People all over Germany have made it clear in recent days that democracy, human dignity and rule of law are unshakeable values in our society. Civil society is showing that our democracy is alive and able to defend itself.
Planning can be thought of as the mental process of anticipating future actions. When things go wrong in the planning process, that is referred to as a planning error.
COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) is committed to educating and supporting editors, publishers, universities, research institutes, and all those involved in publication ethics. COPE aims to move the culture of publishing towards one where ethical practices become a normal part of the culture itself.
The ARL international working group „German Land Policy Revisited – Reflections and Lessons from Abroad” (short: LAND POLICIES IN EUROPE) has published a special issue in “Raumforschung und Raumordnung | Spatial Research and Planning” (RuR).
Studying planning culture contributes to a deeper understanding of planning practice by identifying the ways planners and
planning institutions think and act on the basis of typical (societal) orientations and the associated value systems.
In the future, ensuring the availability of groundwater in an adequate quality and quantity will become increasingly challenging. Protecting groundwater involves taking appropriate measures to ensure that aquifers are recharged and that groundwater pollution is prevented.
On November 24th, 2023, the international Information and Initiative Group “Gender and Spatial Transformation” conducted their second online workshop to explore key concepts in the field of gender and spatial transformation.
On 27 and 28 November 2023, AlpPlan and the Interreg Alpine Space project PlanToConnect jointly hosted the hybrid workshop “Ecological connectivity and spatial planning: From concepts to implementation”.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Video Challenge who displayed creativity, vitality and good communication skills to explain the significance of their built environment research: "Addressing Grand Challenges.
Guiding principles for urban planning establish an overarching orientation for urban structural development, which orients the work of most urban planners over a certain time period, as well as a local authority’s coordinated set of urban development objectives.
The second in-person meeting of the ARL international working group Urban Planning for Health Equity took place in Vienna from 9th – 10th October 2023 at Technische Universität Wien.
Regional parks, green belts, and other regional open space strategies form part of the regional management of thelandscape in urban regions. This takes place through projectoriented, collaborative processes, with coordinated measures intended to protect open spaces by ensuring their use and enhancing their aesthetic qualities. They thus supplement the formal instruments of regional planning.
The preservation of heritage encompasses the efforts made by society and professionals to preserve historically significant
monuments and buildings (heritage assets) that are recognised as valuable.
In this video Prof. Dr. Hubert Job explains how the Plan to Connect project uses an augmented reality sandbox to communicate spatial planning topics to the public.
Addressing the German-speaking Alpine region and its green infrastructure across borders - this is now the task of a new format within the ARL Bavarian Regional Working Group.
