Renderings tragen im Kontext des spekulativen Urbanismus wesentlich zur Legitimation von Stadtentwicklungsprojekten bei. Der Beitrag erläutert, wie mithilfe dieser Form der digitalen Architekturvisualisierung umfassende Bildwelten innerhalb der jeweiligen Planungsprozesse entstehen und wie sie...

Metropolregionen sind das Ergebnis von räumlichen Reskalierungsprozessen und Regionsbildungen und gelten als "soft spaces of governance", bezugnehmend auf die internationalen Debatten um den "new regionalism". Dieser Beitrag setzt an kritischen Aussagen an, wonach die Fokussierung der...

This study seeks expert consensus to determine indicators that could be used to assess subjective well-being for strategic urban planning in the context of sustainable development. For this purpose, a Delphi study including a panel of 45 academic experts was carried out. The study consisted of...

This paper aims to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the socio-economic structure of cities, and discuss the possible responses of a place-based agenda of urban policies built around the concept of "proximity economy". With this objective, the present work provides an...

The last decades pressured the cities all over the world to become smarter and to develop smart initiatives in order to keep up with the global trends. Nevertheless, the pace to reach this objective vary considerable from one country to another. For the urban areas from the post-communist block...

Verändert sich die Erreichbarkeit einer Stadt, beispielsweise da sie erstmalig an das Schienenfernverkehrsnetz angeschlossen wird, hat dies nicht nur Auswirkungen auf die Verkehrsnachfrage, sondern kann auch katalytische Effekte auf die Stadtentwicklung haben. Die in diesem Beitrag vorgestellte...

A large part (85%) of Brazil's population lives in urban areas. Roughly half of these dwellers are located in large cities, defined as having 750,000 or more inhabitants. The urbanization trend is due to historical migration movements that occurred mostly before the recent phenomenon of...

The New Urban Agenda annexed to the United Nations Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2016 requires new urban rules and regulations. It implements Sustainable Development Goal 11 aimed to make cities more inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. From a global...

Similar to many other cities in sub-Saharan African countries, the struggle between urban development policies and the livelihoods of the urban poor is one of the urban development challenges facing Lagos. This paper examines the realities of the Lagos urban development policies and intiatives...