| Beschreibung |
Suburbanisierung ist zu einem globalen Trend in der Stadtentwicklung geworden. Angesichts des drohenden Klimawandels, zur Neige gehender Erdölreserven und gleichzeitig noch ansteigendem globalen Energieverbrauch stellt sich jedoch die Frage, ob suburbane Räume mit dem Ziel nachhaltiger Stadtentwicklung vereinbar sind. In dem Seminar wird der Diskussion um Nachhaltigkeit und Stadtstruktur nachgegangen, denn aktuell liegen neue Erkenntnisse zu dieser Thematik vor, die auch Architekten und Städtebauern neue Betätigungsfelder eröffnen.
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| engl. Beschreibung/ Kurzkommentar |
When looking at suburbs, people and planners often see something very different. Whereas the former dream of a better lifestyle, the latter often talk about urban sprawl and point to a long list of negative aspects of this kind of urban from. Particularly in view of rising energy consumption, Peak Oil and possible climate change continuing trends towards global suburbanization have caused concerns. However, more recently the "reading" of suburbs has changed. The prevailing critical discourse has been challenged by the assumption that suburbs - if designed and managed well - can be aligned with the overall goal of sustainability. This includes a reappraisal of "suburbanism as a way of life" that might offer a lot. The seminar will examine the current debate by taking American, Australian, Chinese and German cities as an example. To this end concepts of sustainable urban development will be explored, followed by a practice review. It will be argued that the debate on suburbia is embedded in a much larger, underlying debate on the good life.
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