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Neue Dissertation: The Dynamic Geographies of the Knowledge Economy in Germany: Where do firms & workers locate?

This dissertation examines the German knowledge economy over two decades and explores where firms and knowledge workers locate. It examines the spatial, relational and economic location decisions through three studies on firm location choices, the influence of the knowledge economy on employment growth and the (re-)location of workers. Using ERGM, Granger causality and origin-destination data analysis, it reveals how proximity, the type of knowledge, infrastructure and connectivity influence where firms and workers locate, thus, regional growth.

Project Documentation: "Landsberg am Lech - Ready for 2055?"

NEWS| 31.03.2025 

Project Documentation: "Landsberg am Lech - Ready for 2055?"

Students from the Master's programs in Urbanism and Architecture worked for several months to look at the long-term development of the town of Landsberg. The aim was to design a long-term spatial strategy. Based on a comprehensive analysis of the region and a methodology for working with future trends, the next 30 years were examined. Four student teams each present a vision of the future for “Landsberg 2055” and use an overall strategy and specific spatial proposals to show possible development paths for the region and local stakeholders.

 

The four student teams focus on different topics and show different development paths for the year 2055. How can resilient land use, inclusive mobility and social cohesion be strengthened and interlinked to achieve sustainable growth? How can the prospects of young residents be improved and education and innovation become key catalysts for positive development? How can Landsberg become a municipality that leads by example through the consistent implementation of sustainable mobility, a liveable city center and a self-sufficient energy supply? And how can Landsberg carry today's qualities into the future in order to be “just as great, only better” in 2055?

Link to the digital documentation (PDF, ca. 70 MB) available on mediaTUM.

2016-2017 Business & City: Shaping the future together

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Topic: The project investigates new spatial potentials between commercial and urban development in a cross-comparison of good and innovative practice examples of European urban regions. The focus is particularly on space-saving concepts with a densification and mixture of commercial uses. The practical examples of other urban regions will be examined for their transferability to selected areas in the city and region of Munich. The project offers a dialogue between different actors in the Munich region as well as the exchange with experts of innovative examples from other urban regions. As a result, concrete impulses and ideas for urban and regional development in Munich and for individual development areas within the city and region are available.

The project partners are the City of Munich and the City of Unterschleissheim, the municipalities of Haar and Neufahrn and Business Campus Management GmbH. The focus is on innovative practical examples and, derived from these, impulses and development potentials for industrial sites in the core area of the Munich Metropolitan Region.

The project develops a three-pronged approach. Firstly, "commerce" as an "urban building block" with a give and take of manufacturing industry and urban development will be examined on the basis of successful and innovative examples in Germany and individual European examples. Secondly, it will develop approaches to solutions for the city and region of Munich. For selected areas, concrete development opportunities are shown. Thirdly, these solution approaches are primarily developed via a dialogue platform for actors in the Munich region. The project involves key players in real estate, economic and urban development in the work process and offers an exchange of experience between experts from other urban regions in dialogue with the players in the Munich region.

You can download the final report of the project here.

Involved team members: Alain Thierstein, Lukas Gilliard
Client: Various cooperation partners in the Munich Metropolitan Region

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