Ob Kunstbetrieb oder Modebranche - die kreativen Milieus sind derzeit Leitbilder für eine neue Form der Urbanität, bei der kulturelle Entwicklung und wirtschaftliches Wachstum eine produktive Verbindung eingehen. Welche kreativen Milieus es seit der Frühen Neuzeit gab und welche Rolle sie im...

Cidades e povoados de índios (séculos XVI-XVII) / Thomas Calvo -- Segregação residencial na cidade Latino-americana no passado : resgate e discussão / Roberto Lobato Corrêa -- Reflexões em torno da experiência francesa de criação de cidades no Novo Mundo (séculos XVI-XVIII) / Laurent...

One of the most notable features of literature about "new economic geography" is a close association between theoretical and empirical work. In contrast to earlier research, theoretical studies are often much more strongly focused on real-world phenomena. At the same time, empirical work is...

"In the coming decades, the bulk of Africa's anticipated urban population growth will take place in smaller cities. Failure to manage environmental and public health problems in one such aspiring city, Edendale, has fostered severe pollution, seemingly intractable poverty, and gender...