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    Climate change also affects spatial and land use planning.

    Bird's eye view of geometrical arranged, colourful fields and settlements

    … contain this medium: Climate Impacts: Field of Action Spatial, Regional and Urban Development Planning Klimafolgen: Handlungsfeld Raum-, Regional- und Bauleitplanung Adaptation: Field of Action Spatial, Regional and Urban Development Planning Tags climate change land use planning urban land use …

  • Press release 12/2017 from 30.03.2017 | Last changed: 05.05.2017

    Future-fit city: Much more money needed for buses and trains

    Aerial view of a city

    … buses and trains and fewer cars. The public transport network is the backbone of urban mobility, but it must be strengthened and, in particular, be adequately … spaces would gradually turn into green recreational areas or building land for urban housing. Also, cycle traffic would become more prominent and there would be …

  • Press release 19/2009 from 03.04.2009 | Last changed: 09.07.2013

    Mitigating the consequences of demographic change

    … with a view to mitigation. ”The most crucial measure to be taken is to slow down urban sprawl. Secondly, construction of more infrastructure and buildings must only … impact of demographic change. The key measure to take is to effectively slow urban sprawl, for every new building that is still erected in regions that are … with a view to mitigation. ”The most crucial measure to be taken is to slow down urban sprawl. Secondly, construction of more infrastructure and buildings must only …

  • Press release 06/2018 from 09.03.2018 | Last changed: 08.03.2018

    Nitrogen dioxide has serious impact on health

    city center of Munich, in the background the Alps

    … diseases which are linked to background concentrations of NO2 in both rural and urban areas. The study also shows that nitrogen dioxide pollution is associated with … Finally, certain constraints in methodology allowed for the NO 2 exposure in urban and rural backgrounds only to be factored as representative of the overall … share of disease burden which is associated with NO 2 were made in both urban and non-city settings. In this context, there is an increase of up to 50% in …

  • News from 01.11.2017 | Last changed: 17.04.2020

    Rethinking Urban Transport through Global Learning

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    Rethinking Urban Transport through Global Learning For the sake of future … context. 01.11.2017 The joint UBA-GIZ brochure „Reverse Innovation – Rethinking Urban Transport through Global Learning“ looks into the potential of “reverse …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BAU-I-3: Cooling degree days

    The picture shows the glass frontage of a house reflecting the sun. Some of the windows are part-shaded by means of external roller shutters.

    … Rhine-Main areas, the Moselle and the Middle Rhine Valley, the Ruhr Valley and the urban regions of Leipzig / Halle and Dresden. The other regions are comprised in … cooling systems (cf. Indicators BAU-R-2 and BAU-R-3 ). If supported by preventative urban planning and neighbourhood-based planning practices – including the provision … of appropriate aeration and adequate provision of a green-blue infrastructure in urban spaces – the interior climate of buildings will be able to remain in the …

  • Press release 22/2020 from 02.06.2020 | Last changed: 08.06.2020

    Asbestos in buildings still a problem

    hellgraue Wellplatten aus Asbestzement

    … Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) and the German Environment Agency … Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) and the German Environment Agency …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-6: Land use for settlements in officially designated flood plains

    The picture shows a building pit where the walls of a cellar have already been built. Steel girders are seen supporting wooden beams which extend across the ceiling of the cellar. The bottom of the building pit is filled with brown muddy water reflecting a tree.

    … have to conform to specific protective rules. In such areas, both the allocation of urban development plans for new building locations in the outskirts, and the … of Settlement and Open Spaces 226 maintained by the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IÖR), in about half of municipalities of Germany …

  • KomPass: Area of action adaptation from 06.07.2022 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Adaptation: Field of Action Human Health

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    … and expanding early warning systems, and implementing long-term measures in urban land use and green space planning. last update on 06.07.2022 Heat prevention … evaporative cooling and thus protect the population from greater heat. In addition, urban planning should counteract the increasing sealing of settlement and traffic …

  • News from 12.09.2013 | Last changed: 12.09.2013

    Tackling the negative impacts of transport: A global task

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    … High-level Dialogue on Implementing Rio+20 Decisions on Sustainable Cities and Urban Transport on 20 June 2013, UBA President Flasbarth highlighted the role of urban and regional planning, full charging of environmental costs and the …

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    City district in Utena, Lithuania

    City district in Utena

    … Utena The following contents contain this medium: Ways to energy-efficient urban redevelopment: documents online … City district in Utena, Lithuania …