Stefan Siedentop
Biographic Data
| ID | 331437 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stefan Siedentop |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stefan |
| FAMILY NAME | Siedentop |
| SIGNATURE | SIEDENTOP S |
| AFFILIATIONS | ILS – Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4904-0105 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 95 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The new competition for land: Unpacking Germany’s energy transition Dilemma
To achieve climate neutrality, Germany has set ambitious targets for decarbonizing its energy supply by 2038. The federal government is striving to realize this goal through a series of legislative changes across various policy domains. This evolving policy framework is accompanied by significant changes in land-use governance and the introduction of new policy instruments. In this context, the article critically examines the land-related implica…
Commercial and industrial land conversion in Germany: Extent, patterns and the role of urban policy
In numerous Western countries, there has been a notable trend of commercial and industrial land conversion towards other uses. Scholars contend that this shift results not only from the relocation of industry to lower-cost regions, but also from neoliberal urban policies favouring residential and office development at the expense of traditional employment lands. Germany offers a compelling case study in this regard, as its major cities have under…
Mixed-use ideals, market pressures, and the marginalization of crafts in contemporary urban development: Evidence from five German cities
This paper examines the displacement of craft businesses from inner-city areas in five cities in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Drawing on expert interviews with representatives from urban planning, economic development, and chambers of crafts, it identifies a complex interplay of highly context-related factors driving this process – ranging from land-use conversion and rising property values to emission conflicts and limited expansion opportun…
Unravelling urban typologies in Latin American cities: Integrating socioeconomic factors and urban configurations across scales
The complex and multifaceted characteristics of urban expansion contribute to increasing challenges for policy-makers in planning and managing metropolitan areas worldwide. Typologies have been helpful in better describing and understanding the differentiated paths of urban development. This research introduces a novel classification that integrates multidimensional growth and development components by employing hierarchical clustering analysis. …
Assessing the suitability of settlement delineations for monitoring infilling: A web- and GIS-based expert evaluation approach
21 st century urbanisation features not only the growth of city populations but also the emergence of densification (infilling) as significant trends in urban development. While urban sprawl has long been acknowledged for its adverse effects, understanding densification remains challenging due to inadequate empirical and statistical frameworks. This study investigates the suitability of different geospatial datasets and methods for delineating se…
Can polycentric urban development simultaneously achieve both economic growth and regional equity? A multi-scale analysis of German regions
Polycentric urban regions have been advocated for, and justified as enhancing both economic growth and overall competitiveness while also creating more equitable and balanced metropolitan regions. We examine the role of regional polycentricity in effectuating certain desirable outcomes, specifically enhancing economic productivity and minimizing spatial disparities simultaneously in German urban regions ( Großstadtregionen) as a case study. Using…
In the tension between large-scale analysis and accuracy - Identifying and analysing intra-urban (sub-)centre structures comparing official 3D-building models and TanDEM-X nDSMs
Quantitative assessment and comparison of urban patterns in Germany and the United States
Toward comparative polycentricity scores: Assessing variations in regional delineation and subcenter identification
Urban spatial structure is increasingly characterized by polycentricity, the presence of multiple interconnected centers of similar size. Polycentricity indicators, which influence research and policies related to urban development, rely on three phases of analysis: (a) delineating regions, (b) identifying subcenters within these regions, and (c) operationalizing polycentricity; and each phase contains decision points for analysts. This paper arg…
Planning in the Face of Extraordinary Uncertainty: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic
Dynamics of intra-urban employment geographies: A comparative study of U.S. and German metropolitan areas
In this paper we analyze changes in the intra-urban spatial distribution of employment across six U.S. and German city regions between 2002 and 2015. Our methodological approach allows for a systematic and spatially consistent comparison of urban spatial structures across the two different countries. The empirical results show major national, regional, and sectoral differences in the spatial distribution of employment. In the German case studies …
Reurbanisation and suburbia in Northwest Europe: A comparative perspective on spatial trends and policy approaches
