www.ssoar.info Welcome City: Refugees in Three German Cities Neis, Hans Joachim; Meier, Briana; Furukawazono, Tomoki Veröffentlichungsversion / Published Version Zeitschriftenartikel / journal article Empfohlene Zitierung / Suggested Citation: Neis, H. J., Meier, B., & Furukawazono, T. (2018). Welcome City: Refugees in Three German Cities. Urban Planning, 3(4), 101-115. https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v3i4.1668 Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Dieser Text wird unter einer CC BY Lizenz (Namensnennung) zur This document is made available under a CC BY Licence Verfügung gestellt. Nähere Auskünfte zu den CC-Lizenzen finden (Attribution). For more Information see: Sie hier: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de Urban Planning (ISSN: 2183–7635) 2018, Volume 3, Issue 4, Pages 101–115 DOI: 10.17645/up.v3i4.1668 Article Welcome City: Refugees in Three German Cities Hans Joachim Neis *, Briana Meier and Tomoki Furukawazono Portland Urban Architecture Research Laboratory (PUARL), University of Oregon, Portland, UO 97209, USA; E-Mails:
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[email protected] (T.F.) * Corresponding author Submitted: 1 July 2018 | Accepted: 5 September 2018 | Published: 20 December 2018 Abstract Since late 2015, the authors have studied the refugee crisis in Europe. In this article, we analyze local factors that are significant for urban planning to include in an integration plan through case studies in three cities in Germany. We have chosen to study Germany because of the country’s touted Willkommen Kultur (welcome culture), which was prompted in large part by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s “Flüchtlinge Willkommen” (“refugees welcome”) stance.