Städte werden zunehmend zum Brennpunkt von Zuwanderung, Integration und multiethnischer Koexistenz. Die städtische Integrationspolitik und deren Maßnahmen gewinnen demzufolge gegenüber der nationalen Ebene der Zuwanderungspolitik immer mehr an Bedeutung. Der Relevanz der...

Städte werden zunehmend zum Brennpunkt von Zuwanderung, Integration und multiethnischer Koexistenz. Die städtische Integrationspolitik und deren Maßnahmen gewinnen demzufolge gegenüber der nationalen Ebene der Zuwanderungspolitik immer mehr an Bedeutung. Der Relevanz der...

In this paper we estimate the relationship between urban sprawl and a measure of air quality, namely the number of days in which the PM10 concentration exceeds safeguard limits in European Union cities. Building on a multidimensional representation of sprawl, the paper employs several indicators...

The European space is marked by the recent beginning of the dualism nation-region. In it the cities take on a fundamental role because their success becomes the success of the territories around. Manuel Castell has maintained that the city is the social structure in which any territorial...

In 2010 the World Health Organisation dedicated the Word Health Day to urbanization and health, highlighting the impacts of urban living on physical and mental health. This is because it is increasingly acknowledged that cities face various problems that undermine the quality of urban life,...

In this paper we estimate the relationship between urban sprawl and a measure of air quality, namely the number of days in which the PM10 concentration exceeds safeguard limits in European Union cities. Building on a multidimensional representation of sprawl, the paper employs several indicators...