Dieter Läpple (urban researcher)

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Dieter Läpple (* 1941 in Waiblingen ) is a German urban researcher .

Life

After training as a skilled worker and completing a degree as a vehicle construction engineer, Läpple studied economics and social sciences at the TU Berlin and FU Berlin . He completed his studies with a diploma in economics and a doctorate to become a Dr. rer. pole. from. After working for a long time at the Institute for Sociology of the Free University of Berlin, research activities a. a. to Amsterdam , Paris and Leiden . In 1984 he was visiting professor at the University of Aix-Marseille . Since 1986 he has been university professor for urban and regional economics and from 1993 to 2007 head of the institute for urban and regional economics and sociology at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg . In 1992/93 he was a fellow and visiting professor at the Science Center North Rhine-Westphalia , 1996/97 visiting professor at the chair “Alfred Grosser” at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris ( Science Po ); 2004/05 Research Fellow at the Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg . In October 2007 he retired. However, he continued to work in teaching at the HafenCity University Hamburg , which was founded in 2006 . a. on the relocation of production back to the cities and on informal urban development in an international comparison.

Memberships and honors

Läpple was a full member of the German Academy for Urban Development and Regional Planning; "Urban Expert" and member of the "Advisory Board" of the "Urban Age" program of the London School of Economics and the Alfred Herrhausen Society ; Member of the Board of Trustees of the Hamburg International Building Exhibition: “IBA - Leap across the Elbe”; Member of the “Schloss Ettersburg” board of trustees and winner of the 2007 BDA Hamburg Building Culture Prize . In 2011, he was appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board for the Green Capital Hamburg in 2011 by the Senator for Urban Development and Environment. The Senator for Culture, Sport and Media appointed him to the advisory board for the evaluation of Hamburg's district cultural centers and history workshops.

Publications

  • State and general conditions of production: Basics for the criticism of infrastructure theories. Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-87975-010-6 .
  • Trend break in spatial development: on the way to a new type of industrial development? Ed. Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Urban and Regional Economics / Sociology. Research project structural change and innovation in the Hamburg economic region. Contribution to the discussion 1. 1987.
  • On the problem of economic integration. The example of the historical development of the Harburg seaport industries. Published by Hamburg University of Technology. Research project structural change and innovation in the Hamburg economic region. Contribution to the discussion 4. 1989.
  • New technologies from a spatial perspective. Published by Hamburg University of Technology. Research project structural change and innovation in the Hamburg economic region. Contribution to the discussion 3. 1989.
  • Essay about space: For a social science space concept . In: Hartmut Häußermann (Ed.): City and Space. Sociological analyzes (=  city, space and society ). tape 1 . Centaurus, Pfaffenweiler 1991, ISBN 3-89085-552-0 , p. 157-207 .
  • with Joachim Thiel: Socio-economic structural change, space-time configuration and everyday life in metropolitan regions. A conceptual sketch with empirical illustration. Published by the University of Hamburg. Time Policy Research Center. VERA Working Papers 3rd 2005.
  • with Andrea Soyka: city ​​- intermediate city - urban region. Spatial economic transformations in the Frankfurt / Rhine-Main city region. Wuppertal (Zwischenstadt 10) 2007, ISBN 978-3-928766-84-5 .
  • with Hartmut Häußermann , Walter Siebel : Stadtpolitik. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-518-12512-0 .
  • Times and spaces of the city. Theory and practice. Budrich, Opladen u. a. 2010.
  • Perspectives of a Productive City. In: Klaus Schäfer (Ed.): Departure from the Zwischenstadt. Urbanization through migration and mixed use. transcript UrbanStudies, Bielefeld 2018, ISBN 978-3-8376-4365-7 , pp. 150–175

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A farewell award. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . October 20, 2007
personal data
SURNAME Läpple, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German urban researcher
DATE OF BIRTH 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Waiblingen