Müller German Annual of Spatial Research and Policy 2010

Urban Regional Resilience: How Do Cities and Regions Deal with Change?
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-3-642-12785-4
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 169 Seiten

Resilience is increasingly becoming a catchword in current discussions about urban and regional development. While there has been a strong research focus on sustainability, there is a lack of understanding of the processes and factors that make cities and regions more vulnerable and others more resilient, for example, when dealing with climate change, demographic decline and ageing, as well as economic crises. The German Annual of Spatial Research and Policy 2010 sheds some light on this by discussing examples of how actors deal with change. On the one hand, concepts are described and analysed which are oriented towards increasing urban regional resilience, for example regarding energy consumption, climate change, and urban decline. Moreover, institutional aspects are discussed. On the other hand, barriers for using the concept of resilience in planning are described and suggestions are made about how to deal with these barriers in strategic planning.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Müller, Bernhard

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgement;6
2;Contents;7
3;Urban and Regional Resilience – A New Catchwordor a Consistent Concept for Research andPractice?;14
3.1;Resilience – Understanding Better How to Deal with Change?;14
3.2;Resilience – More than just a Dazzling Term?;16
3.3;Dealing with Change in Germany – Steps towards MoreResilience?;19
3.4;References;23
4;Urban Resilience and New Institutional Theory –A Happy Couple for Urban and Regional Studies?;27
4.1;1. Understanding Differences in Response to Urban Change;27
4.2;2. Understandings of Resilience;28
4.3;3. Urban Governance, New Institutionalism, and UrbanResilience;30
4.4;4. Urban Areas as Complex Adaptive Systems;31
4.5;5. Conclusions;33
4.6;References;35
5;Given the Complexity of Large Cities, Can UrbanResilience be Attained at All?;37
5.1;1. Introduction;37
5.2;2. Complexity of Large Cities;37
5.2.1;2.1 Characteristics of Complex Cities;37
5.2.2;2.2 Two Examples: Hamburg and Istanbul;38
5.3;3. Urban Resilience against the Background of variousConcepts of Resilience;39
5.4;4. Urban Resilience in Complex Large Cities;40
5.5;5. Conclusion and Outlook;42
5.6;References;44
6;Rebuild the City! Towards Resource-efficient UrbanStructures through the Use of Energy Concepts,Adaptation to Climate Change, and Land UseManagement;46
6.1;1. The Challenge of Resource-efficient Urban Development;46
6.2;2. Energy-efficient Urban Development and Renewal;49
6.3;3. Urban Development Adapted to Climate Change;51
6.4;4. Resource-efficient Land Use Management with SiteRecycling Management;54
6.5;5. Conclusion;56
6.6;References;58
7;Urban Restructuring – Making ‘More’ from ‘Less’;60
7.1;1. Restructuring of Cities – A Long-term Task;60
7.1.1;1.1 Rescuing the Older Neighborhoods – An Urban DevelopmentChallenge in East and West;60
7.1.2;1.2 Urban Restructuring in the New Federal States – Demolition andEnhancing Neighborhoods as a Dual Strategy;61
7.1.3;1.3 Urban Restructuring in the Old Federal States – From UrbanRenewal to Urban Restructuring;61
7.1.4;1.4 Pilot Projects in Western Germany – A Reflection of Industries ina Global Crisis;62
7.1.5;1.5 New Challenges for Eastern and Western Germany;63
7.2;2. Interim Use;63
7.2.1;2.1 Interim Use as a Planning Strategy;63
7.2.2;2.2 Diversity of Sites and of Types of Interim Uses;64
7.2.3;2.3 Obstacles and Limitations to Interim Uses;65
7.3;3. Renaturation;65
7.3.1;3.1 Renaturation as a Forward Strategy;65
7.3.2;3.2 Revision of Traditional Patterns of Thinking;66
7.3.3;3.3 Renaturation as a Logical Response to Shrinking;67
7.3.4;3.4 Renaturation – With Tenacity and a Strategic Concept;67
7.4;4. Conclusion;68
7.5;References;69
8;Accomodating Creative Knowledge Workers?Empirical Evidence from Metropoles in Central andEastern Europe;70
8.1;1. Challenging the Creative Paradigm in Central and EasternEuropean Metropoles – An Outline;70
8.2;2. Definitions and Theoretical Assumptions;70
8.2.1;2.1 Defining Creative Industries;71
8.2.2;2.2 Creativity and its Pitfalls;71
8.2.3;2.3 The Geographies and Localities of the Creative Industries;72
8.3;3. Central and Eastern European Metropolitan Areas inTransition: Converging and Diverging Developments inRiga, Budapest, Poznan, and Leipzig;73
8.4;4. The Location Decisions of Creative and KnowledgeWorkers: Survey Results;74
8.5;5. Accommodating Creative Knowledge Workers? ConcludingStatements;76
8.6;References;78
9;A Strategy for Dealing with Change: RegionalDevelopment in Switzerland in the Context ofSocial Capital;80
9.1;1. Introduction;80
9.2;2. The Implementation of Sustainability;81
9.3;3. Social Learning as a Tool;83
9.4;4. Learning Regions as a Path for Dealing with Change;84
9.5;5. An Empirical Survey of the Swiss Case;85
9.6;6. Conclusion;87
9.7;References;88
10;Path Dependency and Resilience – The Example ofLandscape Regions;90
