Volume 69 (2011): Issue 1 (February 2011)

Journal & Issue Details

Journal Details
Format: Journal
eISSN: 1869-4179
First Published: 30 Jan 1936
Publication timeframe: 6 times per year
Languages: German, English

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75 Jahre Raumforschung und Raumordnung

Hans Heinrich Blotevogel

Published Online: 28 Feb 2011
Page range: 1 - 2

Abstract

Navigating Through Unfamiliar Environments

Rainer Kazig and

Monika Popp

Published Online: 28 Feb 2011
Page range: 3 - 15

Abstract

The process how people manage to find their way has been discussed in the Anglo-Saxon literature already since the 1980s using the term wayfinding. However, as wayfinding research is mainly rooted within environmental psychology, it basically focuses on information processing. Thus, wayfinding research does not systematically take into account the influence of distinct settings and therefore it is only of limited use for urban planning. In this article we introduce a praxiological approach which highlights the embodiment and sensuality of wayfinding allowing to put a special focus on the relevance of environmental settings for wayfinding practices. We then present a method (commented walks), which captures wayfinding in situ and by doing so follows the requirements of our approach. The potentials of the praxiological approach for urban planning is finally demonstrated using two case studies.

Keywords

Pedestrian
Commented walks
Orientation
Praxiology
Wayfinding

: Open Access

The Spatial Planning Instrument Eigenentwicklung

Felix Jakob Schwabedal

Published Online: 28 Feb 2011
Page range: 17 - 28

Abstract

In this article the spatial planning instrument “Eigenentwickung” in Lower Saxony in Germany is examined, and an improvement of the management of settlement growth is discussed. With the comparative plan analysis a new scientific method is applied to enable an objective comparison of all elements of stipulations in regional development plans. It can be stated that the contribution of the spatial planning instrument “Eigenentwicklung” to a sustainable settlement development in Lower Saxony is rather small. Regional planning is in most regions not able to reduce urban sprawl. This lack of planning is not a consequence of the lack of adequate instruments but due to the fact, that regional planning does not exhaust its potential.

Keywords

Small community growth
Regional planning
Governance
Urban sprawl

: Open Access

The Perspectives of Central and Eastern European Large Scale Housing Estates In-Between Local Housing Markets, Dwellers’ Initiatives and Public Policy

Carola S. Neugebauer,

Karin Wiest and

Dovile Krupickaite

Published Online: 28 Feb 2011
Page range: 29 - 43

Abstract

The differentiation of housing supply and demand in Central-Eastern European urban regions since 1990 adumbrates the reassessment of socialist large scale housing estates as housing location. The importance of this market segment in terms of housing supply as well as its need for refurbishment stresses on the significance of large-scale housing estates in urban development. Against this background the authors analyse the current social and edificial situations in four selected large-scale housing estates in Central-Eastern Europe. Potential perspectives for its developments are discussed as opportunities and needs for action, resulting from the interplay of regional housing market structures, public policy of subsidies and dwellers’ behaviour between mobility and do-it-yourself initiatives.

Keywords

Large-scale housing estate
Central-Eastern European urban regions
Housing market
Public subsidies
Satisfaction with housing
Segregation

: Open Access

Delineation of Functional Labour Market Regions—A Methodological Approach

Per Kropp and

Barbara Schwengler

Published Online: 28 Feb 2011
Page range: 45 - 62

Abstract

This paper proposes a methodological approach for delineating functional labour market regions based on commuter flows between German municipalities for the years 1993 to 2008 using the graph theory. The modularity commonly used in the analysis of networks is a suitable indicator of measuring the quality of delineations. We present a delineation of 50 labour market regions of quite different sizes that is robust for all years in the analysis. A further delineation based on commuter flows between districts is nearly as good in measuring the employment self-containment-ratio as the delineation based on commuter flows between municipalities. Comparing the presented delineation with former delineations for Germany by different statistical measures confirms the quality of the result.