Overview of the ZSK

How can architects, landscape planners, natural scientists and sociologists work together to develop climate protection and adaptation strategies for cities?

This is the focus of the project Climate protection and green infrastructure in cities

How should large city squares be designed in times of climate change?

This is the focus of the Project 100Places:M

How can structural redensification processes be planned and implemented from a holistic, climate-resilient and resource-conserving perspective in order to integrate green space design, microclimate and life cycle analyses and the use of materials into the planning processes at an early stage?

This is the focus of the project Redensification in the context of climate change

Are investments in climate-friendly measures amortised in socially subsidised housing construction?

This is the focus of the project Scientific accompanying research: "Climate friendly building - model project"

What can urban greenery achieve in terms of climate adaptation? How should it be planned and designed in order to effectively contribute to liveable, climate-protecting and climate-adapted cities?

This is the focus of the City Trees II project

What role do different tree species play for the climate in the city of the future? Can tree species from other climatic regions of the world be integrated into the cityscape and do these tree species provide comparable environmental services?

This is the subject of the preliminary study: Non-native and native urban climate trees

Which influence does the specific site climate have on the growth and transpiration of urban trees? 

This is the focus of the Climate Experience Würzburg project

What is the growth performance and climatic effect of trees in planters? How can trees in planters be planted professionally so that they can be used sustainably as an effective urban climate measure?

This is the focus of the ClimateContainerTrees project

How can animals and plants threatened by climate change be protected and promoted in the city?

This is the subject of the projects Application of the Animal-Aided Design Method and Animal Aided Design III

Do tree species from other climatic regions offer comparable habitats for tree-dwelling fauna to native tree species?

This is the subject of the preliminary study: Non-native and native urban climate trees

What do wild bees have to do with climate change? What functions do ecologically designed areas have in the city?

This is the subject of the project Colourful ribbons for our cities in times of climate change

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?

This is the focus of the project Multifunctional infiltration swales in residential areas