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If anything, then cittàslow
By Renard Teipelke The sun is shining, old couples as well as young families with their children are strolling through the streets, the time stands still and everyone seems to enjoy this lovely summer...
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NEMONA – An Introduction
By Caspar Lundsgaard-Hansen & Renard Teipelke The fashion and design scene is booming in Berlin. The inner-city part of Berlin’s district Neukölln is becoming the latest insider’s tip for the...
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Second Call for Papers | Mediterranean Tourism Conference in Antalya April 2012
(Subscribe to the blog to receive regular updates and related news ) in:polis | urbanism in cooperation with the School of Tourism and Hotel Management (Akdeniz University Antalya) are happy to...
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The British high street is dead – let’s celebrate | Wayne Hemingway | Comment...
The British high street is dead – let’s celebrate | Wayne Hemingway | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk. Filed under: pick of the day Tagged: high street, Place Management, retail
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Website is online: Place Management and Branding Conference in Manchester 2013
Link to site: Place Management and Branding Conference. Place branding, place management, place marketing, strategic spatial development, public-private place partnerships, all synonyms describing one...
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Coffee, Hamburgers and Downtown Areas in a Globalizing World
Starbucks Cups By Renard Teipelke In the past years, we could witness the increasingly strong presence of international corporations in downtown areas. Ranging from telecommunication and fashion to...
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Uberlândia – or why we should hear more about second- and third-row cities
By Renard Teipelke Uberlândia – Uber what? Denmark, The Netherlands, or a city in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings? Far from that! Uberlândia is actually a medium-sized city in Brazil (population:...
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Pick of the day: UK Retailers Have Lost £23bn Since The Start Of The Recession
No wonder town centres built round retail are in trouble: “The cost of the recession to Britain’s retailers has been calculated as a whopping £23 billion since the start of the recession. The figures,...
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Are our town centres really dying?
Rue Mouffetard in Paris. A vibrant market street in the heart of a bustling metropolis. by Ares Kalandides I recently blogged two newspaper articles that dealt with retail (here and here) and promised...
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Urban Foresight in Times of Meteorites
by Renard Teipelke On the 15th February 2013, Chelyabinsk Obast in Russia was hit by the glowing remainders of a meteorite which entered the earth and caused approximately 1’500 people being injured...
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Disasters, Statistical Data, and Human Lives
By Renard Teipelke More than 6,000 people dead, more than 4 million people displaced, more than 12 million people affected: In the early days of November 2013, the central parts of the Philippines were...
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Drastic shifts in local retail districts – is tourism the driver?
MaaßenstrasseFoto: Lukas Hoye By Markus Kather and Paul Köper Are you looking for a small boutique or an antique shop in the north of Berlin’s Schöneberg district? Whereas a few years ago you would...
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Renovating Kensington
By Renard Teipelke This August I visited London for the second time. I have been to the city the first time in 2011. During both visits I was staying in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea...
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The Liberal First-Mover Advantage
By Renard Teipelke In a previous article (here), I have discussed the bombastic growth plans of the airports in Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi. With regard to their proximity and location within desserts,...
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Quick Review: WEF’s Top Ten Urban Innovations
By Renard Teipelke The Global Agenda Council on the Future of Cities (World Economic Forum) published a short overview report on the “Top Ten Urban Innovations” last month (October 2015). Let’s see...
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An Implementation Critique of Jan Gehl’s “Cities for People”
By Renard Teipelke In 2010, Danish architect and urban design thinker Jan Gehl compiled his profession’s key urban design principles and convictions in the well-received book “Cities for People”. I...
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Have You Ever Heard of Lucius Burckhardt?
By Renard Teipelke Usually the length of a person’s English Wikipedia article indicates how far their global reach has been. In the case of the Swiss urban planning critic Lucius Burckhardt (1925-2003)...
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