Die bodenlose Stadt

Volumes 1–6 of the series have been published by Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin:

https://verlag.tu-berlin.de/en/reihe/schriftenreihe-staedtebau-und-kommunikation-von-planung/ 

Soil is a key motif for the socio-ecological transformation in order to harmonise climate and environmental concerns with the need for affordable housing and other building blocks of urban development oriented towards the common good. The new remodelling culture that is currently being called for sends out important signals in this direction. Nevertheless, many aspects of current urban development are bottomless. Local authorities can hardly implement a land policy orientated towards the common good, as they sell the land to pay for their meagre financial budgets; valuable existing buildings are left to decay and demolition because new construction promises higher profits; land consumption is far above the target that was declared sustainable more than 20 years ago; living space per capita is increasing because moving to more suitable housing is usually associated with higher housing costs. The scarcity of land is a recurring motif in numerous urban policy discourses.