Urban Design - Revitalization of Historic City Districts

The development of historic cities in Europe and in the MENA region is until today one of the most important challenges for a sustainable urban development. A vivid inner city with a historic core is shaping the image and the identity of the city and initializing developments in the whole town. The benefit of renewal and revitalization of inner cities areas is never reduced just to inhabitants and stakeholders of the certain quarter. Accordingly, in urban development nothing is more sustainable than a vital inner city. This thesis is correct for both, shrinking cities in Germany and metropolitan areas in the MENA region. Rehabilitation processes need an integrated approach, finally fixed in an urban form and guidelines that guarantee stability and continuity for all further developments.