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Ist Postwachstum eine wünschenswerte Grundlage für Raumwissenschaften und Raumplanung? Eine kritische Betrachtung aus Sicht eines grünen Wachstums

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  • Thomas Döring
  • Horst Zimmermann

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https://doi.org/10.14512/rur.3011

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Post-Growth, Green Growth, Spatial Planning, Spatial Development

Abstract

In the recent past, a growing number of voices within the spatial sciences have called for a departure from traditional economic considerations related to the current market and growth paradigm. Instead, they favour a post-growth economy approach. This can convey the impression that there is an immediate need for action in spatial development policy and planning in terms of providing a stronger post-growth orientation, which has not yet quite managed to establish itself across the board. Against this background and based on the existing trade-off between economic growth and environmental protection, this paper takes a critical look at the post-growth approach by contrasting it with the possibility of green growth. It concludes by considering some implications of this comparative analysis for the spatial sciences and spatial planning.

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