{"product_id":"vom-ruhrgebiet-zur-metropole-ruhr","title":"Vom Ruhrgebiet zur Metropole Ruhr","description":"\u003cp\u003e In the twenty-first century, the Ruhr area—with 5.1 million inhabitants, the largest conurbation in Germany—finds itself poised \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e between historical preservation and modernization: the region still stands for its mining past and its postindustrial transformation, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e and yet it also offers an example of sustainable urban and regional development. The more the structural change of \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e the region advances, the more the Ruhr area reflects a pattern common to many cities internationally: the in-between urban \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e spaces become more connected to the densely populated centers that are traditionally found in European cities. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This book is being published on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Siedlungsverband Ruhrkohlenbezirk, now the \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Regionalverband Ruhr. This organization was founded in 1920, at the beginning of the Weimar Republic, as a planning and \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e environmental body and is today still the largest metro administrative body in Europe. The volume offers a programmatic \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e agenda for the future. It documents the history, strategy, and governance of the Regionalverband Ruhr as a network organization \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e for regional management that has jointly been responsible for internationally renowned lead projects such as the IBA Emscher \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Park, RUHR.2010—European Capital of Culture, Ruhrtriennale, Green Infrastructure, and the IGA Metropole Ruhr 2027. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Using texts, images, and plans, it vividly depicts the inner master plan for the Ruhr metropolis, producing a master narrative— \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e not least of all for the areas of soft regionalization, culture, tourism, industrial culture, and economic and scientific marketing \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e in the “city of cities.” \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JOVIS Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54258980061528,"sku":"9783868595840","price":47.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9783868595840.jpg?v=1783513843","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/vom-ruhrgebiet-zur-metropole-ruhr","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}