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Author:   Marcel Langner ,  Wilfried Endlicher
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Weight:   0.240kg
ISBN:  

9783631642948

ISBN 10:   3631642946
Pages:   161
Publication Date:   16 June 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents: Wilfried Endlicher/Marcel Langner/Markus Hesse/Harald A. Mieg/Ingo Kowarik/Patrick Hostert/Elmar Kulke/Gunnar Nützmann/Marlies Schulz/Elke van der Meer/Gerd Wessolek/Claudia Wiegand: Urban Ecology - Definitions and Concepts – Miriam Fritsche/Marcel Langner/Hadia Köhler/Anke Ruckes/Daniela Schüler/Betka Zakirova/Katharina Appel/Valeska Contardo-Jara/Ellen Diermayer/Mathias Hofmann/Christoph Kulemeyer/Peter Meffert/Janneke Westermann: Shrinking Cities - A New Challenge for Research in Urban Ecology – Ingeborg Schinninger/Rudolf Maier: Urban Brownfields as Temporary Habitats: Strategies of Plants for Survival in a Changing Environment – Peter Werner: Urban Form and Biodiversity – Tobias Chilla: Shrinking Cities - New Urban «Socio-Natures»? – Uwe Altrock: Current Trends in Urban Regeneration and Restructuring in Germany and Their Effects on Sustainability – Matthias Bernt: Six Years of Stadtumbau Ost («Urban Restructuring East») Programme: Difficulties of Dealing with Shrinking Cities – Christiane Westphal: Density as a Tool to Guide Urban Shrinkage Concerning Public Works? – Stefanie Rößler: Shrinking Cities - Opportunities and Challenges for Urban Green Space Planning: Experiences at the Large Housing Estate of Leipzig-Grünau – André Mulder: Trams and the Regeneration of Brownfield Sites – Susan C. Wessman: Urban Shrinking in the Life Cycles of City Archetypes.

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Marcel Langner, born in Mutlangen (Germany), studied geoecology at the University of Karlsruhe (TH). After receiving his PhD with a thesis titled Roadside Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) – an Efficient Sink for PM10? at the University of Karlsruhe (TH), the author has been a postdoctoral fellow of the Research Training Group (Graduiertenkolleg) Urban Ecology at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He currently works at the German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt). Wilfried Endlicher was born in Heidenheim an der Brenz (Germany). He studied geography, meteorology, remote sensing and romance languages at the Universities of Freiburg (Germany) and Grenoble (France). He obtained his PhD at the University of Freiburg. The author has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Concepción (Chile) and the University of Florida in Gainesville (USA). He was Professor of Geoecology at the University in Marburg (Germany) and is now Professor of Climatology and Atmospheric Environmental Research at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

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