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Environment Day: The Green Infrastructure Challenge

Web conference of the cooperative master's programme in environmental protection at the Universities of Esslingen, Nürtingen, Reutlingen and Stuttgart on Friday, 4 December.

The Master's programme in Environmental Protection will hold its 31st Environment Day on 4 December 2020, this time on the topic "The Challenge of Green Infrastructure: Nürtingen 2020".

Climate change, loss of biodiversity and insect mortality are global problems that accompany our everyday life. The federal concept "Green Infrastructure" offers solutions. The majority of the population lives in cities, which is why urban "green infrastructure" is of particular importance for our quality of life. It is equally indispensable for the preservation of biological diversity and adaptation to climate change. But can the concept of urban "green infrastructure" be put into practice? Where are the hurdles? Which open questions should be answered, where is there a need for research? We would be pleased to welcome you to this event. The event is planned as a web conference and is free of charge.

Registration:  claudia.mai-peter(at)hfwu.de

Our sponsors of the environmental awards are ZinCo and InformationsZentrum Beton GmbH.

Programme

14:00 hrs Welcome

Prof. Dr. Carola Pekrun, Prorector of the HfWU Nürtingen-Geislingen

Presentation of the environmental award of the InformationsZentrum Beton GmbH

Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Ulrich Nolting, Managing Director InformationsZentrum Beton GmbH

14:30 The role of green infrastructure in urban space

Prof. Dr. Roman Lenz, Dean of the Faculty UGT, HfWU Nürtingen-Geislingen

15:00 hrs Challenge of green infrastructure - a Nürtingen perspective

Susanne Mehlis, head of the Nürtingen town planning office

Jochen Hildenbrand, Environmental Representative of the City of Nürtingen

Bastian Kuthe, Head of Green Areas Nürtingen

15:30 Break

16:00 Climate and climate adaptation in urban areas

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Baumüller,

Honorary Professor for Climatology, Institute for Landscape Planning and Ecology University of Stuttgart

16:30 In search of solution strategies: Applied research in greening buildings

Kilian van Lier, Technical University of East Westphalia-Lippe, Kompetenzzentrum Gebäudegrün

17: 00 "Final Word

Publish date: 01. December 2020