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Structure
The project aimed at bringing together three major fields of research, energy & water management and land use, by linking these overlapping clusters. Sections of these clusters were dealt with by the individual project partners who contributed their respective expertise and methods.
- Cluster I - large-scale urban and landscape planning projects with a focus on optimisation of energy efficiency of existing and new residential and industrial buildings.
- Cluster II - case studies dealing with technical, organisational, ecological and legal issues concerning the sustainable management of water and energy resources
- Cluster III - evaluation of technical, ecological, economic, legal and sociological aspects of the project
- Cluster IV - project coordination
Target groups
The project aims at establishing a dialogue with the relevant target groups and organisations to ensure active participation and the successful realisation of all objectives:
- representatives of real-estate and housing industries, municipal utilities/water and power suppliers and waste disposal companies, agricultural and forest industries
- land owners, residents, farmers
- private and public associations/organisations, urban and regional development trusts
- federal and state ministries, community associations and administrative departments
Project partners
University of Duisburg-Essen
Dept. of Applied Zoology/Hydrobiology
Dept. of Municipal Water- and Waste Management
Dept. of Transport Systems and Logistics
Dept. of Environmental Management and Controlling
Centre for Water and Environmental Research
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Dept. Climatology und Environmental Meteorology
Technische Universität Darmstadt
FB Architektur, FG Entwerfen und Freiraumplanung
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Siedlungswasserwirtschaft und Umwelttechnik
University of Kassel
Dept. Urban and Regional Sociology
Chamber of Agriculture Nordrhein-Westfalen
Regional Association Ruhr
Wirtschaftsförderung metropoleruhr GmbH
