US-Handelsrestriktionen belasten Finanzmärkte – Aktienkurse und Anleiherenditen geben nach Zollerhöhungen und ähnlichen Maßnahmen nach – Wirkung hält bis zu fünf Monate an – Fast alle Branchen und Handelspartner sind negativ betroffen – Rückkehr zur multilateralen Handelsordnung wäre wünschenswert Erst Ende Juli hat US-Präsident ...
The morphology of today’s cities is the result of historic urban developments and on-going urban transformation resulting in complex urban spatial structures. While functionally as well as spatially, cities are structured into sub-units such as the city center, business districts, residential areas or industrial and commercial zones, their precise localization in the geographic space is sometimes difficult. ...
The relationship between urbanization, the brain, and human mental health is subject to intensive debate in the current scientific literature. Particularly, since mood and anxiety disorders as well as schizophrenia are known to be more frequent in urban compared to rural regions.Here, we investigated the association between cerebral signatures, mental health and land use indicators (Urban Fabric and ...
This paper studies regional economic development on the municipality-level in Poland and Germany along the Oder–Neisse border. We use high-quality satellite night-time light intensity data as an innovative and comparable measure to proxy for overall economic activity on both sides of the border consistently over a long period of time (1992–2012). We use descriptive heat maps as well as regression analysis ...
Introduction: Control beliefs can protect against age-related declines in functioning. It is unclear whether neighborhood characteristics shape how much control people perceive over their life. This article studies associations of neighborhood characteristics with control beliefs of residents of a diverse metropolitan area (Berlin, Germany). Methods: We combine self-report data about perceptions of ...
Private rental markets have become increasingly important since the Global Financial Crisis 2008–2009 and rent controls are back on the political agenda. Yet, they have received less attention from housing scholars than homeownership and public housing. This paper presents new data on the development of private tenancy legislation based on a content-coding of rent control, protection of tenants from ...
Seit rund zehn Jahren steigen in Berlin die Mietpreise von Wohnimmobilien stark an. Kurzzeitvermietungen über Vermittlungsplattformen wie Airbnb stehen im Verdacht diese Entwicklung weiter zu befeuern. Tatsächlich zeigen Schätzungen: Durch eine zusätzliche Airbnb-Unterkunft steigen im direkten Umfeld die Angebotsmieten um durchschnittlich 13 Cent je Quadratmeter. Dies ist vor allem auf dauerhafte Airbnb-Angebote ...