INTEGRATED URBAN DEVELOPMENT
The cooperation between the city of Hamburg and 14 surrounding districts in Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein is unique within Europe. The metropolitan area of Hamburg represents an economic center which is fairly important within Europe, as a matter of fact it is foremost in northern Europe. Increasingly the local economy has to take climate changes into account. This leads to the central issue and motivation of our research: Which consequences of the climate changes need to be considered for future urban development plans and which actions and measures are required to achieve a sustainable quality of life for the region.