Following decades of urban decline in many European cities, there is now an abundant literature identifying a process of reurbanisation, which has now also reached many secondary cities, including those in post-industrialised regions. Reurbanisation is an umbrella concept involving several related but distinct processes, though has its roots in spatial cycle models that consider reurbanisation to be a specific stage in the development of urban re…
Does the monocentric model work in a polycentric urban system? An examination of German metropolitan regions
In explaining the determinants of urban spatial structure, researchers have relied on the traditional monocentric ‘Alonso-Mills-Muth’ model. This article contributes to this discussion by testing the viability of the monocentric model when applied to metropolitan areas in Germany, a country traditionally associated with a polycentric urban structure, regional differences and urban shrinkage. We estimate the model with a unique dataset covering 92…
Planning Institutions and Urban Spatial Patterns: Evidence from a Cross-National Analysis
This paper examines how national planning frameworks differ from each other and how those differences relate to patterns of urban development using an international cross section of metropolitan regions. We construct a composite index to measure institutional planning frameworks through objective criteria—restrictive versus permissive; binding versus nonbinding; nationally versus locally oriented—that enables comparison between (not within) count…
Where do immigrants move in Germany? The role of international migration in regional disparities in population development
We examine the impact of foreign migration on regional disparities in population development in Germany by analysing spatial patterns and determinants at the county level for the period of 2007–2017. Counterfactual analyses show that international migration has been the major component of population growth across German regions. However, immigration has mainly been directed towards large cities and highly urbanised areas and has therefore reinfor…
Employment suburbanization in the 21st century: A comparison of German and US city regions
The empirical research on urban spatial structure and its evolution still lacks comprehensive, longitudinal and international comparative perspectives. At this background, this paper addresses the change of intra-metropolitan employment patterns by scrutinizing two relatively large and representative samples of German and US American city regions, covering the years between 2003 and 2015. Our analysis reveals strong differences in the spatial emp…
Patterns of Eastern European urbanisation in the mirror of Western trends – Convergent, unique or hybrid
This paper presents a cross-sectional analysis of the urban land use patterns of 230 city regions in 34 European countries and an in-depth longitudinal analysis of 10 selected regions. The guiding question is whether the post-socialist transformation of urban spatial structure in Eastern European regions can be interpreted as an adaption process to Western-style urbanisation and how far a process of ‘mimicry’ has reached. Our empirical approach i…
Towards a typology of urban centers and subcenters – evidence from German city regions
This study aims to characterize urban spatial structure with respect to its multidimensionality. Using an encompassing data set of socioeconomic variables, as well as variables pertaining to the built environment, accessibility and land use, we suggest a quantitatively based urban (sub-) center typology. The fine-grained spatial scale of 1 km2 grid cells permits a higher spatial resolution than that used in most previous studies. Our suggested ty…
Measuring morphological polycentricity - A comparative analysis of urban mass concentrations using remote sensing data
How effective are regions in determining urban spatial patterns? Evidence from Germany
Despite a highly organized and institutionalized planning framework, regions in Germany are widely considered the most variable and experimental layer of planning and vary quite extensively in terms of their organizational composition, strategic purpose, and administrative competencies. This research examines the role of German regional-level planning in explaining urban spatial structure and urban development patterns. Our unit of analysis consi…
A childless urban renaissance? Age-selective patterns of population change in North American and German Metropolitan areas
Since the 1980s and 1990s, many metropolitan areas in North America and Europe have registered population growth within the urban core, driven primarily by younger, better-educated and higher-income people – a phenomenon often referred to as ‘urban renaissance’ or ‘re-urbanization’. To date, the research on this topic has primarily focused on the socio-spatial implications, especially with the type and intensity of displacement pressures affectin…
Demographic Patterns of Reurbanisation and Housing in Metropolitan Regions in the US and Germany
After decades of decline, first signs of a central and inner city revitalisation were noticed towards the end of the 1980s in North American metropolitan areas. The repopulation and redevelopment of the metropolitan cores - often referred to as 'reurbanisation', 'urban renaissance' or 'back-to-the-city-movement' - has accelerated since then and is today one of the outstanding characteristics of recent urban development in the US. In Western and C…
Greenbelts in Germany's regional plans—An effective growth management policy?
