Mathias Jehling
Biographic Data
| ID | 6010095 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mathias Jehling |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mathias |
| FAMILY NAME | Jehling |
| SIGNATURE | JEHLING M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7498-3607 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Commercial and industrial land conversion in Germany
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…
Densification in European city-regions
Urban densification is widely promoted as a strategy to limit land-take and provide housing, yet its sustainability and effectiveness remain debated. The impacts of densification depend heavily on the form of densification, but systematic knowledge about these forms and the policies and actors shaping them is still limited. To better understand this relationship, we present an approach to measure densification on the level of urban form through m…
Evaluating land policy outcomes in emerging built urban form. A covariational geospatial approach
Urban form is a key concern for sustainable urban development and climate change adaptation. Therefore, it has become a focus for policymakers and planners in the past decades. While many national governments implement land policies to pursue specific objectives, the actual outcomes in built urban form often remain scarcely evaluated, thus challenging the effectiveness and legitimacy of these policies in pursuit of urban sustainability objectives…
Lars Marcus, Measures and Meanings of Spatial Capital
A Model of Building Changes to Support Comparative Studies and Open Discussions on Densification
Densification is a widely used concept, but there is a lack of terminology and tools to facilitate discussions among data scientists, policy makers and citizens. This paper proposes a model of building changes based on building surveys undertaken in past decades to connect discussions about densification with shared evidence. A specific challenge is to process buildings in city regions and areas in a replicable way across different building data …
From policies to outcomes
Urban expansion poses significant challenges to sustainability and undermines efforts for efficient spatial development. This study examines the relationship between regional planning regulations, interest groups and contextual factors affecting residential land take in Germany. The study employs a multi-level regression approach, analysing 4032 municipalities nested in 91 planning regions and utilizes a nationwide dataset on changes in residenti…
Understanding incremental densification – Determinants of residential infill on vacant lots
Approach allows to link landowners’ and developers’ interests to infill processes. • Spatial and regulatory prerequisites determine multi-family housing infill. • Multi-family housing infill is further depending on market rationalities. • Low-density housing infill is driven by individual landowners’ interests. • Most vacant lots remain undeveloped, despite the existence of building rights. Urban densification faces challenges due to the declinin…
Why urban densification ignores the social dimension of sustainability
The business of densification refers to more or less aggressive urban development practices that use the broad political consensus on the need for urban densification to promote profit-driven development, often dressed up in the rhetoric of eco-efficiency, and to the detriment of social policy objectives (e.g. affordable housing, cultural heritage, community cohesion). The implementation of urban densification requires deep changes in the practic…
Mapping municipal land policies
Municipalities develop individual land policies and can choose not to apply available planning instruments or to apply them differently than intended. While this strategic action can endanger the effectiveness of public policies, it is rarely considered in large-scale analyses. A new geospatial method is presented that captures such strategic action. Empirical evidence from the Canton of Bern, Switzerland, reveals municipalities’ application of p…
Understanding land take by low-density residential areas
Using a case study design, the study focuses on identifying the institutional configuration that determines land take by low-density residential areas. Methodologically, it combines geospatial approaches and new institutionalism to capture and understand residential development, taking into account the interests, constraints and agency of local planning authorities, developers and households. The geospatial analysis shows that land take in the ca…
For whom do we densify? Explaining income variation across densification projects in the region of Utrecht, the Netherlands
While governments worldwide rely upon compact city policies to reduce land consumption from urban growth, recent studies have addressed the potential trade-off between densification and housing affordability. Concerns have been voiced that densification leads to a one-sided housing supply, structurally excluding low-income households. However, few studies address household income variation across densification projects, leaving us with a limited …
Compensating Downzoning. A Comparative Analysis of European Compensation Schemes in the Light of Net Land Neutrality
Most spatial planning systems are growth-oriented and focus on upzoning. However, downzoning is becoming increasingly important, as European planning is taking a “resourcial turn” and needs to integrate net land neutrality. Yet downzoning may entail financial compensation for landowners losing their development rights. Understanding the legal and financial mechanisms of compensation schemes is therefore essential for planners. This comparative st…
Transforming our cities for a better urban future
This article was published open access under a CC BY licence: https://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0
Comparing types and patterns
While governments worldwide develop policies to promote urban densification, critics point to possible negative effects of densification on social sustainability. The occurrence and distribution of these negative social effects are strongly influenced by land policies. This makes it crucial to monitor the role of land policies and understand what processes shape urban development in the context of densification. To do so, detailed, large-scale in…
Mapping soft densification
