Cities are at the heart of Europe. As four of every five European citizens live in urban areas, their quality of life and the quality of their environment depends upon how cities look and how they function. Cities are also places where business is done, investments are made and jobs are created....

Mit der JESSICA-Initiative führte die EU in der Förderperiode 2007 - 2013 ein neues Finanzierungsinstrument für die Stadtentwicklung ein. Statt der bisherigen Zuschussförderung sollten EFRE-Mittel unter bestimmten Bedingungen in revolvierende Stadtentwicklungsfonds transferiert werden...

Seit 2007 ist es möglich, mit Unterstützung der europäischen Strukturfonds auch in der Stadtentwicklungspolitik revolvierende Finanzinstrumente einzusetzen. In Deutschland hat im europäischen Vergleich die Entwicklung und Umsetzung von Stadtentwicklungsfonds (SEF) allerdings keine große...

The principles of sustainability are currently applied in Germany and many other countries as important guidelines for urban development. However, different forms of understanding regarding sustainable development and different approaches concerning its implementation can be found in various...

Nachhaltigkeit und Partizipation sind zu zwei Prioritäten der Stadtpolitik geworden. Häufig werden sie als perfekte Synergie betrachtet, aber das ist nicht der Fall. Dieses Kapitel zielt darauf ab, die Verflechtungen von Nachhaltigkeit und partizipativen Prozessen in Theorie und Praxis der...

Rapid urbanization, and particularly the associated problems of urban poverty, unsustainable development and environmental degradation, pose an enormous challenge to many developing countries. In the last decade more foreign aid has been diverted to urbanization and green city development. This...

The notion of smart and sustainable cities offers an integrated and holistic approach to urbanism by aiming to achieve the long-term goals of urban sustainability and resilience. In essence, a smart and sustainable city is an urban locality that functions as a robust system of systems with...

The present Discussion Paper aims to reveal the conception of the idea of sustainable urban development, and how this term can serve geopolitical interests related to maintaining the uneven and combined development discourse on a global and national scale. To this purpose, an etymological and...

This paper uses highly detailed, quarterly data for five major industrialized economies to estimate the impact of macroeconomic fluctuations on import protection policies over 1988:Q1 - 2010:Q4. First, estimates on a pre-Great Recession sample of data provide evidence of two key relationships....