Walkability is Only Part of the Story: Walking for Transportation in Stuttgart, Germany
In modern Western societies people often lead inactive and sedentary lifestyles, even though there is no doubt that physical activity and health are related. From an urban planning point of view it would be highly desirable to develop built environments in a way that supports people in leading more active and healthy lifestyles. Within this context there are several methods, predominantly used in the US, to measure the suitability of built enviro…
Is spatial decentralization in National Capital Region Delhi, India effective? An intervention-based evaluation
Who Sprawls Most? Exploring the Patterns of Urban Growth across 26 European Countries
In recent years considerable progress has been made in the understanding of urban land-use change and its dynamic interrelationships with economic, social, and environmental systems. From a quantitative perspective, advancements in GIS technologies, the increased availability of high-resolution remote sensing data, and new GIS-based spatial metrics of urban form and urban growth have helped to establish methods for comparative spatial analysis. H…
Towards a typology of urban centers and subcenters – evidence from German city regions
This study aims to characterize urban spatial structure with respect to its multidimensionality. Using an encompassing data set of socioeconomic variables, as well as variables pertaining to the built environment, accessibility and land use, we suggest a quantitatively based urban (sub-) center typology. The fine-grained spatial scale of 1 km2 grid cells permits a higher spatial resolution than that used in most previous studies. Our suggested ty…
A childless urban renaissance? Age-selective patterns of population change in North American and German Metropolitan areas
Since the 1980s and 1990s, many metropolitan areas in North America and Europe have registered population growth within the urban core, driven primarily by younger, better-educated and higher-income people – a phenomenon often referred to as ‘urban renaissance’ or ‘re-urbanization’. To date, the research on this topic has primarily focused on the socio-spatial implications, especially with the type and intensity of displacement pressures affectin…
Where do immigrants move in Germany? The role of international migration in regional disparities in population development
We examine the impact of foreign migration on regional disparities in population development in Germany by analysing spatial patterns and determinants at the county level for the period of 2007–2017. Counterfactual analyses show that international migration has been the major component of population growth across German regions. However, immigration has mainly been directed towards large cities and highly urbanised areas and has therefore reinfor…
Employment suburbanization in the 21st century: A comparison of German and US city regions
The empirical research on urban spatial structure and its evolution still lacks comprehensive, longitudinal and international comparative perspectives. At this background, this paper addresses the change of intra-metropolitan employment patterns by scrutinizing two relatively large and representative samples of German and US American city regions, covering the years between 2003 and 2015. Our analysis reveals strong differences in the spatial emp…
How effective are regions in determining urban spatial patterns? Evidence from Germany
Despite a highly organized and institutionalized planning framework, regions in Germany are widely considered the most variable and experimental layer of planning and vary quite extensively in terms of their organizational composition, strategic purpose, and administrative competencies. This research examines the role of German regional-level planning in explaining urban spatial structure and urban development patterns. Our unit of analysis consi…
Demographic Patterns of Reurbanisation and Housing in Metropolitan Regions in the US and Germany
After decades of decline, first signs of a central and inner city revitalisation were noticed towards the end of the 1980s in North American metropolitan areas. The repopulation and redevelopment of the metropolitan cores - often referred to as 'reurbanisation', 'urban renaissance' or 'back-to-the-city-movement' - has accelerated since then and is today one of the outstanding characteristics of recent urban development in the US. In Western and C…
Is spatial decentralization in National Capital Region Delhi, India effective? An intervention-based evaluation
Dynamics of intra-urban employment geographies: A comparative study of U.S. and German metropolitan areas
In this paper we analyze changes in the intra-urban spatial distribution of employment across six U.S. and German city regions between 2002 and 2015. Our methodological approach allows for a systematic and spatially consistent comparison of urban spatial structures across the two different countries. The empirical results show major national, regional, and sectoral differences in the spatial distribution of employment. In the German case studies …
Planning Institutions and Urban Spatial Patterns: Evidence from a Cross-National Analysis
This paper examines how national planning frameworks differ from each other and how those differences relate to patterns of urban development using an international cross section of metropolitan regions. We construct a composite index to measure institutional planning frameworks through objective criteria—restrictive versus permissive; binding versus nonbinding; nationally versus locally oriented—that enables comparison between (not within) count…
Prospects for West German Post-War Single-Family Home NeighbourhoodsRevitalising Housing Stocks as a New Policy Field for Suburban and Rural Municipalities