Infill development policies have been widely adopted as strategies to reduce urban sprawl and to promote sustainable urban transformation. However, little empirical data are available to analyse infill processes and to facilitate building activity on infill potentials. This is especially true for small-scale residential infill, which often takes place on vacant or underused lots as soft densification. To address this issue, a geospatial method is…
Change and path dependency in expanding energy systems
What hinders climate adaptation? Approaching barriers in municipal land use planning through participant observation
Do land policies make a difference? A data-driven approach to trace effects on urban form in France and Germany
Against the backdrop of rapidly expanding urban structures, land policies in many countries have been adapted to contain and redirect growth to existing urban structures. However, obstacles remain to measure the effects of policies. In the meantime, geoinformation technologies have given rise to a wide range of approaches to measure and describe urban form. Nevertheless, its application for the assessment of land policy has a high, but not yet fu…
The more the merrier? Questioning the role of new commercial and industrial locations for employment growth in German city regions
Densification in suburban Germany
In many countries, densification is a central goal of land policies to promote sustainable development. However, while these policies intervene in existing built-up structures and thus affect diverse and complex arrangements of property rights, it remains unclear how they are applied by actors. We argue that an explicit normative point of view is required to better understand this application. To this end, we measure densification in space and in…
Analysing transport corridor policies
Urban cycle models revisited
Looking for innovation – Trajectories of land transaction and readjustment in West Africa
Applying institutional theory to the analysis of energy transitions
From diversity to justice – Unraveling pluralistic rationalities in urban design
Applying institutional theory to the analysis of energy transitions
Assessing urban containment policies within a suburban context—An approach to enable a regional perspective
For whom do we densify? Explaining income variation across densification projects in the region of Utrecht, the Netherlands
While governments worldwide rely upon compact city policies to reduce land consumption from urban growth, recent studies have addressed the potential trade-off between densification and housing affordability. Concerns have been voiced that densification leads to a one-sided housing supply, structurally excluding low-income households. However, few studies address household income variation across densification projects, leaving us with a limited …
Analysing transport corridor policies
Mapping municipal land policies
Municipalities develop individual land policies and can choose not to apply available planning instruments or to apply them differently than intended. While this strategic action can endanger the effectiveness of public policies, it is rarely considered in large-scale analyses. A new geospatial method is presented that captures such strategic action. Empirical evidence from the Canton of Bern, Switzerland, reveals municipalities’ application of p…
Understanding land take by low-density residential areas
Using a case study design, the study focuses on identifying the institutional configuration that determines land take by low-density residential areas. Methodologically, it combines geospatial approaches and new institutionalism to capture and understand residential development, taking into account the interests, constraints and agency of local planning authorities, developers and households. The geospatial analysis shows that land take in the ca…
Change and path dependency in expanding energy systems
Urban cycle models revisited
From diversity to justice – Unraveling pluralistic rationalities in urban design
Mapping soft densification
Infill development policies have been widely adopted as strategies to reduce urban sprawl and to promote sustainable urban transformation. However, little empirical data are available to analyse infill processes and to facilitate building activity on infill potentials. This is especially true for small-scale residential infill, which often takes place on vacant or underused lots as soft densification. To address this issue, a geospatial method is…
What hinders climate adaptation? Approaching barriers in municipal land use planning through participant observation
Looking for innovation – Trajectories of land transaction and readjustment in West Africa
De la ville durable à la nature en ville
Les projets de « ville durable » se sont aujourd'hui multipliés à travers le monde. Comment interpréter cet engouement généralisé ? Est-ce une nouvelle façon de concevoir les relations entre sociétés urbaines et environnements naturels ? Dans un contexte d'accélération de l’urbanisation, plutôt que d’acter l’inauguration de nouvelles politiques urbaines, la nécessité d’une analyse des pratiques, représentations et discours de la durabilité urbain…
Assessing urban containment policies within a suburban context—An approach to enable a regional perspective
Applying institutional theory to the analysis of energy transitions
From diversity to justice – Unraveling pluralistic rationalities in urban design
Densification in suburban Germany
In many countries, densification is a central goal of land policies to promote sustainable development. However, while these policies intervene in existing built-up structures and thus affect diverse and complex arrangements of property rights, it remains unclear how they are applied by actors. We argue that an explicit normative point of view is required to better understand this application. To this end, we measure densification in space and in…
Analysing transport corridor policies
Urban cycle models revisited
Looking for innovation – Trajectories of land transaction and readjustment in West Africa
The more the merrier? Questioning the role of new commercial and industrial locations for employment growth in German city regions
Do land policies make a difference? A data-driven approach to trace effects on urban form in France and Germany
Against the backdrop of rapidly expanding urban structures, land policies in many countries have been adapted to contain and redirect growth to existing urban structures. However, obstacles remain to measure the effects of policies. In the meantime, geoinformation technologies have given rise to a wide range of approaches to measure and describe urban form. Nevertheless, its application for the assessment of land policy has a high, but not yet fu…
