A5079616115- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Latin American Urban Studies
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
- Public Administration and Political Analysis
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Regional resilience and development
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Innovation, Technology, and Society
- Regional Development and Innovation
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Economic and Social Issues
- Environmental and Ecological Studies
- Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
- Environmental Science and Technology
- Sociology and Education Studies
- Smart Cities and Technologies
University of Vienna
2021-2024
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
2011-2021
Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development
2019-2021
Universitätszahnklinik Wien
2021
HTW Berlin - University of Applied Sciences
2021
Springer Nature (Germany)
2021
Leipzig University
2019
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)
2011
Hamburg Institut (Germany)
2009
Universität Hamburg
2009
Urban adaptation to climate change in Europe : Challenges and opportuinities for cities together with supportive national European policies.
Agenda 2030 pursues a universal approach and identifies countries in the Global South North that are need of transformation toward sustainability. Therefore, such as Germany have signed commitment to implement Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, SDGs be “translated” specific national context. Existing sustainability indicators monitoring reporting systems adjusted well. Our paper evaluates how three different initiatives translated SDG 11 (“Make cities human settlements inclusive,...
Abstract Non-Technical Summary This article takes stock of the 2030 Agenda and focuses on five governance areas. In a nutshell, we see quite patchy often primarily symbolic uptake global goals. Although some studies highlight individual success stories actors institutions to implement goals, it remains unclear how such cases can be upscaled develop broader political impact accelerate endeavor achieve sustainable development. We hence raise concerns about overall effectiveness by goal-setting...
The United Nations (UN) 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, signed in 2015 and backed-up with its seventeen Goals (SDGs), mentions cities as key players for evolving actively towards more sustainability. This underpins that living the of urban age is increasingly becoming focus sustainability discussions, which particularly reflected SDG 11 “Making human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient sustainable”. As strategies are playing a role development cities, this article sheds light on four...
As ongoing parallel processes, urbanization and climate change call for overarching context-specific responses that tackle the complex challenges involved include a comprehensive data base to identify most pressing action needs. We argue urban vulnerabilities must take centre stage in this regard. What comes fore context of vulnerability climate-related hazards is interaction human systems with environment. Understanding impact changes temperature precipitation on socio-ecological therefore...
Literature on urban ecosystem services (UESS) is vast, particularly cultural services. However, due to a lack of knowledge individual green spaces the site level, further research enhanced methods needed underpin existing assumptions about reasons why people are visiting and what kinds they can expect, with focus recreational activities. We argue for assess supply demand UESS that should include direct work space users. With overall aim developing Spatial Decision Support System spaces, we...
Abstract Cities around the world have recently started to become ‘proactive’ initiators of climate strategies containing both mitigation and adaptation elements. The experience these first movers has been studied documented empirically and, a lesser extent, theoretically, primarily for cities in global N orth. This symposium addresses related knowledge gaps by exploring case studies urban regions S outh confronting their projected change challenges, showcasing experiences D elhi, antiago de...
This article focuses on collaborative governance and the challenge of participatory processes in order to form integrated adaptation responses climate change. The case Santiago de Chile, where creation a Regional Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Metropolitan Region was undertaken collaboration with Government Ministerial Secretariat Environment, provides experience such process being part larger inter- transdisciplinary project. highlights complexities involved this knowledge transfer...
This article gives insights into an inter- and transdisciplinary research approach designed to enhance the planning of climate change adaptation responses at urban-regional level. What makes interdisciplinary approaches action unique is its ability unravel complexity interwoven processes it entails. It aspect here that stakeholder involvement crucial. Hence in contemporary science-policy interface takes centre stage, generating response capacity exchanging 'usable' information with...
Given the potential of cities to contribute a more sustainable world as framed by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) UN 2030 Agenda, this article focuses on Urban Sustainability Transformations. We take closer look at potentials, contradictions and challenges that SDG implementation in involves light current Covid-19 pandemic. argue needs consider these global order pursue its transformative approach. As starting point we 11 subtargets achieve resilient communities, with focus German...
sus that, particularly in large agglomerations, hazardous events (e.g. storms, floods, landslides) are not solely the result of natural phenomena, but rather interaction between (changing) and social/anthropogenic factors. Furthermore, risks resulting from this combination distributed unevenly across population: poorer urban households more at risk to 'natural' hazards. This paper investigates these assumptions. It explores social environmental dimensions land use changes how they relate...