A5062624584- Urbanization and City Planning
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Rural development and sustainability
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
- Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
- Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
- Public Administration and Political Analysis
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
- Local Economic Development and Planning
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Noise Effects and Management
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Health and Medical Studies
- Local Government Finance and Decentralization
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Transportation Planning and Optimization
- Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Impact of Light on Environment and Health
- Regional Economic and Spatial Analysis
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
Technische Hochschule Augsburg
2022-2024
ILS – Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development
2013-2023
RWTH Aachen University
2020
University of Stuttgart
2010-2016
In recent years considerable progress has been made in the understanding of urban land-use change and its dynamic interrelationships with economic, social, environmental systems. From a quantitative perspective, advancements GIS technologies, increased availability high-resolution remote sensing data, new GIS-based spatial metrics form growth have helped to establish methods for comparative analysis. However, due lack homogeneous very few empirical studies systematically addressed...
The last decades have been characterized by a fast and steady urbanization of the global population. This trend is projected to stay stable in future affects land use patterns multiple ways. Monitoring measurement concepts for processes struggled with multitude driving forces variations urban form as well assessment outcomes on sometimes contradictory objectives economic, social environmental policies. Commonly, monitoring frameworks that aim assess changes related break this complexity down...
During the 1990s, phenomenon of urban sprawl received growing attention in international planning debate. However, a survey literature yields no agreement terms defining and measuring sprawl. The absence common understanding constrains analysis sprawl's causes, costs non-monetary consequences as well formulation strategies towards economically, ecologically socially acceptable land use patterns. On this background, we present an indicator-based framework for measurement assessment...
In modern Western societies people often lead inactive and sedentary lifestyles, even though there is no doubt that physical activity health are related. From an urban planning point of view it would be highly desirable to develop built environments in a way supports leading more active healthy lifestyles. Within this context several methods, predominantly used the US, measure suitability for walking cycling. Empirical studies show living walkable areas physically (for example, walk or cycle...
This paper presents a land-use change analysis of five Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. We utilize CORINE (Coordination Information on the Environment) Land-Cover Urban Audit data for two distinct time periods: 1990–2000 2000–2006 aggregated at urban, suburban non-metropolitan geographies. The literature post-socialist cities suggests that urbanization rates patterns in period are quite variable divergent, both "inter"nationally "intra"-nationally, we expect to find spatial...
The importance of critical infrastructures and strategic planning in the context extreme events, climate change urbanization has been underscored recently international policy frameworks, such as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (UNISDR (United Nations/International Strategy Reduction) 2015), new Paris agreement (UNFCCC Nations — Convention on Climate Change) 2015) well New Urban Agenda (UN-HABITAT 2016). This paper outlines key...
Living in urban environments affects individuals' mental health through different pathways. For instance, physical activity and social participation are seen as mediators. However, aiming to understand underlying mechanisms, it is necessary consider that the individual interacting with its environment. In this regard, viewpoint discusses how research benefits from integration of socioecological interdisciplinary perspectives, combined innovative ambulatory data assessments enable researchers...
Résumé Les recherches sur les coûts de l’étalement urbain sont menées manière prédominante dans une perspective croissance. La majorité ces visent à montrer que d’importantes économies en infrastructures peuvent être obtenues augmentant densités urbaines et localisant nouvelles activités développement proximité des zones déjà construites. Cependant, nombreuses régions métropolitaines Europe doivent faire face un déclin démographique quasi surplus urbanisées. De plus, le phénomène...
This paper introduces OS-WALK-EU, a new open-source walkability assessment tool developed specifically for urban neighbourhoods and using spatial data. A free tool, OS-WALK-EU is accessible to the general public. It uses open data available worldwide online services compute accessibility, while at same time allowing users integrate local datasets if available. Based on review of existing measurement concepts, adopts dimensions that were tested in European city environments explains their...
Despite a highly organized and institutionalized planning framework, regions in Germany are widely considered the most variable experimental layer of vary quite extensively terms their organizational composition, strategic purpose, administrative competencies. This research examines role German regional-level explaining urban spatial structure development patterns. Our unit analysis consists 114 Germany. We model change density over 2 time periods as product number demographic, geographic,...
In explaining the determinants of urban spatial structure, researchers have relied on traditional monocentric ‘Alonso-Mills-Muth’ model. This article contributes to this discussion by testing viability model when applied metropolitan areas in Germany, a country traditionally associated with polycentric regional differences and shrinkage. We estimate unique dataset covering 92 over two time periods (2000 2014), which allows estimation both cross-sectional panel framework. Using regression...
In urban research and planning, “density” is one of the most important measures to analyze a city’s structural morphology. Compared other such as “neighborhood mix uses”, “polycentricity” or “compactness”, density seems be rather objective comprehensible choice. However, when having closer look at it, it complex concept with different measurement options. There no internationally accepted standard for implementation that would allow robust comparison countries, regions cities. This article...
There is much agreement among spatial and transport planners that urban rural areas have increasingly become dependent on motorized over time, therefore also more energy intensive. This paper understands “automobile dependence” as a form of structural dependence the availability private motor car which results from lack alternative mobility options. It introduces methodological approach for location sensitive assessment settlement structures with regards to their degree automobile...
Abstract In this paper we discuss evidence on new socio-spatial patterns in the relation between urban and suburban areas due to involuntary outward residential mobility of low-income households from central areas. Our findings build upon research three German cities a comparative perspective, with interviews local experts providing main source information. For analysing decentralisation or suburbanisation poverty processes focus role housing market, settlement changes, social security...
Fußgängerfreundliche und bewegungsanimierende Stadtstrukturen (Walkability) bieten Menschen die Möglichkeit, ihre alltäglichen Wege zu Fuß statt mit dem Pkw zurückzulegen. Eine aktive körperliche Mobilität fördert Gesundheit gilt als Voraussetzung für vitale nachbarschaftliche Sozialstrukturen. Der Einsatz datenbasierter Walkability-Bewertungswerkzeuge ermöglicht der Stadt- Verkehrsplanung in einer einfachen Vorabanalyse, Defiziträume Fußgängerfreundlichkeit im Stadtraum identifizieren...
Since 1990, urbanization in post-socialist countries has frequently resulted a loss of urban density the existing building stock while land use patterns at outskirts growing city regions began to sprawl. Formerly state-planned and controlled housing forms as well industrial business enterprises were suddenly exposed new market interests finance-led investments globalizing world. In initial adaptation socio-economic transformation pressures after fall iron curtain, question took different...
This paper discusses the possibility to use mobile phone network data monitor spatial policies in land and transport planning. Monitoring requires robust time series reproducible concepts linking monitoring outcomes, a requirement differing from current literature where analysis is exemplified selected areas with privileged access. Concepts need serve evaluation of policy objectives, for example regional or local area plans. In this study, we, therefore, extend application applications...
This paper is a research effort to monitor the development of urban morphology using earth observation data. For city Cologne in Germany, satellite images over time period more than 30 years are analyzed regarding development. These footprints describe 2-D spatial extension at given point time. data spatially intersected with geometrically highly resolved 3-D building model derived from digital surface model. The set allows for and growth analysis three decades based on variables: area,...
Background Walking behavior is positively associated with physiological and mental health as much evidence has already shown. also becoming a critical issue for promotion in urban environments it the most often used form of active mobility helps to replace carbon dioxide emissions from motorized forms transport. It therefore contributes mitigate negative effects climate change heat islands within cities. However, promote walking among dwellers utilize its health-enhancing potential, we need...