Study of vegetation cover change and its driving forces See

The dynamic change of vegetation cover exerts significant influences on the energetic and chemical circulation worldwide. Systematically monitoring the global vegetation cover change is critical to promote a better understanding of the basic biogeochemical processes, and their possible feedbacks to the global climate system. It is of great practical value to study dynamic vegetation variation related to climate change, human activities, and natural factors to explore the underlying relationsh...

Towards resilience See

The frequency of extreme weather events increases as climate change. Rural settlements are affected by various natural hazards induced by climate abnormality. As a system, rural settlements have the capability to resist, response, and recover from the external changes. This capability is regarded as system resilience. Enhancing rural system resilience is one orientation of rural planning work. One thorny problem in conducting rural planning is the lack of scientifically recorded data. From ...

Unsicherheit und Komplexität in Planungsprozessen See

Was bedeuten Megatrends wie der Klimawandel für die Rolle von Planern? Wie verändert sich planerisches Handeln während der Aufstellung von verbindlichen Plänen? Bekannte Ideen, Verhaltens- und Denkweisen oder historische Vorläufer müssen geprüft und verändert werden, neue Verhaltensweisen und Rollenverständnisse hinzugefügt werden. Räumliche Planung als absichtsvolle und in die Zukunft gerichtete Tätigkeit in komplexen realen Situationen ist dafür auf kontextbezogene Strategien zur Reduktio...

Effectiveness of participatory approaches in rural development See

Energieeffizienz in Stadtquartieren im Kontext der Pfadabhängigkeitstheorie See

Combination between land suitability evaluation and multi-objective optimization mathematics model to sustainable agricultural land use planning in the coastal zone of the Mekong Delta, Viet Nam See

Land evaluation is the primary content in the land-use planning process. There were many land evaluation methods which have been improved based on the FAO framework, but most of them have not been effectively assessed. The requirements of land characteristics and physical conditions supply a common view of land use types for land suitability. It is difficult in precise decision making for agricultural planning. Decision makers have to optimize productive agriculture and promote farmers’ socio...

Evaluation of land cover change and agricultural protection sites: a GIS and Remote Sensing approach for Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam See

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), economic center and most populous city of Vietnam faces a strong structural change since its market liberalization in the late 1980s. Big challenges occur in the form of uncontrolled urban sprawl due to rapid population growth with encroachment of agricultural land, which leads to environmental and climatic issues like urban heat island effects, air pollution and flooding events. Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) provide new computer-based techno...

Local climate policies in Germany See

Measures and strategies for climate adaptation and mitigation on the local level have become more or less obligatory. However, local governments face epistemic and organisational uncertainties. New agencies are created, new intra- and inter-organisational relationships are established and new competencies are requested. We argue that knowledge orders are of utmost importance for the institutionalisation of climate policies. We compare knowledge generation, the production of evidence and frami...

Analysis and evaluation of the effectiveness of low impact development practices on runoff control using remote sensing, GIS and hydrological modeling See

Energieeffizienz in benachteiligten Quartieren See

„Energieeffizienz in benachteiligten Quartieren“. Der Titel öffnet den Blick auf Quartiere mit problematischen Rahmenbedingungen. Auf benachteiligte Quartiere, die aufgrund ihres hohen energetischen Einsparpotenzials für die Erreichung der übergeordneten Klimaschutzziele von besonderem Interesse sind, in denen oft jedoch aufgrund demografischer, sozialer und ökonomischer Voraussetzungen keine energetischen Sanierungsmaßnahmen im privaten Wohngebäudebestand umgesetzt werden. Das Forschungsi...

Analyse der Anpassungskapazität der Regionalplanung an den Klimawandel See

KURZFASSUNG Unter dem Begriff Klimawandel wird die menschengemachte Veränderung des globalen Klimas verstanden. Der Klimawandel äußert sich durch langfristige, irreversible Veränderungen von Klimaparametern wie Temperatur und Niederschlag und führt zu einem häufigeren Auftreten von extremen Wetterereignissen (vgl. DWD 2014a). Die regional unterschiedlich ausgeprägten Auswirkungen des Klimawandels haben gemein, dass sie auf anthropogene Raumnutzungen treffen, die diesen Auswirkungen gegenüber...

Studentische Wohnbedürfnisse und Möglichkeiten ihrer Realisierung in der Stadt Dortmund See

The effects of urban expansion on spatial and socioeconomic patterns of the peri-urban areas: a case study of Isfahan city, Iran See

Although urban areas cover a very small fraction of the world’s land surface, rapid urban expansion has significantly changed the landscape and formed immense environmental and social impacts. These effects are principally important in rapidly changing areas such as urban settlements in developing countries. Over the last decades, several studies have focused on the field of urban expansion. However, the implications of this rapid urban expansion have not been sufficiently analyzed. They pre...

Das Potenzial von ökonomischer Bewertung und Partizipation für die Planung grüner Infrastruktur See

Green and open spaces are important components of green infrastructure. They offer a range of different ecosystem services society benefits from. Due to ongoing urbanisation and densification processes many urban and peri-urban green and open spaces disappear or degrade in quantity and quality, with negative impact on their ecosystems. The decline of the ecological functions of nature and landscape also weakens their social and economic merits, which are especially important for society. Henc...

Land use and social rights See

This thesis studies the themes of land use and social rights with special reference to the urban village, which is a special phenomenon in city-expansion in contemporary China. By conducting an extensive review of literatures on urban villages and boundary studies, the author studies land use and social rights from the perspective of boundary. The author also emphasizes boundary-making as a social construction process, which involves different stakeholders in this “game”. Further, the author ...

Uneven urban dynamics See

This dissertation provides a comprehensive picture of urban shrinkage and its relevance within contemporary urbanization processes in Europe. The thesis demonstrates that shrinking cities are neither a one-dimensional phenomenon nor a side-effect of growth but a unique path of urban development. Thereby, the dissertation address a complex topic that intersects urban geography, demography, planning and spatial modelling thus underlying the interdisciplinary character of this work. Urban shri...

Urban flood simulation and integrated flood risk management See

Climate change induces the probability of occurring natural disasters; e.g. floods, Sea Level Rise, Green House Gases. Flood is considered one of the most dangerous phenomena that tremendously and dramatically threatening the human being and environment worldwide. Rapid urban growth, demographic explosion, and unplanned land uses have exacerbated the problem of urban flooding, particularly in the cities of China. In addition to that, the concept of flood risk management and adaptation measure...

Translating climate science into policy making in the water sector for the Vu Gia- Thu Bon River Basin See

Vu Gia- Thu Bon River Basin, located in the Central Coastal Zone of Viet Nam faces water shortage problems. This is expected to be further exacerbated in the future as a result of climate change. Previous attempts in addressing water shortage in the area followed a traditional top-down, predict-then-act approach. In such an approach, General Circulation Model outputs simulating future climate conditions are downscaled then adaptation measures proposed. This approach could produce optimal adap...

Tourismusgentrifizierung in Lissabon: Eine empirische Analyse der bisherigen Folgen in Mouraria See

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