Publications
ISI PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS
Haase, Dagmar; Scholz, Selina; Wolff, Manuel (2025): Who's behind urban tree sponsorship? Lessons learned from the spatial analysis of public engagement in a tree-planting programme about justice and motivations for participation. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2025.128943.
Labohm, Benjamin; Wolff, Manuel; Haase, Dagmar (2025): Integration of high-resolution data for a complementary assessment of forest dynamics in Europe. MethodsX, Volume 14, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2025.103303.
Wolff, Manuel; Labohm, Benjamin; Haase, Dagmar; Andersson, Erik (2024): Mapping protection effects and gaps of forest dynamics in Europe 2012 to 2018. Ecological Indicators, Volume 169, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112895.
Gubic, Ilija; Wolff, Manuel; Kabera, Andrew (2024): Impacts and perspectives of the COVID-19 pandemic on urban-rural linkages in Rwanda. Habitat International, 148, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103071.
Wolff, Manuel; Haase, Dagmar; Priess, Jörg; Hoffmann, Tobias Leander (2023): The Role of Brownfields and Their Revitalisation for the Functional Connectivity of the Urban Tree System in a Regrowing City, Land 12, no. 2: 333. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020333.
Wolff, Manuel; Mykhnenko, Vlad (2023): COVID-19 as a game-changer? The impact of the pandemic on urban trajectories, Cities, Volume 134, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.104162.
Scheuer, Sebastian, Jache, Jessica; Kičić, Martina; Wellmann, Thilo; Wolff, Manuel; Haase, Dagmar (2022): A trait-based typification of urban forests as nature-based solutions, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, Volume 78, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127780.
Andersson, Erik; Haase, Dagmar; Kronenberg, Jakub; Langemeyer, Johannes; Mascarenhas, André; Wolff, Manuel; Elmqvist, Thomas (2022): Based on nature, enabled by social-ecological-technological context – deriving benefit from urban green and blue infrastructure. Editorial to Special Feature Holistic Solutions Based on Nature: Unlocking the Potential of Green and Blue Infrastructure. Ecology and Society 27(4):18. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-13580-270418.
Gubic, Ilija; Wolff, Manuel (2022): Use and design of public green spaces in Serbian cities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Habitat International, 128, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2022.102651.
Haase, Annegret, Bontje, Marc, Rink, Dieter, Couch, Chris, Marcińczak, Simon; Rumpel, Peter; Wolff, Manuel (2022). Variations of urban regrowth – systematizing driving factors and contextual conditions: The european perspective. In K. Pallagst, M. Bontje, E. Cunningham-Sabot, & R. Fleschurz (Eds.), Handbook on shrinking cities (pp. 338–352). Edward Elgar.
Rink, Dieter; Bontje, Marco; Haase, Annegret; Kabisch, Sigrun; Wolff, Manuel (2022): Challenges and problems of re-growth. The case of Leipzig (Eastern Germany). In Waldemar Cudny, Josef Kunc (Eds.), Growth and Change in Post-socialist Cities of Central Europe (pp. 158-177). Routledge, London.
Leibert, Tim; Wolff, Manuel; Haase, Annegret (2022): Shifting spatial patterns in German population trends: local-level hot and cold spots, 1990–2019. Geographica Helvetica, 77, 369–387, https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-77-369-2022.
Łaszkiewicz, Edyta; Wolff, Manuel; Andersson, Erik; Kronenberg, Jakub; Barton, David N.; Haase, Dagmar; Langemeyer, Johannes; Baró, Francesc; McPhearson, Timon (2022): Greenery in urban morphology: a comparative analysis of differences in urban green space accessibility for various urban structures across European cities. Ecology and Society 27(3):22, https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-13453-270322.