10.1;1. Problem Statement;90
10.2;2. The Benefit of Linking Path Dependency and Resilience;90
10.2.1;2.1 The Epistemic Value of Theoretical Approaches to PathDependency;90
10.2.2;2.2 Investigating the Relationship between Path Dependency andResilience;92
10.3;3. Landscape Regions as an Example;93
10.3.1;3.1 The Effects of Physical and Institutional Path Dependencies onthe Resilience of the Oderbruch as a Polder Landscape;94
10.3.2;3.2 The Social Construction of Resilience Using the Example ofAttempts to Correct the Development Path in the Barnim Region;95
10.4;4. A Comparative Interpretation and Conclusion;96
10.5;References;98
11;Resilience and Resistance of Buildings and BuiltStructures to Flood Impacts – Approaches toAnalysis and Evaluation;100
11.1;1. Introduction;100
11.2;2. Overall Methodology;101
11.2.1;2.1 The Vulnerability of Building Types;101
11.2.2;2.2 The Vulnerability Analysis Approach;102
11.3;3. Vulnerability Mitigation Measures;104
11.3.1;3.1 The Classification and Description of Measures;104
11.3.2;3.2 The Selection, Ex-ante Analysis, and Comparison of Measures;106
11.4;4. The Evaluation of Vulnerability Mitigation Measures;107
11.5;5. Conclusions;109
11.6;References;110
12;Planning for Risk Reduction and Organizing forResilience in the Context of Natural Hazards;112
12.1;1. Introduction;112
12.2;2. Comparing Planning for Risk Reduction and Organizing forResilience in Groups;113
12.3;3. Planning for Risk Reduction and Organizing for Resiliencein Organizations;118
12.4;4. Conclusion;120
12.5;References;121
13;Vulnerability and Resilience: A Topic for SpatialResearch from a Social Science Perspective;123
13.1;1. Introduction;123
13.2;2. Vulnerability and Resilience as a Pair of Terms;124
13.3;3. Content-related Focus and Research Questions from thePerspective of Social Science-based Spatial Research;125
13.4;4. Outlook;128
13.5;References;129
14;Adaptability of Regional Planning in LowerSaxony to Climate Change;130
14.1;1. Climate Change – Dealing with Uncertainty as a Task forSpatial Planning;130
14.2;2. Adapting to Climate Change – Possibilities and Limitationsof Regional Planning in Lower Saxony;131
14.3;3. Adapting to Climate Change – The Necessity of IntegratedApproaches;132
14.4;References;134
15;Dealing with Climate Change – The Opportunitiesand Conflicts of Integrating Mitigation andAdaptation;135
15.1;1. Introduction;135
15.2;2. Examples of Synergies and Conflicts;136
15.3;3. Conclusions;137
16;Regional Climate Adaptation Research – TheImplementation of an Integrative RegionalApproach in the Dresden Model Region;138
16.1;1. The Necessity of Regional Climate Adaptation Research;138
16.2;2. REGKLAM – An Integrated Regional Project ConcerningAdaptation to Climate Change;139
16.3;3. REGKLAM – Work in a Regional Network;141
16.4;References;143
17;River Landscapes – Reference Areas for RegionallySpecific Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change;144
17.1;1. Introduction;144
17.2;2. Linking Precautionary Flood Protection and PreventingLow Water Levels with the Development of RegionalCultural Landscapes;144
17.3;3. Experiences from Regional Case Studies in Germany;145
17.4;4. Climate Change as a Long-term Challenge for Spatial Planningand Water Management – Recommendations;147
17.5;References;148
18;Strategic Planning – Approaches to Coping withthe Crisis of Shrinking Cities;149
18.1;1. The Crisis of Shrinking Cites in Eastern Germany;149
18.2;2. Wanted: Strategies for Coping with Structural Change;149
18.3;3. Empirical Results in Five Medium-sized Eastern GermanCities;150
18.3.1;3.1 Long-term and City-wide Visions of Development;150
18.3.2;3.2 Short-term and Area-based Projects;151
18.3.3;3.3 Cooperation among Actors and Modes of Governance;152
19;Typologies of the Built Environment and theExample of Urban Vulnerability Assessment;153
19.1;1. Theoretical Considerations;153
19.2;2. An Example;155
19.3;References;156
20;Appendix List of Authors;157
20.1;Andreas Blum;157
20.2;Joachim Burdack;157
20.3;Sonja Deppisch;157
20.4;Fabian Dosch;158
20.5;Sebastian Ebert;158
20.6;Susen Fischer;158
20.7;Enke Franck;158
20.8;Manfred Fuhrich;159
20.9;Ludger Gailing;159
20.10;Evi Goderbauer;159
20.11;Sebastian Golz;160
20.12;Karin Gruhler;160
20.13;Gérard Hutter;160
20.14;Heiderose Kilper;161
20.15;Manfred Kühn;161
20.16;Thilo Lang;161
20.17;Bastian Lange;162
20.18;Bernhard Müller;162
20.19;Thomas Naumann;162
20.20;Johannes Nikolowski;163
20.21;Alfred Olfert;163
20.22;Jana Planek;163
20.23;Lars Porsche;163
20.24;Andreas Röhring;164
20.25;Mareike Schaerffer;164
20.26;Reinhard Schinke;164
20.27;Stephan Schmidt;165
20.28;Frank Sondershaus;165
20.29;Torsten Thurmann;165
20.30;Andreas Vetter;166
21;Appendix Portrait of the Editors’ Institutions;167
21.1;Academy for Spatial Research and Planning (ARL);167
21.2;Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs andSpatial Development (BBSR);167
21.3;Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL);168
21.4;Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development(IOER);168
21.5;Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and StructuralPlanning (IRS);169