Launched in December 2005, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) is Government of India's (GOI) flagship program for urban development. The program consists of 2 submissions that cover 65 large 'mission' cities, and 2 schemes for smaller cities and towns. These are as...

Degradation of urban areas is a typical problem of many cities. The activities included in the process of regeneration are aimed at solving the problem in its social, economic and urban planning dimensions. The city is a cultural space of different values, an area of business life and a product...

Urban renewal areas are popular but empirically understudied spatial planning instruments designed to prevent urban decline and induce renewal. We use a quasi-experimental research design to study the effects of 22 renewal areas implemented in Berlin, Germany, to increase housing and living...

US post-war suburbanization has reshaped the spatial pattern of growth in many metropolitan areas, with population and employment shift toward the suburbs resulting in the urban decay of central cities. This being the case, the adoption of adequate anti-sprawl policies should lead to a reduction...

Robust addresses the renovation and improvement of existing residential, industrial and commercial buildings using steel-based technologies, focusing on techniques such as over-cladding, over-roofing and roof-top extensions. Steel-intensive renovation techniques currently on the market were...

The aim of this study (initiated by the European Parliament) is to improve the understanding of how the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is used in housing projects in the 2007- 2013 funding period. It also explores how ERDF has fostered integrated approaches which address...

Die im Rahmen des CultNature-Projekts durchgeführte Bergbauflächen-Recherche dokumentiert die Übertagebetriebsflächen des Ruhrbergbaus aus den zurückliegenden 90 Jahren. Auf dieser Grundlage werden die aktuellen Nutzungsarten ehemaliger Bergbauflächen in quantitativer und qualitativer...

Der Freistaat Thüringen und die Bauhaus-Universität Weimar haben im Jahr 2011 eine Kooperation zur "Nachwuchsförderung Gebäude-Energieeffizienz in Thüringen (NaGET)" geschlossen. Ziel der Zusammenarbeit war die Erforschung der energetischen Qualität der Landesgebäude, um daraus...