Mansur, Andressa V.; McDonald, Robert I.; Güneralp, Burak; Hyejin, Kim, Hamel, Perrine; Callaghan, Corey; Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A.; Kuiper, Jan; Wolff, Manuel; Liebelt, Veronika; Martins, Ines; Elmqvist, Thomas; Miguel Pereira, Henrique (2022): Nature futures for the urban century: Integrating multiple values into urban management. Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 131, 46-56, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.01.013.
Haase, Dagmar; Wolff, Manuel (2022): Enabling ecosystem services at the neighborhood scale while allowing for urban regrowth: the case of Halle, Germany. Ecology and Society 27(1):22, https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12988-270122.
Wolff, Manuel; Mascarenhas, André; Haase, Annegret; Haase, Dagmar; Andersson, Erik; Borgström, Sara; Kronenberg, Jakub; Łaszkiewicz, Edyta; Biernacka, Magdalena (2022): Conceptualizing multidimensional barriers: a framework for assessing constraints in realizing recreational benefits of urban green spaces. Ecology and Society 27(2):17, https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-13180-270217.
Wolff, Manuel; Haase, Annegret; Leibert, Tim; Cunningham Sabot, Emmanuèle (2022): Calm ocean or stormy sea? Tracing 30 years of demographic spatial development in Germany. Cybergeo: European Journal of Geography, 1003, DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/cybergeo.38031.
Wolff, Manuel; Haase, Annegret; Leibert, Tim; Cunningham Sabot, Emmanuèle (2022): Océan étale ou mer agitée ? Retracer 30 ans d’évolution démographique spatiale en Allemagne. Revue Marketing Territorial. Cybergeo: European Journal of Geography, document 1003, DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/cybergeo.38234.
Andersson, Erik; Borgström, Sara; Haase, Dagmar; Langemeyer, Johannes; Wolff, Manuel; McPhearson, Timon (2021): Urban resilience thinking in practice: ensuring flows of benefit from green and blue infrastructure. Ecology and Society 26(4):39. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12691-260439.
Haase, Dagmar; Wolff, Manuel; Schumacher, Nadja (2021): Mapping mental barriers that prevent the use of neighborhood green spaces. Ecology and Society 26(4):16. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12675-260416.
Kronenberg, Jakub; Andersson, Erik; Barton, David N.; Borgström, Sara T.; Langemeyer, Johannes; Björklund, Tove; Haase, Dagmar; Kennedy, Christopher; Koprowska, Karolina; Łaszkiewicz, Edyta; McPhearson, Timon; Stange, Erik E.; Wolff; Manuel (2021). The thorny path toward greening: unintended consequences, trade-offs, and constraints in green and blue infrastructure planning, implementation, and management. Ecology and Society 26(2):36. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12445-260236.
Andersson, Erik; Borgström, Sara; Haase, Dagmar; Langemeyer, Johannes; Mascarenhas, André; McPhearson, Timon; Wolff, Manuel; Łaszkiewicz, Edyta; Kronenberg, Jakub; Barton, David N.; Herreros-Cantis, Paul (2021). A context-sensitive systems approach for understanding and enabling ecosystem service realization in cities. Ecology and Society 26(2):35. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12411-260235.
Wolff, Manuel; Fol, Sylvie; Roth, Hélène; Cunningham-Sabot, Emmanuèle (2021): Shrinking Cities, ciudades y su pérdida de población: dimensión del fenómeno en Francia. Translated by Francisco Maturana, Cybergeo : European Journal of Geography, Regional and Urban Planning, https://doi.org/10.4000/cybergeo.37333.
da Schio, Nicola; Phillips, Amy; Fransen, Koos; Wolff, Manuel; Haase, Dagmar; Krajter Ostoić, Silvija; Živojinović, Ivana; Vuletić, Dijana; Derks, Jakob; Davies, Clive; Lafortezza, Raffaele; Roitsch, Dennis; Winkel, Georg; De Vreese; Rik (2021): The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use of and attitudes towards urban forests and green spaces: Exploring the instigators of change in Belgium. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, Volume 65, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127305.
