The MCube cluster project "BeneVit" releases their recommendations to better plan and assess new infrastructure investments. From the Chair of Urban Development at TUM, Mathias Heidinger contributed to the publication. The mobility transition poses major challenges for metropolitan regions. On the one hand, the diverse mobility needs of the population need to be… [read more]

pandemic has had in various fields of spatial development and planning. Markus Weinig and Alain Thierstein have published the article "Navigating Post-Pandemic Urban Development: Revisiting 2021 Observations on COVID-19's Impact on Urban Interaction, Space Modification, and Governance" in the international journal Town Planning Review. The article examines the… [read more]

A "wild week" full of programme items offered the opportunity to look back, connect and examine current topics in urban development. [read more]

During the winter semester, students on the Master's degree programmes in Urbanistik and Architecture worked on the long-term development of the town of Buchs in St. Gallen, Switzerland: the aim was to develop a long-term spatial strategy. Based on a comprehensive analysis of the area and a methodology on working with future trends, the next 30 years were… [read more]

In the context of the BeneVit project a journal article titled "Introducing a Novel Framework for the Analysis and Assessment of Transport Projects in City Regions" has been published in the journal "Sustainability". A profound appraisal framework has been developed and refined in transport economics and planning literature for decades, mainly characterised by… [read more]

Academic discussions have frequently examined the interrelation between regional employment growth and firm locations. Two growth patterns emerge: employment growth induced through new firm locations or vice versa, where firms locate in areas experiencing employment supply growth. The specific causal relationship responsible for regional employment growth in Germany… [read more]

MaCI is a university research support unit at Université Grenoble Alpes dedicated to fostering interdisciplinary research in the human and social sciences. [read more]

The Chair of Urban Development has published a new Working Paper, authored by student Xueying Huang. The paper with the title "What Makes Munich’s Housing Shortage - A District-Level Analysis of Housing Supply Responsiveness and Urban Planning Metrics" analyses the recent escalation in Munich’s housing demand against the backdrop of an accompanying supply deficit,… [read more]