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    Complexity and agent-based modelling in urban research

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    Urban planning for Landscape Architects: – ambitions for a good learning context of a new course

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    Urban Planning for Landscape Architects – ambitions for a good learning context of a new course

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    Compensating for Compactness? Consumption and Leisure Travel of City Dwellers vs. Small Town Dwellers in Denmark

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    The following article summarises the first results of a two-part study on consumption patterns in Denmark and leisure travel in Greater Copenhagen in particular. The study aims to map direct (e. g. free time travel) and indirect (e. g. goods and services) energy use related to different types of spatial structure ("urban" vs. "rural" settlement structure) and investigates possible explanations for differences in the use of energy. The study is on the one hand based on nationwide Danish household consumption data of Statistics Denmark and on the other hand on the results of an online questionnaire survey, which was conducted specifically for this study in May and June 2016 in an inner district of Copenhagen and a small town in the commuter belt of Copenhagen. The results indicate some sort of compensatory activities among city dwellers and suggest thereby, particularly in an urban context, including leisure travel and indirect energy use more in energy efficiency considerations.Der folgende Artikel fasst die ersten Ergebnisse einer zweiteiligen Studie zum Konsumverhalten in Dänemark und zur Freizeitmobilität im Großraum Kopenhagen im speziellen zusammen. Ziel der Untersuchung ist, direkten (z.B. Freizeitmobilität) und indirekten (z.B. Waren oder Dienstleistungen) Energieverbrauch in Hinblick auf raumstrukturelle Unterschiede (städtische vs. ländliche Siedlungsgebiete) abzubilden und mögliche Erklärungen für bestehende Unterschiede im Energieverbrauch zu erarbeiten. Die Studie basiert einerseits auf den Daten einer jährlichen dänemarkweiten Verbraucherumfrage der Statistik Dänemark sowie andererseits auf den Ergebnissen einer Onlineumfrage, die eigens für die gegenständliche Studie im Mai und Juni 2016 in einem Innenstadtbezirk Kopenhagens sowie einer kleinstädtischen Pendlergemeinde im Großraum Kopenhagen durchgeführt wurde. Die Ergebnisse geben Hinweise auf bestimmte Formen eines Kompensationsverhaltens seitens der Städter und legen damit nahe, dass insbesondere im städtischen Kontext Freizeitmobilität sowie indirekter Energieverbrauch vermehrt in Energieeffizienzüberlegungen einbezogen werden sollte

    Compact and Resource Efficient Cities? Synergies and Trade-offs in European Cities

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    Cities are the main consumers of energy and resources but at the same time are considered as centres for innovation which can provide solutions to unsustainable development. An important concept regarding energy and resource efficiency on the scale of the city and city-region is the compact city. Compact cities and compact urban development are thought to decrease energy and resource demand per capita and increase efficiency. At the same time trade-offs and potential rebound effects of increased resource efficiency question certain achievements of a compact urban structure. This paper reviews aspects of resource and energy efficiency in compact city development in a European context. We conclude that, if the idea of the compact city should have any effect on resource and energy efficiency, accompanying measures have to be implemented, such as e.g. efficient public transport systems to offer alternative travel modes. Also the allocation of efficiency gains due to compact urban development has to be taken into account in order to avoid direct and indirect rebound effects
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