Guiding Principles for Spatial Development in Germany

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Strubelt, Wendelin. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: German Annual of Spatial Research and Policy,
• Subjects: Geography.; Regional planning.; Civil engineering.; Civil Engineering.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88839-0

The papers of this book are concentrated around the topic of the development and the formulation of guiding principles, concepts or visions for spatial planning and policy. In German we use a term not yet well known in international contexts - Leitbilder. For the non-German audience it might be impo...

Table of Contents:

• What is a Leitbild ? Some reflections on the origin and use of the German expression for guiding principles
• Guiding principles for spatial development
• The importance of guiding principles for structural change in small towns
• Urban metabolism and the surface of the city
• Shaping cultural landscapes  Regional governance as a way of implementing a new concept of spatial planning
• Integrated overall concepts for urban development policy: the example of the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald.