Kleinstädte spielen in der sozial- und planungswissenschaftlichen Raumforschung in Deutschland nur eine untergeordnete Rolle. Auch in politischen und medialen Auseinandersetzungen werden sie in ihren Strukturen, Bedeutungen und Funktionen weder hinreichend wahrgenommen noch differenziert...

The downsides of density, including traffic congestion, contagious disease and crime, were common in Victorian London and classical Rome, just as they are today in Sao Paulo and Lagos. Our urban past provides lessons for developing world cities today. The first lesson, that I highlight, is that...

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...

Most developed countries now pursue policies that implicitly or explicitly aim at promoting compact urban form. This report analyses more than 300 academic papers that study the effects of compact urban form, and finds that 69% of the papers reviewed find positive effects associated with compact...

Dieses essential stellt in komprimierter Form den Stand der Stadtforschung zum Thema Gentrifizierung dar. Dieser in der Wissenschaft bereits seit den 1960iger-Jahren verwendete Begriff hat sich inzwischen auch in der öffentlichen Debatte eingebürgert. Er beschreibt, wie steigende Mieten in den...

In an introductory section, this paper considers briefly the achievements and problems of urban governance in post-apartheid South Africa through an assessment of three categories: administrative reform, developmental issues and conflicts over service delivery issues. It then goes on to assess...

'It is obvious that cities have long been the focus of analysis by the scholars and practitioners whose writings published in the KreslSobrino Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies. The depth and excellence of the numerous topics examined reflects effective networking...

List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Preamble -- Prerequisites and foundations -- Building a science of cities -- EBB and flow : interaction, gravity, and potential -- Connections and correlations : the science of networks -- The science of cities -- The growth of...