Prof. Dr. Udo Nehren at the InCITIES Scientific Café "Nature in the City" on June 27, 2024
The project "InCITIES-Trailblazing inclusive, sustainable and resilient cities" organizes regular virtual networking events for scientists of the consortium, in which current research projects and topics are presented and discussed.
InCITIES Scientific Café Programm
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Prof. Dr Udo Nehren, Vice Dean of Faculty 12 at TH Köln, gave a lecture: "Nature-based solutions to mitigate extreme climatic events in Cologne-Bonn Region: Challenges and approaches" in the fourth of these "Scientific Cafés" on June 27, 2024.
Prof. Nehren explained the principle of "nature-based solutions" on the background of the new multi-hazard environment of our times (river floods, storms, flash floods and landslides, heatwaves, droughts, forest fires) and described associated research work on the effectiveness and typology of nature-based solutions in the field of ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction.
Prof. Nehren is expanding and transferring his research in this field in numerous projects. In the EU Horizon Project "NBSINFRA", an international consortium is working on nature-based solutions for flood risks and the urban heat island effect in the Cologne region. In TH Köln’s Co-Site project, Prof. Nehren is involved in the development of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction as well as the development of green-blue infrastructures in Leverkusen. The AKT@HoMe project combines science and practice in the field of adaptation to climate extremes through participation.
Other speakers were Dr. Beatric Bechet (Uni Eiffel): "Soil issues in the panorama of urban gardening projects: a case study from Nantes city" and Dr. André Samora-Arvela (ISCTE): "Reviewing active mobility and active aging policies in Portugal: The first findings of the GREENCITY4AGING project".
The next Scientific Café will take place in September 2024 on the topic of "Sustainable Mobility".
If you are interested and have questions, please contact incities@th-koeln.de.
June 2024