Dushkova, Diana; Haase, Annegret; Wolff, Manuel; Haase, Dagmar (2021). Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in Cities and Their Interactions with Urban Land, Ecosystems, Built Environments and People: Debating Societal Implications. Editorial for Special Issue. Land 10, no. 9: 937. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10090937
Schwarz, Nina; Haase, Annegret; Haase, Dagmar; Kabisch, Nadja; Kabisch, Sigrun; Liebelt, Veronika; Rink, Dieter; Strohbach, Michael W.; Welz, Juliane; Wolff, Manuel (2021): How Are Urban Green Spaces and Residential Development Related? A Synopsis of Multi-Perspective Analyses for Leipzig, Germany. Land 10, no. 6: 630. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10060630
Wolff, Manuel (2021): Taking one step further - Advancing the measurement of green and blue infrastructure accessibility using spatial network analysis. Ecological Indicators, Volume 126, 107665, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107665.
Barber, Anne; Haase, Dagmar; Wolff, Manuel (2021): Permeability of the City – Physical Barriers of and in Urban Green Spaces in the City of Halle, Germany. Ecological Indicators. Volume 125, 107555, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107555.
Wolff, Manuel; Haase, Annegret; Leibert, Tim (2021): Contextualizing small towns – trends of demographic spatial development in Germany 1961–2018. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/04353684.2021.1884498.
Scheuer, Sebastian; Haase, Dagmar; Haase, Annegret; Wolff, Manuel; Wellmann, Thilo (2021): A glimpse into the future of exposure and vulnerabilities in cities? Modelling of residential location choice of urban population with random forest. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 21, 203–217, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-203-2021
Haase, Annegret; Bontje, Marco; Couch, Chris; Marcinczak, Szymon; Rink, Dieter; Rumpel, Petr; Wolff, Manuel (2020): Factors driving the regrowth of European cities and the role of local and contextual impacts: a contrasting analysis of regrowing and shrinking cities. Cities 108, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102942.
Wolff, Manuel; Scheuer, Sebastian; Haase, Dagmar (2020): Looking beyond boundaries: Revisiting the rural-urban interface of Green Space Accessibility in Europe. Ecological Indicators, 113, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106245.
Wolff, Manuel; Haase, Annegret (2019): Viewpoint: Dealing with trade-offs in comparative urban studies. Cities, Vol.96, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2019.102417.
Wolff, Manuel; Haase, Dagmar (2019): Mediating sustainability and liveability – turning points of green space supply in European cities. Frontiers in Environmental Science, https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00061.
Wolff, Manuel; Rink, Dieter (2019): Strukturen von Wohnungsleerstand in Deutschland. Eine Analyse der Gebäude- und Wohnungszählung (GWZ) 2011 für deutsche Gemeinden. Raumforschung und Raumordnung | Spatial Research and Planning, 71(3): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.2478/rara-2019-0011.
Mykhnenko, Vlad; Wolff, Manuel (2018): State rescaling and economic convergence, Regional Studies, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1476754.
Scheuer, Sebastian; Haase, Dagmar; Kabisch, Nadja; Wolff, Manuel, Haase, Annegret; Schwarz, Nina; Großmann, Katrin (2018): Combining tacit knowledge elicitation with the SilverKnETs tool and random forests – The example of residential housing choices in Leipzig. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, DOI: 10.1177/2399808318777500.
Wolff, Manuel; Haase, Dagmar; Haase, Annegret (2018): Less dense or more compact? Discussing a density model of urban development for European urban areas. Plos ONE, Vol. 13 (2): e0192326, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192326.
Haase, Annegret; Wolff, Manuel; Špačková; Petra; Radzimski, Adam (2018): Reurbanization in postsocialist Europe – a comparative view on eastern Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. Comparative Population Studies, Vol. 42(2017), pp. 353-390, DOI: 10.12765/CPoS-2018-02en.
