Integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) is a dynamic, ongoing, and iterative process which aims to sustainably develop coastal zones. ICZM seeks to move beyond sectoral perspectives and follow the guiding principle of sustainability.  

As a societal structure and guiding principle, subsidiarity emphasises the precedence of individual self-determination and personal social responsibility. Larger communities or state institutions should only help individuals or smaller communities to help themselves if they are unable to cope. 

The ARL is currently establishing an international working group (IAG) “Resilient Metropolitan Regions – Spatial Planning and Management for Urban Transformation” and looking for participants.

On October 5^th, 2023, the members of the international IIG “Gender and Spatial Transformation” conducted their first online workshop to discuss the main terms and concepts in the field of gender and spatial transformation.

When discussing land policy in Germany, one inevitably cannot avoid the example of Munich. Accordingly, the ARL International Working Group of the ARL “Land Policies in Europe” met in Munich in September 2023 to continue its international reflections on land policies across 12 European countries. 

News from the International Working Group Small Towns and Metropolitan Cores: towards cooperation? An upcoming special issue of the European Journal of Spatial Development is in preparation and will contain findings and conclusions of three years of work.

The ongoing economic globalisation is resulting in new challenges for a competitive location policy.

On 24 September 2023, a major change to the planning system in Poland, passed by Parliament on 7 July 2023, came into force.

Over the past year, a lot has happened on ARL’s Knowledge and Communication Platform.

Refusal and the Computational City - From (de)coding the machine to (en)coding care

At the German Congress of Geography (DKG’23) in Frankfurt am Main (DE), Hubert Job and Marco Pütz hosted an AlpPlan thematic session with insights and discussions around the implications of climate change and energy transition for Alpine spatial planning.

Take part in the free video challenge "Adressing Grand Challenges" and create more exposure to your research! 

Since June 2023, the Open-Access-journal “Raumforschung und Raumordnung | Spatial Research and Planning” is part of the database Scopus. 

With the new ARL Research Report 22 the book “Cities and Metropolises in France and Germany” edited by Evelyn Gustedt, Ulrike Grabski-Kieron, Christophe Demazière and Didier Paris is now available in German language.

Call for Abstracts.

The special issue in European Journal on Spatial Development is an outcome of the Summer School 2022.

What does mobility have to do with social justice and how is mobility related to topics like sustainability, gender or accessibility? And how can we plan socially just and ecologically responsible mobility?

The AlpPlan Summer Course 2023 brought together AlpPlan members, young professionals and students from the entire Alpine Space.

“A Contested Relationship? Urbanisation & the Digital vs. Digitalisation & the Urban”
6 July to 8 July 2023 at Luxembourg University

The working group members are pleased to announce that the special issue presenting the group's research outputs will be published soon! 

Participate in the postdoc Video Challenge and present your work creatively to a wider audience.

Two years ago today, the flood disaster occurred in the Ahr Valley. 136 people lost their lives. In November 2021, we spoke with Prof. Jörn Birkmann about the challenges and opportunities in rebuilding a more resilient Ahr Valley.

Roundtable discussion on Socially Responsible Research – Reflecting the Way We Are Doing Research on Thursday, 13th of June from 1:30 until 3:00 p.m.

In autumn 2023, the international IIK “Gender and Spatial Transformation” is planning to conduct two online workshops to discuss the main terms and concepts in the field of gender and spatial transformation. The main goal is to develop a common ground and understanding of the members for the further work of the IIK.

To specify the contribution of the working group to this key question, a policy workshop was held online on June 26^th 2023.