Beschreibung
Cities in highly industrialised countries have grown over time, yet the phenomenon of shrinking cities occurs in many regions. Urban shrinkage has various impacts on urban ecology, which can be observed on urban brownfield sites in particular. The integration of brownfield sites with sustainable urban development must be managed, and this presents new challenges for urban planners. The introductory chapters of this publication give an overview of urban ecology concepts and how research in this field is affected by urban shrinkage. The following sections are concerned with botanical aspects of shrinking cities, perception of nature in the context of shrinkage and discussion of aspects of urban planning with reference to several regional examples. The book concludes with an examination of urban shrinkage during the life cycles of city archetypes.
Autorenportrait
The Editors: Marcel Langner was born 1973 in Mutlangen (Germany). He studied geoecology at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) between 1994 and 2000. Marcel Langner has been a postdoctoral fellow of the Research Training Group (Graduiertenkolleg) «Urban Ecology» for two years, since receiving his Ph.D. with a thesis titled «Roadside Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) – an Efficient Sink for PM10?» in 2005 at the University of Karlsruhe (TH). He currently works in the Department of Geography at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Winfried Endlicher was born 1947 in Heidenheim an der Brenz (Germany). He studied geography, meteorology, remote sensing and romance languages at the Universities of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) and Grenoble (France) between 1969 and 1975. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1979 at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau. Winfried Endlicher has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Concepción (Chile) between 1982 and 1984 and the University of Florida in Gainesville (USA) between 1987 and 1988. He was Professor of Geoecology at the University of Marburg (Germany) between 1988 and 1998 and is now Professor of Climatology and Atmospheric Environmental Research at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
