Bastian Lange (PD Dr.), born in 1970, teaches at Universität Leipzig and runs the independent research and consulting office »Multiplicities« in Berlin. He conducts research in the field of post-growth geographies, regional governance, and transformation studies.
Martina Hülz (Dr.), born in 1976, heads the scientific unit »Economy and Mobility« at ARL - Akademie für Raumentwicklung in der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft (Hannover). Her work focuses on spatial transformation processes, post-growth, and mobility and spatial development.
Benedikt Schmid (PhD), born in 1988, is postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Geography of Global Change at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. In his research, he investigates the institutionalization of practices and organizational forms with socio-ecological objectives, with a particular focus on transformation processes towards sustainable and growth-independent economic forms.
Christian Schulz (Prof. Dr.), born in 1967, researches and teaches at the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning at Université du Luxembourg and heads the ARL working group on wealth alternatives and regional development.

Frontmatter 1
Inhalt 7
About this book 13
Illustrations 14
Post-growth geographies 15
Using socio-spatial concepts of situatedness to explain work processes in the context of post-growth economies 37
Spatial strategies for a post-growth transformation 61
Reducing working hours in small enterprises as a post-growth practice? 85
The emancipatory project of degrowth 99
Degrowth 107
Growth independence through social innovations? 113
Criteria for post-growth residential development: The example of the city of Zurich 137
Makerspaces 157
Performing gaps 173
Town and countryside in flux 189
The role of interstitial spaces in the growing urban region of Hamburg 205
'Hobbyhimmel' - an open workshop in the context of post-growth 211
Neighbourhood farms as new places for participation and grow-your-own 217
Provincialising degrowth 223
Financing post-growth? 241
'Status quo avant-gardists' and 'prevention innovators' 263
The growth fixation of the European Union 287
We have a responsibility to be a bit more pragmatic 297
We should continue this dialogue with the EU institutions 303
Spatial transformations: Process, goal, guideline? 309
Cornerstones and positions of a precautionary post-growth economy 323
New roles in collective, growth-independent spatial organisation 347
The Bauhaus as a designer of transition 363
Post-growth perspectives for the Lausitz lignite mining region? - Opportunities and challenges 391
Hacking Ulm 399
Designing living spaces together in open-ended approaches 407
Opening up spaces of possibility with artistic experiments 417
Authors 423