Compensating Downzoning. A Comparative Analysis of European Compensation Schemes in the Light of Net Land Neutrality
Most spatial planning systems are growth-oriented and focus on upzoning. However, downzoning is becoming increasingly important, as European planning is taking a “resourcial turn” and needs to integrate net land neutrality. Yet downzoning may entail financial compensation for landowners losing their development rights. Understanding the legal and financial mechanisms of compensation schemes is therefore essential for planners. This comparative st…
Transforming our cities for a better urban future
This article was published open access under a CC BY licence: https://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0
Comparing types and patterns
While governments worldwide develop policies to promote urban densification, critics point to possible negative effects of densification on social sustainability. The occurrence and distribution of these negative social effects are strongly influenced by land policies. This makes it crucial to monitor the role of land policies and understand what processes shape urban development in the context of densification. To do so, detailed, large-scale in…
Mapping soft densification
Infill development policies have been widely adopted as strategies to reduce urban sprawl and to promote sustainable urban transformation. However, little empirical data are available to analyse infill processes and to facilitate building activity on infill potentials. This is especially true for small-scale residential infill, which often takes place on vacant or underused lots as soft densification. To address this issue, a geospatial method is…
Change and path dependency in expanding energy systems
What hinders climate adaptation? Approaching barriers in municipal land use planning through participant observation
Mapping municipal land policies
Municipalities develop individual land policies and can choose not to apply available planning instruments or to apply them differently than intended. While this strategic action can endanger the effectiveness of public policies, it is rarely considered in large-scale analyses. A new geospatial method is presented that captures such strategic action. Empirical evidence from the Canton of Bern, Switzerland, reveals municipalities’ application of p…
Understanding land take by low-density residential areas
Using a case study design, the study focuses on identifying the institutional configuration that determines land take by low-density residential areas. Methodologically, it combines geospatial approaches and new institutionalism to capture and understand residential development, taking into account the interests, constraints and agency of local planning authorities, developers and households. The geospatial analysis shows that land take in the ca…
For whom do we densify? Explaining income variation across densification projects in the region of Utrecht, the Netherlands
While governments worldwide rely upon compact city policies to reduce land consumption from urban growth, recent studies have addressed the potential trade-off between densification and housing affordability. Concerns have been voiced that densification leads to a one-sided housing supply, structurally excluding low-income households. However, few studies address household income variation across densification projects, leaving us with a limited …
A Model of Building Changes to Support Comparative Studies and Open Discussions on Densification
Densification is a widely used concept, but there is a lack of terminology and tools to facilitate discussions among data scientists, policy makers and citizens. This paper proposes a model of building changes based on building surveys undertaken in past decades to connect discussions about densification with shared evidence. A specific challenge is to process buildings in city regions and areas in a replicable way across different building data …
From policies to outcomes
Urban expansion poses significant challenges to sustainability and undermines efforts for efficient spatial development. This study examines the relationship between regional planning regulations, interest groups and contextual factors affecting residential land take in Germany. The study employs a multi-level regression approach, analysing 4032 municipalities nested in 91 planning regions and utilizes a nationwide dataset on changes in residenti…
Understanding incremental densification – Determinants of residential infill on vacant lots
Approach allows to link landowners’ and developers’ interests to infill processes. • Spatial and regulatory prerequisites determine multi-family housing infill. • Multi-family housing infill is further depending on market rationalities. • Low-density housing infill is driven by individual landowners’ interests. • Most vacant lots remain undeveloped, despite the existence of building rights. Urban densification faces challenges due to the declinin…
Why urban densification ignores the social dimension of sustainability
The business of densification refers to more or less aggressive urban development practices that use the broad political consensus on the need for urban densification to promote profit-driven development, often dressed up in the rhetoric of eco-efficiency, and to the detriment of social policy objectives (e.g. affordable housing, cultural heritage, community cohesion). The implementation of urban densification requires deep changes in the practic…
Commercial and industrial land conversion in Germany
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…
Densification in European city-regions
Urban densification is widely promoted as a strategy to limit land-take and provide housing, yet its sustainability and effectiveness remain debated. The impacts of densification depend heavily on the form of densification, but systematic knowledge about these forms and the policies and actors shaping them is still limited. To better understand this relationship, we present an approach to measure densification on the level of urban form through m…
Geography (18 works) · Environmental planning (13 works) · Civil engineering (12 works) · Engineering (12 works) · Land use (12 works) · Land Use and Ecosystem Services (12 works) · Economics (11 works) · Regional science (11 works) · Urbanization and City Planning (11 works) · Urban planning (10 works)