Projects

MANDIE Managing District Centres in Northwest Europe <<

Akronym MANDIE
Website http://www.district-management.eu/
Funding Europäische Union + National States
Request for Proposal INTERREG IVB North-West Europe
HFT project director Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christina Simon-Philipp, Prof. Dr.-Ing.  Detlef Kurth
Project staff Dr.-Ing. Karoline Brombach
Contact Dr.-Ing. Karoline Brombach, Telefon +49 (0)711 8926 2483, karoline.brombach@hft-stuttgart.de
Project partners Stadt Stuttgart - Wirtschaftsförderung, AMCV - Association du Management de Centre-Ville,German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development , Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, Antwerp City Council, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council, Eindhoven City Council, Frankfurt City Council, Hagen City Council, ATCM - Association of Town Centre Management
Duration 20.10.2008 - 19.10.2011
Status Laufzeit
Project description With its master programme Urban Planning, Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences is involved in the project MANDIE – Managing District Centres in North West Europe – that is funded by the INTERREG programme of the European Regional Development Fund. Eleven partners, including communities, associations and universities from Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Great Britain, are developing methods for managing district centres to be put into exemplary action. The aim is to strengthen small district centres that have come under pressure as a result of changing shopping habits, customer expectations and mobility, and also due to competition from shopping centres on the periphery. For the Urban Planning master programme, the plan is to develop an interdisciplinary study model by 2011 that combines the topics of district management, urban renewal and urban development into a single, new profession of “District Manager” in the planning sciences field.
Keywords Urban renewal, district centers,district management, Center development,neighbourhood development