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 and Infrastucture
Ruhr Area
UNESCO Weltkulturerbe Zollverein in Essen
Emscher 3.0 — on the way to ‘blue infrastructures’
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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