Title & Author:

Shrinking cities : effects on urban ecology and challenges for urban development / Marcel Langner, Wilfried Endlicher (eds.).

Publication:

Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang, ©2007.

Description:

viii, 161 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
Papers originally presented at an international conference on urban ecology in 2006.
Includes bibliographical references.
Urban ecology : definitions and concepts / Wilfried Endlicher ... [et al.] -- Shrinking cities : a new challenge for research in urban ecology / Miriam Fritsche ... [et al.] -- Urban brownfields as temporary habitats : strategies of plants for survival in a changing environment / Ingeborg Schinninger, Rudolf Maier -- Urban form and biodiversity / Peter Werner -- Shrinking cities : new urban "socio-natures"? / Tobias Chilla -- Current trends in urban regeneration and restructuring in Germany and their effects on sustainability / Uwe Altrock -- Six years of Stadtumbau Ost ("urban restructuring east") programme : difficulties of dealing with shrinking cities / Matthias Bernt -- Density as a tool to guide urban shrinkage concerning public works? / Christiane Westphal -- Shrinking cities : opportunities and challenges for urban green space planning : experiences at the large housing estate of Leipzig-Grünau / Stefanie RöC7ler -- Trams and the regeneration of brownfield sites / André Mulder -- Urban shrinking in the life cycles of city archetypes / Susan C. Wessman.

Summary:

Cities in highly industrialised countries have grown over time, yet the phenomenon of shrinking cities occurs in many regions. Urban shrinkage has various impacts on urban ecology, which can be observed on urban brownfield sites in particular. The integration of brownfield sites with sustainable urban development must be managed, and this presents new challenges for urban planners. The introductory chapters of this publication give an overview of urban ecology concepts and how research in this field is affected by urban shrinkage. The following sections are concerned with botanical aspects of shrinking cities, perception of nature in the context of shrinkage and discussion of aspects of urban planning with reference to several regional examples. The book concludes with an examination of urban shrinkage during the life cycles of city archetypes.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Inhaltsverzeichnis

ISBN:

9783631566107
3631566107

Subject:

Shrinking cities Congresses.
Urban renewal Germany Congresses.
Urban renewal Congresses.
Urban policy Germany Congresses.
Urban ecology (Sociology) Germany Congresses.
Villes en décroissance Congrès.
Rénovation urbaine Allemagne Congrès.
Rénovation urbaine Congrès.
Politique urbaine Allemagne Congrès.
Écologie urbaine Allemagne Congrès.
Shrinking cities.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urban policy.
Urban renewal.
Bevölkerungsrückgang
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtökologie
Stadtplanung Bevölkerungsrückgang Stadtökologie.
Bevölkerungsrückgang Stadtökologie Stadtplanung.
Stadtökologie Bevölkerungsrückgang Stadtplanung.
Germany.
stedelijke gebieden
urban areas
stadsontwikkeling
urban development
stedelijke planning
urban planning
habitats
plantkunde
botany
planten
plants
duitsland
germany
stedelijke ecologie
urban ecology
natuur
nature
Urban Ecology
Stadsecologie

Form/genre:

Kongress Berlin 2006.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Konferenzschrift 2006 Berlin.
Patentschrift.

Added entries:

Langner, Marcel, 1973-
Endlicher, Wilfried.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 259848
Call No.: BIB 190768
Status: Available