Forschungsschwerpunkte und Zukunftsaufgaben der Historischen Geographie: Städtische Siedlungen

Abstract: The historical geography of urban settlements is in all its respects equivalent to urban geography but related to the past. The subject of research has to be the “Stadtgefüge (urban pattern, structure) which comprises plan, elevation, population, economy, and transport. The interdependence of form and functions is of importance - special emphasis is laid again on the physiognomic aspect. There are three separate methodical approaches; first, the geo-genetic method considering the relics in the contemporary urban structure; second, the temporal transect or vertical theme (Längsschnitt); third, the cross-section (Querschnitt). Desiderata of research are both: urban studies, which would describe selected towns at certain stages of time (cross-sections), and historico-geographical temporal transects. The latter is to complement the more static cross-sections by exposing the process of development. According to the period of history the author directs the reader's attention from the med.... https://www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/article/view/1972

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Forschungsschwerpunkte und Zukunftsaufgaben der Historischen Geographie: Städtische Siedlungen ; volume:36 ; number:2 ; year:1982 ; Erdkunde ; 36, Heft 2 (1982)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: von der Dollen, Busso

Further information

• DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.1982.02.06
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410290932403.140697381019
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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