In this paper we analyze the role played by Market access to explain income disparities among Japanese Prefectures for different periods of time. The results of the estimations suggest that 1) Market access plays an important role in the explanation of income disparities in Japan, 2) the effect...

This paper presents an integrated energy balance model of global and urban warming in the attributes/functionings framework à la Gorman-Lancaster-Sen and proposes a Global Warming Function and an Urban Warming Function. Also presented is a concept of Heat Island Integral, which measures the...

Nach über 20 Jahren Diskussionen liegen derzeit drei Modelle zur Reform der Grundsteuer vor. Sie basieren auf wert- und flächenbezogenen Bemessungsgrundlagen sowie einer Kombination aus beiden. Die Rechnungen zum regionalen Aufkommen belegen, dass die wertbasierten Modelle mit der höheren...

This study analyses periurbanisation as a specific process of changes caused by the expansion of cities towards rural areas that are situated at a greater distance from the core city but still within the framework of the functional urban area. Peri-urban areas are determined by a particular set...

Sustainable development of cities is the overarching objective of spatial development and planning activities by municipalities. The key term in this context has become the concept of integrated spatial development planning as the basis for achieving sustainable urban development. However,...

In Transylvania, buildings with a high quality architecture have been constructed along the centuries. The purpose of the present study is to document the built heritage of Transylvania, particularly the Jewish buildings and especially those that had been neglected over the last years. The...

Überall auf der Welt findet eine zunehmende Versiegelung des Bodens statt. Die Gründe für den steigenden Flächenbedarf – hauptsächlich Bevölkerungs- und/oder Wirtschaftswachstum – unterscheiden sich nicht wesentlich in den verschiedenen Ländern. Gleiches gilt für die Auswirkungen von...

Olt is among Romania's counties that remains hidden when it comes to tourism. Unlike other Romania's counties that possess tourism advantages in the form of landscape or anthropic heritage, Olt county appears to lack the first part. However, the landscape is developed on a wavy morphology with...

Arbeiten und Wohnen fallen zunehmend räumlich auseinander. Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht diesbezüglich das Pendlerverhalten in Sachsen im Zeitraum 1997-2007. Dabei wird gezeigt, dass sowohl ein größerer Anteil der Beschäftigten den Wohnort zum Arbeiten verlässt als auch die...