Wolff, Manuel; Wiechmann, Thorsten (2018): Urban growth and decline: Europe’s shrinking cities in a comparative perspective 1990-2010. European Urban and Regional Studies, Vol. 25 (2), pp. 122 – 139, DOI: 10.1177/0969776417694680.
Nelle, Anja; Großmann, Katrin; Haase, Dagmar; Kabisch, Sigrun; Rink, Dieter; Wolff, Manuel (2017): Urban shrinkage in Germany: An entangled web of conditions, debates and policies. Cities, vol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2017.02.006.
Haase, Dagmar; Kabisch, Sigrun; Haase, Annegret; Andersson, Erik; Banzhaf, Ellen; Baró, Francesc; Brenck, Miriam; Fischer, Leonie; Frantzeskaki, Niki; Kabisch, Nadja; Krellenberg, Kerstin; Kremer, Peleg; Kronenberg, Jakub; Larondelle, Neele; Mathey, Juliane; Pauleit, Stephan; Ring, Irene; Rink, Dieter; Schwarz, Nina; Wolff; Manuel (2017): Greening cities – to be socially inclusive? About the alleged paradox of society and ecology in cities. HABITAT International, 64, 41-48.
Wolff, Manuel (2017): Understanding the role of centralization processes for cities – evidence from a spatial perspective of urban Europe 1990 – 2010. Cities, Vol. 75, pp. 20-29, DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2017.01.009.
Banzhaf, Ellen; Kabisch, Sigrun; Knapp, Sonja; Rink, Dieter; Wolff, Manuel; Kindler, Annegret (2017): Integrated research on land-use changes in the face of urban transformations – An analytic framework for further studies. Land Use Policy, 60, 403-407.
Wolff, Manuel; Fol, Sylvie; Roth, Hélène; Cunningham-Sabot, Emmanuèle (2017): Is Planning Needed? Shrinking Cities in the French Urban System. Town Planning Review, Vol. 88 (1), pp. 131-145, DOI: 10.3828/tpr.2017.10.
Wolff, Manuel; Fol, Sylvie; Roth, Hélène; Cunningham-Sabot, Emmanuèle (2017): Shrinking cities: measuring the phenomenon in France. Translated by Emma Maisonnave, Cybergeo : European Journal of Geography, Regional and Urban Planning, document 661, https://doi.org/10.4000/cybergeo.28033.
Wolff, Manuel; Haase, Annegret; Haase, Dagmar; Kabisch, Nadja (2017): The impact of urban regrowth on the built environment; Urban Studies, Vol. 54(12), pp. 2683–2700, DOI: 10.1177/0042098016658231.
Rink, Dieter; Wolff, Manuel (2015): Wohnungsleerstand in Deutschland. Zur Konzeptualisierung der Leerstandsquote als Schlüsselindikator der Wohnungsmarktbeobachtung anhand der GWZ 2011. In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung, 73(5), 311-325.
Glatter, Jan; Hackenberg, Katharina; Wolff, Manuel (2014): Zimmer frei? - Die Wiederentdeckung der Relevanz des studentischen Wohnens für lokale Wohnungsmärkte. In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung, 72(5), 385-399.
Wolff, Manuel; Fol, Sylvie; Roth, Hélène; Cunningham-Sabot, Emmanuèle (2013): Shrinking Cities, villes en décroissance : une mesure du phénomène en France. Cybergeo : European Journal of Geography, Regional and Urban Planning, document 661, https://doi.org/10.4000/cybergeo.26136.
RESEARCH BRIEFS AND REPORTS
Aafke Schipper; Douglas Spencer; Liam Vezzani; Manuel Wolff; et al. (2025): Current and future natural capital and ecosystem services. Deliverable 4.2 of H2020 project Natura Connect.
Martina Viti; Miguel Fernández; Rafaela Schinegger; Henrique Pereira; Manuel Wolff; et al. (2024): Mid-term report of case studies. Deliverable M7 of H2020 project Natura Connect.
