Central places ; Urban agglomeration ; Urban development ; Urban geography ; Urban history ; Urban structure ; Urban system ; Urbanism ; Urbanization
Introduction to urban geography. Chapters: Urban geography and interdisciplinary urban research. -Definitions and dimensions of urbanisation. -Urban agglomeration. -City types, urban systems and central places. -Theories and models of urban
structure. -urban subdivisions. -Intra-urban centers. -Cities in Central Europe before industrialisation. -Urban development in the industrial age. -Urban development in Germany, a west-east-comparison. Cities in selected cultural areas. - (HPB)
Concept ; Drought ; Perception ; United States of America ; Urban climate ; Vulnerability ; Water management ; Water needs
This paper describes key aspects derived from extensive investigations of several urban droughts that serve as the basis for establishing definitions of urban droughts and their physical causes. Additional sections analyze management approaches used
Handbook ; Inner city ; Large city ; Megalopolis ; Town ; Town planning ; Urban function ; Urban geography ; Urban growth ; Urban history ; Urban infrastructure ; Urban policy ; Urban society ; Urban transport ; Urbanization
Centrality ; Handbook ; Inner city ; Large city ; Large town ; United States of America ; Urban attraction ; Urban development ; Urban ecology ; Urban function ; Urban growth ; Urban hierarchy ; Urban network ; Urban planning ; Urban structure
Networking the urban policy arena. Local governance and the regionalisation of territorial policy-making in Northrhine-Westphalia
Germany ; Local policy ; Network ; North Rhine Westfalia ; Regional development ; Regionalization ; Urban network ; Urban policy
The contribution deals with the following subjects : 1)Policy innovation as context management : 1) Regionalisation in Northrhine-Westphalia. 2) Local responses to regionalisation : Duisburg and its region. 3) Networking the urban policy arena : new
This study aims to obtain more insight into the extent to which the urban form plays a role in the household's spatial-energetic practices in order to broaden our understanding of the opportunities to achieve a more sustainable future. The study
Employment ; France ; Large city ; Nantes ; Pays de la Loire ; Perception of the urban environment ; Territorial structure ; Tertiarization ; Urban function ; Urban infrastructure ; Urban region ; Urbanization