Climate change requires a threefold strategy in cities and city regions: the development of strategies for mitigating climate change, adaptation to climate change as well as a co-ordination of actions with other demanding challenges of sustainable urban development. The ExWoSt project aims at climate change-proof urban development primarily by developing integrated approaches for climate change mitigation and adaptation by spatial planning related prevention in cities and city regions.
A main result of the study will be the development and application of an integrated „Set of climate change strategies and actions for cities and communities”. Further, reports on adaptation strategies for specific fields of action for urban development will be produced. Finally, all recommendations will be integrated into a decision support tool for local decision makers.
IRPUD is main contractor. Sub-contractors are United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (Bonn) and plan + praxis (Berlin).
Contact: Dr. rer. pol. Mark Fleischhauer, Prof. Dr. Stefan Greiving, Dipl.-Ing. Sven Rannow, Dr.-Ing. Andrea Rüdiger, Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Stefansky
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