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This book addresses the complexity of urbanization, impacts of climate change and climate change adaptation for the metropolitan region of Santiago de Chile, with a special focus on the most pressing issues of natural hazards, water and energy supply. The book exemplifies a conceptual approach for the development of adaptation measures, their evaluation and implementation in a decision support framework at the science-policy interface. It builds on scientific analyses of social and natural scientists, a participatory process with local authorities and a mutual learning network between large agglomerations in Latin America. The book is written for scholars of urban management, climate change, planning, governance and hazard research, as well as practitioners in local, regional and international organizations concerned with climate change, climate change impacts, and adaptation in metropolitan regions. While the regional focus is on Latin America the concepts and lessons learned are applicable and relevant to megacities around the world.​.

Given the potential of cities to contribute to a more sustainable world as framed by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN 2030 Development Agenda, this article focuses on Urban Sustainability Transformations. We take a closer look at the potentials, contradictions and challenges that SDG implementation in cities involves in light of the current Covid-19 pandemic. We argue that SDG implementation needs to consider these global challenges in order to pursue its transformative approach. As a starting point we take SDG 11 and its subtargets to achieve resilient cities and communities, with a focus on German cities. The article will thus contribute to the discussion on the constraints associated with implementing SDGs in cities, given the multiple challenges and actors involved, and the complexity this implies for Urban Sustainability Transformations.

Im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojekts wurde eine mobile Webanwendung entwickelt, die als Informations- und Entscheidungstool für das Aufsuchen städtischer Grünflächen dient. Die Basis bilden eine neuartige Infrastruktur von Diensten sowie verschiedene Datenquellen, wie Open Government Data, Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) und Social-Media-Daten. Zudem ist Wissen von Bürgerinnen und Bürgern aus verschiedenen Befragungen in die App-Entwicklung eingeflossen. Die "meinGrün"-Web-App kann in den Pilotstädten Dresden und Heidelberg genutzt werden.

Im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojekts wurde eine mobile Webanwendung entwickelt, die als Informations- und Entscheidungstool für das Aufsuchen städtischer Grünflächen dient. Die Basis bilden eine neuartige Infrastruktur von Diensten sowie verschiedene Datenquellen, wie Open Government Data, Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) und Social-Media-Daten. Zudem ist Wissen von Bürgerinnen und Bürgern aus verschiedenen Befragungen in die App-Entwicklung eingeflossen. Die "meinGrün"-Web-App kann in den Pilotstädten Dresden und Heidelberg genutzt werden.

The overall aim of this project was threefold. By organizing workshops at the science-policy interface, the project wanted to: 1. Raise awareness for climate change in Turkish cities and the necessity to develop response action at the local level; 2. Further the exchange between different actors such as academicians, politicians, representatives from the private sector, and civil society as well as between Germany and Turkey in particular; 3. Work on the transfer of solutions to combat climate change at the local level. ; Bu projenin genel hedefi 3 kısımdan oluşmaktadır. Bilim ve politika arabiriminde çalıştaylar organize ederek, 1. Türkiye kentlerinde iklim değişikliği etkileri hakkında farkındalık yaratmak ve yerel düzeyde politika oluşturmak; 2. Devamında akademisyenler, politikacılar, özel sektör tem- silcileri ve sivil toplumdan farklı aktörler ile Almanya ve Türkiye özelinde karşılıklı ziyaretler düz- enlenmesi; 3. İklim değişikliği ile yerelde mücadelede çözümler üzerine çalışmak.

AbstractCities around the world have recently started to become 'proactive' initiators of climate strategies containing both mitigation and adaptation elements. The experience of these first movers has been studied and documented both empirically and, to a lesser extent, theoretically, primarily for cities in the global North. This symposium addresses related knowledge gaps by exploring case studies of urban regions in the global South confronting their projected climate change challenges, showcasing the experiences of Delhi, Santiago de Chile and Bogotá. Its specific aim is to explore the urban social response to nature change, the adaptation challenges faced by cities across the world and current practices of urban adaptation. Further, the symposium seeks to understand to what extent and in what respect current conceptual frameworks — which highlight urban ecological security and vulnerability — provide a useful context/framing to assist cities in confronting their challenges and to explain their actions. This introductory article examines current knowledge of the theory and practice of urban climate response. It introduces the concepts of ecological security and vulnerability and discusses the adaptive capacity of cities and how they are starting to respond to the emerging challenges of climate change. It concludes with a synthesis of the case articles and highlights some of the findings.