Seit den 1930er Jahren wird der von Ernst Bloch geprägte Begriff der Ungleichzeitigkeit für die widersprüchlichen Wirklichkeiten in kapitalistischen Gesellschaften verwendet - gerade auch was deren räumliche Ausprägungen betrifft. Die Innerstädtische Raumbeobachtung des BBR mit ihren...

In a dynamic market, the city has become a main source of competitiveness, along with financial and economic benefits. Due to the processes of digitalization, a new concept has been developed, namely smart cities. This concept delivers economic and financial potential, not only to cities, but...

A circular metropolitan area consists of an inner city and a suburb. Households sort over the two jurisdictions based on public service levels and their costs of commuting to the metropolitan center. Using numerical simulations, we show (1) there typically exist two equilibria: One in which the...

The critical role of governance in the promotion of economic development has created intense interest in the manner in which the United States eliminated corruption. This paper examines the concept of corruption in American history; tracing the term corruption to its roots in British political...