The single-family home neighbourhoods that were built in West Germany in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s will be increasingly affected by future socio-demographic changes. Today, the above-average length of occupancy by owners and the rise in life expectancy are leading to the increased over-ageing of the populations in these residential areas. The generational change means that a constantly growing number of these homes are being put up for sale and …
Who Sprawls Most? Exploring the Patterns of Urban Growth across 26 European Countries
In recent years considerable progress has been made in the understanding of urban land-use change and its dynamic interrelationships with economic, social, and environmental systems. From a quantitative perspective, advancements in GIS technologies, the increased availability of high-resolution remote sensing data, and new GIS-based spatial metrics of urban form and urban growth have helped to establish methods for comparative spatial analysis. H…
From Suburbanization to Counterurbanization: Investigating Urban Dynamics in the National Capital Region Delhi, India
Despite the long tradition of planning to manage urban growth in the National Capital Region (NCR) Delhi, the region is often criticized by the scholars for facing severe urban problems caused not only by an increasing population but also by a lack of infrastructure provision coupled with outward spatial expansion. Identification of urban development stages provides policy makers with a tool to devise reforms in order to effectively and efficient…
Walkability is Only Part of the Story: Walking for Transportation in Stuttgart, Germany
In modern Western societies people often lead inactive and sedentary lifestyles, even though there is no doubt that physical activity and health are related. From an urban planning point of view it would be highly desirable to develop built environments in a way that supports people in leading more active and healthy lifestyles. Within this context there are several methods, predominantly used in the US, to measure the suitability of built enviro…
Is spatial decentralization in National Capital Region Delhi, India effective? An intervention-based evaluation
Prospects for West German Post-War Single-Family Home NeighbourhoodsRevitalising Housing Stocks as a New Policy Field for Suburban and Rural Municipalities
The single-family home neighbourhoods that were built in West Germany in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s will be increasingly affected by future socio-demographic changes. Today, the above-average length of occupancy by owners and the rise in life expectancy are leading to the increased over-ageing of the populations in these residential areas. The generational change means that a constantly growing number of these homes are being put up for sale and …
Greenbelts in Germany's regional plans—An effective growth management policy?
Measuring morphological polycentricity - A comparative analysis of urban mass concentrations using remote sensing data
How effective are regions in determining urban spatial patterns? Evidence from Germany
Despite a highly organized and institutionalized planning framework, regions in Germany are widely considered the most variable and experimental layer of planning and vary quite extensively in terms of their organizational composition, strategic purpose, and administrative competencies. This research examines the role of German regional-level planning in explaining urban spatial structure and urban development patterns. Our unit of analysis consi…
A childless urban renaissance? Age-selective patterns of population change in North American and German Metropolitan areas
Since the 1980s and 1990s, many metropolitan areas in North America and Europe have registered population growth within the urban core, driven primarily by younger, better-educated and higher-income people – a phenomenon often referred to as ‘urban renaissance’ or ‘re-urbanization’. To date, the research on this topic has primarily focused on the socio-spatial implications, especially with the type and intensity of displacement pressures affectin…
Demographic Patterns of Reurbanisation and Housing in Metropolitan Regions in the US and Germany
After decades of decline, first signs of a central and inner city revitalisation were noticed towards the end of the 1980s in North American metropolitan areas. The repopulation and redevelopment of the metropolitan cores - often referred to as 'reurbanisation', 'urban renaissance' or 'back-to-the-city-movement' - has accelerated since then and is today one of the outstanding characteristics of recent urban development in the US. In Western and C…
Towards a typology of urban centers and subcenters – evidence from German city regions
This study aims to characterize urban spatial structure with respect to its multidimensionality. Using an encompassing data set of socioeconomic variables, as well as variables pertaining to the built environment, accessibility and land use, we suggest a quantitatively based urban (sub-) center typology. The fine-grained spatial scale of 1 km2 grid cells permits a higher spatial resolution than that used in most previous studies. Our suggested ty…
Patterns of Eastern European urbanisation in the mirror of Western trends – Convergent, unique or hybrid
This paper presents a cross-sectional analysis of the urban land use patterns of 230 city regions in 34 European countries and an in-depth longitudinal analysis of 10 selected regions. The guiding question is whether the post-socialist transformation of urban spatial structure in Eastern European regions can be interpreted as an adaption process to Western-style urbanisation and how far a process of ‘mimicry’ has reached. Our empirical approach i…
Where do immigrants move in Germany? The role of international migration in regional disparities in population development
We examine the impact of foreign migration on regional disparities in population development in Germany by analysing spatial patterns and determinants at the county level for the period of 2007–2017. Counterfactual analyses show that international migration has been the major component of population growth across German regions. However, immigration has mainly been directed towards large cities and highly urbanised areas and has therefore reinfor…
