This article outlines the initial draft of a PhD project which investigates refurbishment or rehabilitation projects in two German cities. The study focuses on obstacles, restraints and deficits as well as factors of success, which can be identified during the execution of the refurbishments....

Urban studies in Germany are traditionally oriented towards large cities. The structures, meanings and functions of small towns are not sufficiently perceived and differentiated in scientific or political debates. Adequate research on small towns requires systematic, comparative, inter- and...

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...