ARL Network Activities

The uniqueness of the ARL lies in its close voluntary cooperation between researchers in spatial and planning sciences and practitioners in spatial planning and development.

Through joint, inter-, and transdisciplinary collaboration in working groups and projects, we bring together knowledge from both academia and practice.

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userEuropean Working Group

AlpPlan Network

Spatial planning plays an important role in developing sustainable land use strategies and safeguarding open spaces for generations to come.

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userGerman Working Group

Alternatives to prosperity and regional development

The current discussion in the media and among policymakers of the pandemic’s spatial impact mainly concerns questions about the resilience of regional econom

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userARL regional forum

ARL Baden-Württemberg forum

The ARL Baden-Württemberg forum is one of seven ARL regional forums of the Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL).

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userARL regional forum

ARL Bavaria forum

The ARL Bavaria forum is one of seven ARL regional forums of the Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL).

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userARL regional forum

ARL Central-Southwest forum

The ARL Central-Southwest forum is one of seven regional working groups of the ARL – the Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association.

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userARL regional forum

ARL North Rhine-Westphalia forum

The ARL North Rhine-Westphalia forum is one of seven ARL regional forums of the Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL).

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ARL Northeast forum

The ARL Northeast forum is one of seven ARL regional forums of the Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL).

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userARL regional forum

ARL Northwest forum

The ARL Northwest forum is one of seven regional forums of the ARL, the Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association.

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userARL regional forum

ARL Saxony/Saxony-Anhalt/Thuringia forum

The ARL Saxony/Saxony-Anhalt/Thuringia forum is one of seven ARL regional forums of the Academy for Territorial Development (ARL).

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userARL regional forum

Artificial intelligence in Spatial Development

Digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI) are having a significant impact on social and economic development.

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userARL regional forum

Beyond Borders

More than one third of the citizens of the European Union live and work in border regions.

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userInternational Working Group

Beyond the process

Finding common ground for a discussion on planning’s substantial foundation

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Facilitating Cross-Border Solutions

In December 2023 the EU Commission proposed a 

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French-German Cooperation

In both countries, France and Germany, there is great pressure to change and adapt towards new forms of urbanity and to conceive new strategic approaches wit

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userInternational Working Group

Gender and Climate-just Cities and Urban Regions

The international working group „Gender- and Climate - Just Cities and Urban Regions“ supports the current debate on challenges to cities and regions i

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userInformation and Initiative Group

Gender and Spatial Transformation

The international Information and Initiative Group is based on these potentials of gender-related research and planning practice and pursues the goal of demo

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userProject

Lunch Talks

The ARL Lunch Talks are a newly introduced, regularly occurring online-event series taking place at lunchtime.

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Next Generation Forum

The "Next Generation Forum" is an innovative network for young people active in spatial planning science and practice.

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Planners’ forum for land-based spatial planning

The Planners' Forum project is a new collaboration led by Vasab, in partnership with Nordregio, Stockholm University, the Estonian Association of Spatial Pla

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POUNDER

Pollution in urban ponds, eco-evolutionary dynamics and ecosystem resilience

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Reactivation of railway lines as an instrument of integrated spatial development

Focus of Working Group Approximately 15,000 km of railway lines were taken out of service in Germany between 1955 and 2019, but in recent deca

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userInternational Working Group

Resilient Metropolitan Regions – Spatial Planning and Management for Urban Transformation

The central objective of the working group is to make progress on questions of increasing resilience in spatial development using the example of selected met

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userGerman Working Group

The protection and development of open space in spatial planning

Working Group on ‘The protection and development of open space in spatial planning: innovative approaches in the context of sustainable development of settl

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userGerman Working Group

The role of spatial planning and spatial development in the search for a radioactive waste repository in Germany

The Working Group on ‘The role of spatial planning and spatial development in the search for a radioactive waste repository in Germany’ began its work in May

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userInternational Working Group

Urban Planning for Health Equity

Urban areas are for several reasons in the focus of discourses on spatial development: the trend of urbanisation worldwide is unbroken.