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Urban Tipping Points: Understanding Interaction Between Changing Land Use Patterns, Biodiversity and Economic Consequences To Enhance Liveable Cities (UTiP)

Haase, Dagmar, Prof. Dr. (Landscape Ecology and Biogeography)

Duration of Project: 06/2017 - 05/2018

Urban ecosystems and related ecosystem services (e.g. climate regulation, recreation experiences, habitats for species) and biodiversity provide an important basis for the sustainable development of cities. They are an essential component for human w ...

Trees as Indicators of the Urban Heat Island

Schneider, Christoph, Prof. Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of Project: 06/2017 - 10/2018

The project ‚Bäume als Indikatoren für die urbane Wärmeinsel (BIWi)‘ (trees as indicators of the urban heat island) comprises a pilot study for generating and analyzing chronologies of different tree ring parameters (tree-ring width, pointer year cat ...

Impact of urban climate effects and emissions on air quality, and scientific application of the urban climate model PALM-4U (AusSEn)

Schneider, Christoph, Prof. Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of Project: 10/2019 - 12/2022

In the second phase of the programme "Urban Climate under Change" subproject 2 (TP2) will support the general objective to further develop PALM-4U into a practical urban climate model and to establish it in fields of application. The project ‘Impact ...

Dynamic Response of Glaciers in the Qilian Shan to Climate Change (Dyn-Q)

Schneider, Christoph, Prof. Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of Project: 04/2018 - 03/2021

Knowledge on glacier and melt water variability is crucial for sustainable water supply in Central Asia since they function as water towers for millions of people. The Qilian Shan, are located in the most Northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau, on ...

COUPLED. Operationalising telecouplings for solving sustainability challenges related to land use

Nielsen, Jonas Ostergaard, Prof. Dr. (Cultural and Social Geography)

Duration of Project: 01/2018 - 12/2021

COUPLED is a four-year, European Training Network granted by the EC in Horizon 2020. We put the research approach of TELECOUPLING into action for solving sustainability challenges for land use. How to understand processes and actors that influence la ...

Connecting: COproductioN with NaturE for City Transitioning, INnovation and Governance

Haase, Dagmar, Prof. Dr. (Landscape Ecology and Biogeography)

Duration of Project: 06/2017 - 05/2022

Connecting Nature is a five-year project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Innovation Action Programme. The aim by project end is to position Europe as a global leader in the innovation and implementation of nature-based solutions. The ...

CLEARING HOUSE – Collaborative Learning in Research, Information-Sharing and Governance on How Urban Forest-Based Solutions Support Sino-European Urban Futures

Haase, Dagmar, Prof. Dr. (Landscape Ecology and Biogeography)

Duration of Project: 09/2019 - 08/2023

Trees and forests are a proven nature-based solution that contribute to sustainable urban development. Their potential for delivering ecosystem services, enhancing biodiversity and contributing to the wellbeing of urban societies is often underestima ...

Biodiversity impacts of future land use trajectories

Kümmerle, Tobias, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Biogeography)

Duration of Project: 03/2012 - 12/2015

This project investigated the influence of future land use change on global biodiversity by (1) synthesizing knowledge on land use effects on biodiversity across a range of taxa and by compiling indicators on the current extent and intensity of globa ...

Alexander von Humboldt Grant for Akinyemi Gabriel Omonijo: Climate and thermal bioclimate assessment of Ibadan, Nigeria

Schneider, Christoph, Prof. Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of Project: 09/2016 - 12/2017

The general objective of Dr Omanijo's research stay is to examine and analyse the climate and thermal bioclimate of Ibadan, NIgeria, using complete heat budget model approach to calculate physiologically equivalent temperature (PET) and universal the ...

Agricultural Land Markets - Efficiency and Regulation"

Lakes, Tobia, Prof. Dr. (Applied GIScience)

Duration of Project: 01/2021 - 12/2023

Die Dynamik auf landwirtschaftlichen Bodenmärkten veränderte sich in Deutschland substanziell in den vergangenen zehn Jahren in denen sowohl die Pacht- als auch die Kaufpreise für Ackerland massiv angestiegen sind. Dieser Preisanstieg wirkte sich auf ...