Introduction: Socialist and Post-Socialist Urbanisms / Lisa B. Welch Drummond and Douglas Young -- Part 1: Housing Experiences and Life Trajectories -- From Socialist Moderns to Urban Poor: Gender and the Housing Question in Post-Reform Vinh City / Christina Schwenkel -- From ABC to...

"The Randstad metropolitan region encompassing Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and Utrecht in the western Netherlands is regarded worldwide as a model of a 'successful' polycentric metropolis. It is widely cited as an example of how a region of interconnected small cities can effectively compete...

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in the context of the enactment of the Directive 2001/42/CE is at the core of the adjustment process of provincial and city Masterplan to the Sardinian Regional Landscape Plan (RLP). SEA is a fundamental instrument for the environmental integration during...

The following article summarises the first results of a two-part study on consumption patterns in Denmark and leisure travel in Greater Copenhagen in particular. The study aims to map direct (e. g. free time travel) and indirect (e. g. goods and services) energy use related to different types of...

Der Beitrag reflektiert bedarfsgerechte Stadtplanung und aktivierende Stadtentwicklung von Kleinstädten aus der Praxisperspektive einer Bürgermeisterin. Es werden die Voraussetzungen, die Akteure sowie das (finanzielle) Anreizsystem der Stadtplanung ebenso diskutiert wie aktivierende...

Sustainability and participation have become two priorities of urban policies. They are usually considered perfectly synergistic, but they are not. This chapter aims to disentangle the imbroglio of sustainability coupled with participatory processes in the theory and practice of urban planning...

The aim of this study is to contribute to a process of learning about innovative and successful approaches to tackle problems and challenges of urban environmental protection. For this purpose, a detailed overview of the importance of environmental challenges, political priorities and successful...