend towards „reurbaniz...... hiện toàn bộ
The discussion about cultural landscapes during the past few years is amongst others a discussion about a shift in the interpretation of the term landscape from the traditional ideal of idyllic cultural landscapes to a more pragmatic and up-to-date-definition. This article compares the so-called “narrow” term to a “wider” term of landscape and surveys how these terms a...... hiện toàn bộ
Tom Schwarzenberg, Judith Miggelbrink, Frank Meyer
For several years now, volunteer activity has been increasingly placed at the center of a political discourse monopolizing it for politics of dealing with socio- and spatio-political problems. It is particularly in those rural regions affected by out-migration and an ageing population that volunteering is considered an advisable way for securing local public responsibilities. Based on a cr...... hiện toàn bộ
Until today, the academic and political debates on the German energy transition have primarily focused on policy activities and processes at either the national or local level. However, they have largely ignored how the Länder shape the federal decision-making on the allocation of greenhouse gas emissions according to their place-based economic interests. The starting point of this paper i...... hiện toàn bộ
Customarily, cities are being described in terms of their historical origins and as manifestations of political conceptions, while rural areas are being characterized by natural spatial features and their contrast to cities. Due to its hybridity, “regional rurbanism” defies categorical con- sideration. It is more likely perceived as the result of the ambiguous interact...... hiện toàn bộ