About Us
The Institute of Spatial and Regional Planning addresses a wide range of issues in the fields of spatial and environmental planning as well as spatial risk management through both research and teaching, with a focus on promoting development aimed at sustainability and resilience.
In its research, the Institute focuses in particular on empirically grounded, impact-oriented spatial, environmental, and risk research. It pursues an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research approach that integrates planning and engineering sciences with environmental, economic, and social sciences. International comparative analyses of selected issues related to risk, vulnerability, environmental change, spatial development, and planning systems are also a key focus.
Jörn Birkmann (Overall Project Director) is Director of IREUS and Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the Sixth IPCC Assessment Report. He is also a member of the Academy for Spatial Development within the Leibniz Association. As part of an ERC Synergy Grant, Birkmann also addresses issues related to the interactions between climate change, extreme events, and urban development.
Our Goals in KAHR 2.0
On the one hand, the Institute of Spatial and Regional Planning is responsible for formal project coordination, with the two spokespersons, Jörn Birkmann (IREUS) and Holger Schüttrumpf (IWW), jointly leading the consortium. On the other hand, the Institute of Spatial and Regional Planning is also heavily involved in the KAHR 2.0 project in terms of content and leads several work packages together with other partners. Among other things, the project aims to identify differentiated protection requirements and objectives for various land uses and infrastructure and translate them into practical targets. A key focus here is the systematic assessment of the vulnerability of different population groups, land uses, and critical and sensitive infrastructure. In addition, the use and impact of new legal provisions such as the Federal Spatial Planning Act on Flood Protection, Section 246c of the German Building Code (BauGB), or the Climate Adaptation Act are to be evaluated. Furthermore, IREUS is also involved in evaluating the impact of reconstruction funding, with a particular focus on examining how the relocation of selected infrastructure affects resilience. Strengthening knowledge transfer and the exchange of experiences—both within Germany and across Europe, for example with the DANA-affected region around Valencia—as well as the co-development of a digital tool for documenting and transferring key findings and best-practice examples are key priorities for IREUS in the KAHR 2.0 project.
Our Team
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| Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jörn Birkmann | Alessa Trüdinger, M.Sc. | Friedrich Hampel, M.Sc. |
Contact Information
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jörn Birkmann
Pfaffenwaldring 7
70569 Stuttgart
Phone: +49 711 685 66332
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Alessa Trüdinger
Pfaffenwaldring 7
70569 Stuttgart
Phone: +49 711 685 66329
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Friedrich Hampel
Pfaffenwaldring 7
70569 Stuttgart
Phone: +49 711 685 66353
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