What is it about?
The RESI-extreme project addresses a problem that has not been adequately illustrated in the current research and practice of urban development. The main question of the RESI-extreme project is how, despite the apparent unpredictability of spatially ubiquitous occurring extreme events (e.g. heavy rainfalls), spatial planning and urban development can nevertheless promote prevention and protection concepts for climate-resilient development. In contrast to researches which primarily focus on a better characterization of extreme events, the project RESI-extreme aims at the systematization of lessons learned from past extreme events, which particularly hit cities of small and medium size. The integrated urban development is regarded as a central field of action for climate-resilient cities. The project aims to systematize lessons learned from past extreme events. Integrated urban development planning is seen as key field of action for improving socio-political framework conditions for strengthening the resilience of cities. At present urban development concepts (city level) as well as integrated urban design concepts (city quarter level) address adaptation to extreme events only to a minor extent. By means of living labs in the pilot cities Olfen and Schwäbisch Gmünd, new concepts and recommendations for resilience will be developed, tested and finally implemented. Within these living labs, development of an evaluation concept takes place. Moreover, they foster a continuous mutual learning process. In this context, the enhancement of existing assessment methods is an important goal of the project.
Project management agency
German Aerospace Centre (DLR)
Project period
2017-2020
Funding authority
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
