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Gemeinsame Publikation von fünf führenden Einrichtungen der Raumforschung in Deutschland. Das Jahrbuch soll zur Information und Diskussion über Fragen der Raumentwicklung, Raumplanung und Regionalpolitik, der Strukturpolitik auf EU-Ebene sowie zur nachhaltigen Stadt- und Raumentwicklung beitragen (Quelle: IRB)

"The book explores the relationship between the shrinking process and architecture and urban design practices. Starting from a journey in former East Germany, six different scenes are explored in which plans, projects, and policies have dealt with shrinkage since the 1990s. The book is a sequence of scenes that reveals the main characteristics, dynamics, narratives, reasons, and ambiguities of the shrinking cities' transformations in the face of a long transition. The first scene concerns the demolition and transformation of social mass housing in Leinefelde - Worbis. The second scene deals with the temporary appropriation of abandoned buildings in Halle-Neustadt. The third scene, observed in Leipzig, shows the results of green space projects in urban voids. The scene of the fourth situation observes the extraordinary efforts to renaturize a mining territory in the Lausitz region. The fifth scene takes us to Hoyerswerda, where emigration and aging process required a reduction and demolition in housing stock and social infrastructures. The border city of Görlitz the sixth and last scene, deals with the repopulation policies that aim to attract retirees from the West"--

East German science fiction enabled its authors to create a subversive space in another time and place. One of the country's most popular genres, it outlined futures that often went beyond the party's official version. Many utopian stories provided a corrective vision, intended to preserve and improve upon East German communism. This study is an introduction to East German science fiction. The book begins with a chapter on German science fiction before 1949. It then spans the entire existence of the country (1949-1990) and outlines key topics essential to understanding the genre: popular literature, socialist realism, censorship, fandom, and international science fiction. An in-depth discussion addresses notions of high and low literature, elements of the fantastic and utopia as critical narrative strategies, ideology and realism in East German literature, gender, and the relation between literature and science. Through a close textual analysis of three science fiction novels, the author expands East German literary history to include science fiction as a valuable source for developing a multi-faceted understanding of the country's short history. Finally, an epilogue notes new titles and developments since the fall of the Berlin Wall.