Evolving Reurbanisation? Spatio-temporal Dynamics as Exemplified by the East German City of Leipzig

Nadja Kabisch, Dagmar Haase and Annegret Haase
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Nadja Kabisch: Department for Applied Landscape Ecology, UFZ - Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Permoserstrasse 15, Leipzig, 04318, Germany, nadja.kabisch@ufz.de
Dagmar Haase: Department for Applied Landscape Ecology, UFZ - Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Permoserstrasse 15, Leipzig, 04318, Germany, dagmar.haase@ufz.de
Annegret Haase: Department for Applied Landscape Ecology, UFZ - Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Permoserstrasse 15, Leipzig, 04318, Germany, annegret.haase@ufz.de

Urban Studies, 2010, vol. 47, issue 5, 967-990

Abstract: After a decade of tremendous population loss indicating severe decline, some large east German cities have been displaying signs of reurbanisation since the late 1990s. Using the city of Leipzig as an example, this paper identifies the major characteristics, progress and underlying spatio-temporal dynamics of reurbanisation, and examines whether it is a long-term process of urban living or features only short-term tendencies. Socio-demographic indicators are used to observe the development of inner-city districts. At the spatial scale of municipal districts, time-series data are analysed for the years 1993 to 2005. The paper argues that reurbanisation has occurred primarily in inner-city districts and has progressed considerably since the early 1990s. However, the spatio-temporal distribution of the relevant indicators shows that reurbanisation is far from being a homogeneous process. In light of this, the paper presents a ring of reurbanisation-sensitive municipal districts around the city centre.

Date: 2010
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