Messbarkeit und Willkür in der NS-Siedlungsplanung

Quantitative Methoden; NS-Raumplanung; Abstract: The collection, aggregation, and operationalisation of data has historical antecedents. This article examines the use of quantitative methods in Nazi spatial and population planning in three case studies: Gottfried Feder ’ s and Fritz Rechenberg ’ s urban planning theory, Gerhard Isenberg ’ s regional economic capacity method, and Walter Christaller ’ s wartime population distribution planning that was based on his Central Places Model. As a result, using these examples, it is found that figures that look precise and objective turn out to be based on questionable methodological, or rather ideological, suppositions. For the analysis of quantitative methods in their historical context, this evidence questions the connection between a pretended normality and normativity. Einschränkung ihrer Bedürfnisse, durch eine Senkung des Lebens-standards an. “ 28 Entwicklungs-möglichkeiten – guess Die Methode, angewandt reicht und müssen die Ergebnisse trüge-risch ist gelungen, den Grad der Überbevölkerung nachzuweisen, die ein-wandfreien Grundlagen eine Umverteilung der Bevölkerung zu erarbeiten.