Joana Bores; Hildegard Meyer; Evelyn Underwood; Manuel Wolff; et al. (2024): Review and synthesis of best practices in governance and land use policies to implement TEN-N. Deliverable 2.1 of H2020 project Natura Connect.
Manuel Wolff (2024): SIK-Hub (Spatial information and knowledge hub) - concept note on the development of a decision-support tool in CLEARING HOUSE. Deliverable 4.3 of H2020 project CLEARING HOUSE.
Davies, C., Hamm, A., Wolff, M., Scheuer, S., Zivojinovic, I. (2024). Guidelines for Urban Forests as Nature-Based Solutions: Planning, Policy and Delivery. Horizon 2020 project CLEARING HOUSE, grant agreement no. 821242. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10819200.
Davies, C., Hamm, A., Wolff, M., Scheuer, S., Zivojinovic, I. (2024). Guidelines for Urban Forests as Nature-Based Solutions: Planning, Policy and Delivery. Horizon 2020 project CLEARING HOUSE, grant agreement no. 821242. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10819200.
Andrea Armstrong; Nicola da Schio; Francesc Baro; Manuel Wolff; et al. (2024): Analysing UF-NBS implementation in Europe and China. Deliverable 2.2 of H2020 project CLEARING HOUSE.
Nicola da Schio; Rik de Vreese; Manuel Wolff (2023): Report on the exploratory analysis of all the case studies. Deliverable 2.1 of H2020 project CLEARING HOUSE.
Rink, Dieter; Haase, Annegret; Leibert, Tim; Wolff, Manuel (2022): COVID-19 als Ursache temporärer Schrumpfung. Zur Einwohnerentwicklung der 15 größten deutschen Städte im Jahr 2021, UFZ Discussion Paper 5, Leipzig, https://www.ufz.de/export/data/global/268569_DP_2022_5_Rinketal.pdf.
Wolff, Manuel; Leibert, Tim; Haase, Annegret u. Dieter Rink (2022): Neue regionale Wanderungsdynamik durch die COVID-19 Pandemie? In: Nationalatlas aktuell 16 (01.2022) 1 [20.01.2022]. Leipzig: Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde (IfL). URL: http://aktuell.nationalatlas.de/bevoelkerungsentwicklung-1_01_2022-0-html/
Clive Davies; Dennis Roitsch; Cheng Wang; Manuel Wolff; et al., (2021): Report on governance, institutional and economic frameworks of UFBS in China and Europe. Deliverable 1.4 of H2020 project CLEARING HOUSE.
Rink, Dieter; Haase, Annegret; Leibert, Tim; Wolff, Manuel (2021): Corona hat das Städtewachstum ausgebremst. Die Einwohnerentwicklung deutscher Großstädte während der Corona-Pandemie, UFZ Discussion Paper 3, www.ufz.de/export/data/global/254276_DP_2021_3_Rink_etal.pdf.
Wolff, Manuel; Leibert, Tim; Haase, Annegret u. Dieter Rink (2021): Aktuelle Bevölkerungsentwicklung unter dem Einfluss der COVID-19 Pandemie In: Nationalatlas aktuell 15 (07.2021) 4 [22.07.2021]. Leipzig: Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde (IfL). URL: http://aktuell.nationalatlas.de/bevoelkerungsentwicklung-4_07_2021-0-html/
Haase, Dagmar / Wolff, Manuel / Mascarenhas, André / Sumfleth, Luca (2020): BiodivERsA-Verbund: Lokale grün-blaue Infrastrukturen für sozio-ökologische Systeme (ENABLE). Teilprojekt 1: Fallstudien, lokale Politikansätze : Schlussbericht ENABLE Projekt. https://doi.org/10.2314/KXP:1767942494
Wolff, Manuel; Haase, Annegret; Leibert, Tim (2020): Mehr als Schrumpfung und Wachstum? Trends der demographischen Raumentwicklung in Deutschland nach 2011. UFZ Discussion Papers, Department Stadt- und Umweltsoziologie, 1/2020, ISSN 1436-140X.
