Guiding Principles for Spatial Development in Germany

As an annual of the five leading German institutes working in the field of the analysis of spatial development and policies, this book will present discussions about the guiding principles for spatial development being a virulent new approach to the future development of Germany in spatial differentiation. The papers will discuss these guiding principles theoretically and empirically.

List of contents

What is a Leitbild ? Some reflections on the origin and use of the German expression for guiding principles.- Guiding principles for spatial development.- The importance of guiding principles for structural change in small towns.- Urban metabolism and the surface of the city.- Shaping cultural landscapes Regional governance as a way of implementing a new concept of spatial planning.- Integrated overall concepts for urban development policy: the example of the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald.

About the author

Uwe Engel ist Professor für Soziologie mit dem Schwerpunkt Statistik und empirische Sozialforschung an der Universität Bremen.

Summary

As an annual of the five leading German institutes working in the field of the analysis of spatial development and policies, this book will present discussions about the guiding principles for spatial development being a virulent new approach to the future development of Germany in spatial differentiation. The papers will discuss these guiding principles theoretically and empirically.

Product details

• Assisted by: Wendeli Strubelt (Editor), Wendelin Strubelt (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9783540888383
• ISBN: 978-3-540-88838-3
• No. of pages: 234
• Weight: 512 g
• Illustrations: X, 234 p. 44 illus.
• Series: German Annual of Spatial Research and Policy; German Annual of Spatial Research and Policy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; C, Geography, Urban Planning, Bauingenieur-, Vermessungs- und Bauwesen, Civil Engineering, Earth and Environmental Science, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Regional planning, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Human Geography