China needs a new model of urbanisation to match the shift to a new model of growth. For decades, both urbanisation and growth have been based on robust export demand, cheap labour, cheap land and artificially low pricing of environmental externalities. None of these can support growth or urban...

There is a pressing need for discussing and clearly defining issues surrounding sustainable action, regional economic cycles, and, first and foremost, the city as an independent source of knowledge and raw materials. Taking the city of Delitzsch as an example, this study illustrates the elements...

Chapter 1. The Initial Response Systems used for Major Earthquakes and Disaster-resistant City Planning -- Chapter 2. Theory of Spare City Planning: for Temporary Use in Case of Emergency -- Chapter 3. Reconstruction Plans -- Chapter 4. Summary and Issues That Need to Be Considered -- Chapter 5....

URBACT ist ein Programm der Europäischen Kommission, der EU-Mitgliedstaaten sowie Norwegens und der Schweiz, mit dem zwischen 2007 und 2013 der Wissens- und Erfahrungsaustausch zwischen europäischen Städten zu allen Bereichen städtischer Entwicklungspolitik gefördert werden soll. Netzwerke...