Haase, Dagmar; Wolff, Manuel; Sitnik, Karolina (2020): Die Ruhepause nutzen: Grünflächen und deren Ökosystemleistungen „im Winterschlaf“. Das Beispiel Berlin. Blog-Beitrag Innovationsnetzwerk Ökosystemleistungen Deutschland (ESP-DE) 10. Juni 2020. https://www.esp-de.de/die-ruhepause-nutzen-gruenflaechen-und-deren-oekosystemleistungen-im-winterschlaf-das-beispiel-berlin/ (30.06.2020).
Haase, Dagmar; Lampe, Katharina; Wolff, Manuel (2018): Unerreichbar nah – Barrieren in der Erreichbarkeit urbaner Grünflächen. Blog-Beitrag Innovationsnetzwerk Ökosystemleistungen Deutschland (ESP-DE) 10. September 2018. http://www.esp-de.de/unerreichbarnah-barrieren-in-der-erreichbarkeit-urbaner-gruenflaechen/ (22.12.2018).
Rink, Dieter; Wolff, Manuel (2017): Wohnungsleerstand in Deutschland. Zur Qualifizierung der Leerstandsquote am Beispiel der GWZ 2011, in: BBSR (ed.): Lücken in der Leerstandsforschung – Wie Leerstände besser erhoben werden können, BBSR Berichte kompakt, vol 2, 5-8.
Wolff, Manuel; Rink, Dieter (2017): Leerstandstypisierung auf Basis der GWZ 2011, in: BBSR (ed.): Lücken in der Leerstandsforschung – Wie Leerstände besser erhoben werden können, BBSR Berichte kompakt, vol 2, 13-16.
Wolff, Manuel; Leibert, Tim (2016): Deutschlands neue Raummuster – Bevölkerungsentwicklungen auf Gemeindeebene 1990 bis 2014. Nationalatlas Online 10 (27.05.2016) 3.
Wolff, Manuel; Haase, Annegret (2015): Stadtregion Leipzig-Halle jenseits der Schrumpfung: neues Wachstum und Stabilisierung. Statistischer Quartalsbreicht I/2015, Amt für Statistik und Wahlen, Stadt Leipzig, 36-42.
Wolff, Manuel; Wiechmann, Thorsten (2015): Machbarkeitsstudie Demographische Typisierung auf europäischer Ebene. Bericht. Bertelsmann Stiftung.
Mattisek, Annika; Sitte, Cindy; Wolff, Manuel (2013): Untersuchung zur Wahrnehmung und Nutzung des öffentlichen Raums. Auftragsstudie im Rahmen des URBACT-Projektes "USER" der Landeshauptstadt Dresden.
Glatter, Jan; Meinert, Maximilian, Bartsch, Sebastian; Wolff, Manuel (2012): Studentisches Wohnen in Dresden. Forschungsbericht Lehrstuhl Allgemeine Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeographie I/2012. TU Dresden.
Glatter, Jan; Siedhoff, Mathias, Sitte, Cindy, Wolff, Manuel (2012): Wohnungsmarktbericht der Landeshauptstadt Dresden 2011.
Wolff, Manuel (2010): Urban Shrinkage in Europe - Benefits and limits of an indicator-based analysis, Working Paper Nr. 2010-06, Dresden University of Technology.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Rink, Dieter; Bontje, Marco; Haase, Annegret; Kabisch, Sigrun; Wolff, Manuel (2021): Challenges and Problems of Re-growth: The Case of Leipzig (Eastern Germany). In: Waldemar Cudny, W., Kunc, J. (eds.) Growth and Change in Post-socialist Cities of Central Europe. 1st Edition, Routledge, New York.
