Tendenzen der Stadtgeographischen Forschung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Abstract: A review of the subjects covered by German-language publications in urban geography during the years 1952-70 reveals a number of major research themes. These include studies of individual cities, urban groups, urban types and the internal functional divisions of cities; research into the spatial organisation of central places; and the general theme of urban agglomerations and city regions. Since the war, the emphasis in urban geography has increasingly moved from monograph-type studies to problem-oriented work. The success of the social geography emphasis in problem formulation and research method has been the most important advance in analytical urban research over the last decades. As subject matter becomes more specialised, small area studies and case analyses with a quantitative basis are becoming more frequent. In this way research is becoming more important for urban development and town planning practice. There is, however, a noticeable lack, evident even in some very intens.... https://www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/article/view/1681

Object Details

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

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Tendenzen der Stadtgeographischen Forschung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ; volume:27 ; number:1 ; year:1973 ; Erdkunde ; 27, Heft 1 (1973)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Schöller, Peter

Further information

• DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.1973.01.03
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410291125245.979430254258
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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