Employment suburbanization in the 21st century: A comparison of German and US city regions
The empirical research on urban spatial structure and its evolution still lacks comprehensive, longitudinal and international comparative perspectives. At this background, this paper addresses the change of intra-metropolitan employment patterns by scrutinizing two relatively large and representative samples of German and US American city regions, covering the years between 2003 and 2015. Our analysis reveals strong differences in the spatial emp…
Reurbanisation and suburbia in Northwest Europe: A comparative perspective on spatial trends and policy approaches
Following decades of urban decline in many European cities, there is now an abundant literature identifying a process of reurbanisation, which has now also reached many secondary cities, including those in post-industrialised regions. Reurbanisation is an umbrella concept involving several related but distinct processes, though has its roots in spatial cycle models that consider reurbanisation to be a specific stage in the development of urban re…
Does the monocentric model work in a polycentric urban system? An examination of German metropolitan regions
In explaining the determinants of urban spatial structure, researchers have relied on the traditional monocentric ‘Alonso-Mills-Muth’ model. This article contributes to this discussion by testing the viability of the monocentric model when applied to metropolitan areas in Germany, a country traditionally associated with a polycentric urban structure, regional differences and urban shrinkage. We estimate the model with a unique dataset covering 92…
Planning Institutions and Urban Spatial Patterns: Evidence from a Cross-National Analysis
This paper examines how national planning frameworks differ from each other and how those differences relate to patterns of urban development using an international cross section of metropolitan regions. We construct a composite index to measure institutional planning frameworks through objective criteria—restrictive versus permissive; binding versus nonbinding; nationally versus locally oriented—that enables comparison between (not within) count…
Toward comparative polycentricity scores: Assessing variations in regional delineation and subcenter identification
Urban spatial structure is increasingly characterized by polycentricity, the presence of multiple interconnected centers of similar size. Polycentricity indicators, which influence research and policies related to urban development, rely on three phases of analysis: (a) delineating regions, (b) identifying subcenters within these regions, and (c) operationalizing polycentricity; and each phase contains decision points for analysts. This paper arg…
Planning in the Face of Extraordinary Uncertainty: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic
Dynamics of intra-urban employment geographies: A comparative study of U.S. and German metropolitan areas
In this paper we analyze changes in the intra-urban spatial distribution of employment across six U.S. and German city regions between 2002 and 2015. Our methodological approach allows for a systematic and spatially consistent comparison of urban spatial structures across the two different countries. The empirical results show major national, regional, and sectoral differences in the spatial distribution of employment. In the German case studies …
In the tension between large-scale analysis and accuracy - Identifying and analysing intra-urban (sub-)centre structures comparing official 3D-building models and TanDEM-X nDSMs
Quantitative assessment and comparison of urban patterns in Germany and the United States
Can polycentric urban development simultaneously achieve both economic growth and regional equity? A multi-scale analysis of German regions
Polycentric urban regions have been advocated for, and justified as enhancing both economic growth and overall competitiveness while also creating more equitable and balanced metropolitan regions. We examine the role of regional polycentricity in effectuating certain desirable outcomes, specifically enhancing economic productivity and minimizing spatial disparities simultaneously in German urban regions ( Großstadtregionen) as a case study. Using…
Unravelling urban typologies in Latin American cities: Integrating socioeconomic factors and urban configurations across scales
The complex and multifaceted characteristics of urban expansion contribute to increasing challenges for policy-makers in planning and managing metropolitan areas worldwide. Typologies have been helpful in better describing and understanding the differentiated paths of urban development. This research introduces a novel classification that integrates multidimensional growth and development components by employing hierarchical clustering analysis. …
Assessing the suitability of settlement delineations for monitoring infilling: A web- and GIS-based expert evaluation approach
21 st century urbanisation features not only the growth of city populations but also the emergence of densification (infilling) as significant trends in urban development. While urban sprawl has long been acknowledged for its adverse effects, understanding densification remains challenging due to inadequate empirical and statistical frameworks. This study investigates the suitability of different geospatial datasets and methods for delineating se…
Geography (24 works) · Regional science (17 works) · Economic geography (15 works) · Urbanization and City Planning (15 works) · Economics (13 works) · Economic growth (11 works) · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (11 works) · Urban planning (11 works) · Land Use and Ecosystem Services (10 works) · Political science (10 works)