Urban Development
Energy Efficient Cities
Ruhr Area
Rust Belt
Green Revolution
Ruhr Area
From ‘EU Smart City’: Essen, Germany – Blueprint turning green
Research: CLEVER Co-designing locally tailored ecological solutions for value
added, socially inclusive regeneration in Cities, Dr. Moebus
Report: 'Essen - Green Capital of Europe', by Wuppertal Institute, University Alliance Ruhr
Rust Belt
Reuse and Development of Former Industrial Sites
Ruhr Area
UNESCO Weltkulturerbe Zollverein in Essen
Rust Belt
Redevelopment of Mill 19, Almono
Smart City Development
Ruhr Area
Smart City Ruhr - Metropole Ruhr Campaign
Allianz Smart City Dortmund
Rust Belt
The Challenge of Shrinking Cities
Shrinking Cities: International Perspectives and Policy Implications, Routledge Advances in Geography, Pallagst, K.; Wiechmann, Th.; Martinez, C. (Hg.) (2013), Vol. 8, New York
Responding to Tough Times: Policy and Planning Strategies in Shrinking Cities, Wiechmann, Th.; Bontje, M. (2015), in: European Planning Studies, Vol. 23, Issue 1, S. 1 - 11
Urban Shrinkage in Germany and the USA – A Comparison of Transformation Patterns and Local Strategies, Wiechmann, Th.; Pallagst, K. (2012), in: International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Vol. 36, Issue 2, S. 261 – 280
Urban growth and decline: Europe’s shrinking cities in a comparative perspective 1990–2010, Wolff, M.; Wiechmann, Th. (2017), in: European Urban and Regional Studies, online first, published date: March-19-2017
Urban Resilience
Two Cities, One Storm: A Comparative Analysis of Post- Sandy Resiliency Planning in Hoboken and Jersey City, Mirescu, A.; Bellomi, O.; Adhikari, S.;A 2015 Report on the Patterns of Disaster Risk Reduction Actions at Local Level for UNISDR.
Los Angeles and Mexico City engage with UNISDR in multi-stakeholder, multi-hazard city-to-city exchange, Unites Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Resilience-based Governance, Mirescu, A. for Leaders Link
Resilience in human security before the risk of disasters and climate change, CIESS
Heritage of De-Industrialized Cities
Dealing with the Past Spatially: Storytelling and Sustainability in De-Industrializing Communities, Sattler, J.
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