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Projects (Pre Phase)

The first funding phase covers 1st July, 2005 to 31st March, 2008. The projects selected are located in Latin America, Africa and Asia. In close cooperation with local partners from science, industry, public bodies and civil society, the German teams will devise and implement solution-oriented innovation strategies and management concepts for selected cities. Their topics include: housing and construction, nutrition and urban agriculture, public health and quality of life, urban planning and governance, energy supply and consumption, mobility and transport, water supply, waste treatment, and environmental management.

Latin America

Subject of project:
"Placemaking" for Sustainable Megacities of Tomorrow: Promoting place-based solutions to water supply and sanitation problems in the Guadalajara Urban Area (PLACEMEG)

Start: 01.07.2006 / End: 31.03.2008

Picture of a water pump
Coordination:
Institut für Regionalentwicklung und Strukturplanung e.V. (IRS)

Subject of project:
Water supply and wastewater in megacities of tomorrow - Concepts for Metropolitan Lima (Perú) and elsewhere

Start: 01.07.2006 / End: 31.03.2008

A group of people with buckets waiting in line for water
Coordination:
Institut für Automation und Kommunikation e.V. Magdeburg (IfAK) an der Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg

Subject of project:
Emerging Megacities: Open Spaces in megacities - potential for nature orientated living

Start: 01.07.2006 / End: 31.03.2008

Picture of a few houses within a green area
Coordination:
Universität Leipzig - Institut für Biologie I
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Africa

Subject of project:
Urban Agriculture (UA) as an Integrative Factor of Urban Development, Casablanca

Start: 01.07.2006 / End: 31.03.2008

Picture of a field in front of a city
Coordination:
Technische Universität Berlin - Fakultät VII - Institut für Landschaftsarchitektur und Umweltplanung

Subject of project:
IGNIS - Income Generation in megacities of tomorrow by valorising municipal solid wastes in a sustainable way

Start: 01.07.2006 / End: 31.03.2008

Picture of a group of people, waste is splattered around them on the floor
Coordination:
AT-Verband zur Förderung angepaßter, sozial- und umweltverträglicher Technologien e.V.

Subject of project:
Trunk Infrastructure and Urban Growth - Managing Rapid Urbanisation in Poverty in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Start: 01.07.2006 / End: 31.12.2007

Picture of kids standing inside a large water puddle
Coordination:
Universität Dortmund - Fakultät Raumplanung - Fachgebiet GEO/SPRING

Subject of project:
Energy as Key Element for the Sustainable Development of Megacities - Greater Johannesburg, South Africa "EnerKey Joburg"

Start: 01.07.2006 / End: 31.03.2008

Picture of group of men standing in front of a one-story building
Coordination:
Universität Stuttgart - Fakultät 7 Maschinenbau - Institut für Energiewirtschaft und rationelle Energieanwendung (IER)
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Asia

Subject of project:
Young Cities - New Towns (NT) in Iran: New Towns as a Concept for the Sustainable Development of Mega-Urban regions

Start: 01.07.2006 / End: 31.03.2008

Iranic town in front of a mountain chain
Coordination:
Technische Universität Berlin - Fakultät VI

Subject of project:
The Balance of Urban Growth and Redevelopment in Ho Chi Minh City/ Vietnam

Start: 01.07.2006 / End: 31.03.2008

Dense traffic with motor cyclists
Coordination:
Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus - Lehrstuhl Stadtplanung und Raumgestaltung

Subject of project:
Sustainable Holistic Approach & Know-how Tailored to Urban Growth in India (SHAKTI)

Start: 01.07.2006 / End: 31.03.2008

Street with traffic and people in India
Coordination:
Europäisches Institut für Energieforschung Electricité de France/Universität Karlsruhe (TH) EWIV

Subject of project:
Hyderabad as a Megacity of Tomorrow: Sustainable Urban Food and Health Security and Environmental Resource Management

Start: 01.07.2006 / End: 31.03.2008

Women sitting and offering goods in the market place
Coordination:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaus

Subject of project:

Governing emerging megacities: water, health and quality of life in Guangzou/ Pearl River Delta, China, and Pune/ Mumbai, India

Start: 01.07.2006 / End: 31.03.2008

Two women doing the washing with buckets
Coordination:
Universität zu Köln - Mathematisch- Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät - Fachgruppe Geowissenschaft - Geographisches Institut

Subject of project:
Urumqi: Dryland Megacity Development - Managing interconnected sensitive cycles

Start: 01.07.2006 / End: 31.03.2008

City line with waste land in front
Coordination:
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg - Geographisches Institut

Subject of project:
Mega Region Transport Systems for China (METRASYS)

Start: 01.07.2006 / End: 31.12.2007

Street crossings build above the ground
Coordination:
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) - Institut für Verkehrsforschung

Subject of project:
Sustainable Model Mega-City Shenyang

Start: 01.07.2006 / End: 31.03.2008

Traditional Chinese house
Coordination:
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar - Fakultät Bauingenieurwesen - Professur für Abfallwirtschaft

Subject of project:
Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Development of Megacities - The Fengxian Project/China

Start: 01.07.2006 / End: 31.03.2008

River bridge connecting two parts of a metropolitan town
Coordination:
Universität Duisburg-Essen - Fachgebiet Verkehrswesen und Verkehrsbau
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