Monthly Archives: February 2012
‘Made in Germany’ in times of globalisation
by Hans Pul ‘Made in Germany’ stands for quality products, for top-notch engineering. For world-class cars, machines, dish washers, etcetara. The reputation of German products as quality products is very valuable for the German economy as a whole. German companies eagerly … Continue reading
Potsdam’s shopping street management on its quest for private organization
by Valentin Schipfer Together with die raumplaner Inpolis will introduce a concept to continue the shopping street management for Potsdam’s historic city center and for Babelsberg. After having conducted several stakeholder interviews, Inpolis is in the phase of research and … Continue reading
Swiss label stimulates municipalities to improve energy policy
by Hans Pul Energiestadt Flawil, Energiestadt Bern, Energiestadt Zürich: Greenwashing or is there substance behind these claims? This blogpost introduces the Energiestadt label (“energy city”), a Swiss label certificated by an organisation with the same name. The organisation is occupied with … Continue reading
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Pop-up urbanism – a new term?
by Valentin Schipfer I’d say no. There even exists a specific blog – where I found most of my inspiration for this entry – and a recently published book on this type of urban interventions. They are taking place in … Continue reading
Strengths and weaknesses of the SWOT tool for place-related analysis
by Ares Kalandides I am sure most of us have already used some kind or other of a SWOT model to analyse something. In my business it is often used as an analytical tool to understand “places”, where they stand … Continue reading
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A voice for best practices in the informal city
by Valentin Schipfer Having introduced a blog on Rio de Janeiro’s favelas in my last post, I’ll present another new web-tool which serves as a communication channel for places, namely UrbanInform.net. It gives a voice to social investments in urban … Continue reading
A Timid Network of Towns: Cittaslow
by Ares Kalandides I have only been to Trani once. That was about five years ago during a trip around Puglia, which I still consider to be one of the most beautiful Italian provinces. Trani is a small port of … Continue reading
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Cultural Flagship Projects – Part II
by Renard Teipelke In my first article on cultural flagship projects*, I tried to conceptualize the topic. Now, I will connect the flagship idea ‘Western style’ with the Middle Eastern North African (MENA) region. My last article will deal with … Continue reading
Holland Art Cities: cooperation as competitive advantage
by Hans Pul Especially since the Place Branding Conference of last month, the concepts competition and cooperation have been the theme of some recent posts on this blog*. In this post I will follow-up on this topic and discuss some aspects … Continue reading
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