Haase, Annegret; Bedtke, Norman; Begg, Chloe; Gawel, Erik; Rink, Dieter; Wolff, Manuel (2018): On the connection between urban sustainability transformations and multiple societal crises. In: Kabisch, S., Koch, F., Gawel, E., Haase, A., Knapp, S., Krellenberg, K., Nivala, J., Zehnsdorf, A. (eds.) Urban transformations - Sustainable urban development through resource efficiency, quality of life and resilience. Future City 10, Springer International Publishing, Cham, p. 61 – 76.
Haase, Annegret; Wolff, Manuel; Rink, Dieter (2018): From shrinkage to regrowth: the nexus between urban dynamics, land use change and ecosystem service provision. In: Kabisch, S., Koch, F., Gawel, E., Haase, A., Knapp, S., Krellenberg, K., Nivala, J., Zehnsdorf, A. (eds.) Urban transformations - Sustainable urban development through resource efficiency, quality of life and resilience. Future City 10, Springer International Publishing, Cham, p. 197 – 219.
Rink, Dieter; Wolff, Manuel; Diez, Beatrice (2017): Wohnungsleerstand zwischen Schrumpfung und Wachstum. Eine Analyse anhand der GWZ 2011. In: Schmidt, H., Vollmer, M (eds.): Wohnungsleerstand in Deutschland, Darmstadt, Wüstenrot Stiftung, 276-285.
Wiechmann, Thorsten; Wolff, Manuel (2014): Skala i przestrzenne zróżnicowanie procesu kurczenia się miast w Europie na przełomie XX i XXI w. In: Stryjakiewicz, Tadeusz (Hrsg.): Kurczenie się miast w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej. Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Poznań. 17-25.
Wolff, Manuel; Glatter, Jan (2014): Studentisches Wohnen in Dresden 2012 In: Mensing-de-Jong, Angela; Kroll, Christian (Hrsg.): Campus und Quartier: Wechselwirkungen Sustainable campus: zusammen verändern Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft (HTW), Dresden.
Wolff, Manuel (2012): Strengthening the evidence base for regeneration strategies: the European statistic as a basis for creating territorial knowledge of demographic change. In: Martinez-Fernandez, Cristina; Kubo, Naoko; Noya, Antonella; Weyman, Tamara (eds.): Demographic Change and Local Development: Shrinkage, Regeneration and Social Dynamics. OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Working Paper Series
Durate, Rui; Gubic, Ilija; Jankovic, Natasha; Moritz, Suzanne; Tusinski, Olivia; Wolff, Manuel (2011): Filling In the Gaps. In: Mironowicz, Izabela; Ryser, Judith (eds.): Urban Change. The Prospect of Transformation. AESOP, UN Habitat. Wrocław University of Technology.
Neumann, Ingo; Wolff, Manuel (2011): Handwerk und demographischer Wandel Herausforderungen, Praxisbeispiele und Strategien zur Unterstützung des schwäbischen Handwerks. Bericht im Auftrag der Handwerkskammer Schwaben.
MONOGRAPHS
Wolff, Manuel (2025): Sustainable urban development in Europe - unlocking potentials of ecosystem service realisation. Habilitation Thesis, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, unpublished to date.
Wolff, Manuel (2018): Uneven urban dynamics - The role of urban shrinkage and regrowth in Europe. PhD Thesis, School of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, January 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-19066.
Budnik, Maria; Grossmann, Katrin; Haase, Annegret; Haid, Christoph; Hedtke, Christoph; Kullmann, Katharina; Wolff, Manuel (2016). DIVERCITIES: Living with Urban Diversity – The Case of Leipzig, Germany. Utrecht: Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences.
Wolff, Manuel (2013): Schrumpfende Städte in Europa - Eine quantitative Typisierung von Schrumpfungsmustern in französischen Städten. AV Akademikerverlag. ISBN 978-3-639-46872-4.