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About us - Structure of the ZSK

In order to effectively counteract changing environ­mental conditions, the causes for climate change need to be reduced and emer­ging climate change effects res­ponded to in a preven­tive and inten­sive manner.

The ZSK brings together the topics of urban and land­scape plan­ning, archi­tecture, engineer­ing and ecology in 17 sub­projects (seven run­ning and ten finished). The Centre aims to bring to­gether the wide range of skills in TUM’s natural science, social science and engineer­ing disci­plines as well as other Bavarian research insti­tutions for inter­disciplinary research approa­ches.

The ZSK was funded between 2013-2024 by the Bavarian Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection (StMUV) and coordinated at the Technical University of Munich. Currently the funding is provided by the TU Munich.

The ZSK is coordinated by the coordination office (Eleonora Franceschi, M.Sc.) and a five-member committee from various universities: 

The following questions are considered:


What services can urban green space provide regarding climate change adaptation? How should it be planned and designed to effectively contribute to livable, klimate protective and climate adaptated cities?


Do tree species of other climate regions provide similar habitats than native tree species for the arboral fauna?


How can animals and plants threatened by climate change be protected and fostered in cities?

How must an infiltration system that is integrated in terms of settlement water technology, plant and animal ecology be designed in order to be optimized in terms of its urban climatic effect as well as its absorption capacity, storage capacity and drainage of precipitation water and its purification capacity of the soil body?

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