"Based on a discussion of conflicts in the urbanization process, this book provides theoretical and practical solutions for the preservation and development of urban localities. On the basis of informative case studies, it reveals the similarities and unique aspects of urbanization in Germany...

Part 1 New Wars: Conflicts Between People and Place -- Urbanization and New-type Urbanization -- Urban Cultural Landscape -- Locality, Place Identity, and Sustainability -- Part 2 New Strategies: Locality Preservation and Development in Urbanization Processes -- Strategies to Preserve Locality...

This paper extends first-best analysis of anti-sprawl policies, such as development taxes, and examines the welfare effects of development taxes in the presence of urban decline at the city core. We find that anti-sprawl policies generate several important feedbacks within the urban system,...

Recent studies that compare the efficiency and distributional impacts of alternative instruments to curb sprawl typically ignore what to do with the revenues from anti-sprawl policies, such as development taxes. This paper extends first-best analysis of development taxes aimed at preserving land...