• Time: 22-25 May, 2018 whole-day
• Room: tba
• Interdisciplinary seminar for Master and PhD students, 6 CP
• Registration closing 26 March, 2018
• Please contact matthias.kiese@rub.de stating name, matriculation number, and study program.

Outline

• Four sessions with seven parts in two days:
  1. The Ruhr metropolis
  2. Urban development – global and regional perspectives
  3. Structural change in the Ruhr
  4. Brownfields in Germany and NRW
  5. Tourism, culture and leisure: New industries in old buildings
  6. 30 hectares goal: Strategies, instruments, and results
  7. Housing on brownfields & investors’ perspective
• Two full-day field trips by bus: Bochum and the Ruhr Region
• Half of the group are students from the U.S.
• Assignments for German participants:
  • One meeting in advance
  • Preparation of the comments and preparation of a part of the field trips
  • Report incl. discussion results

Lecturers

Prof. Dr. Sabine E. Martin Adjunct Professor, Kansas State University
Prof. Dr. Rolf Heyer, RUBFurther experts from UBA and UFZ