Your network for the exchange of ideas and the access to expert knowledge about the City of Tomorrow. Discuss with our members if you want to provide solutions for sustainable and better living in the "Zukunftsstadt" - the City of Tomorrow. DE-US.net supports you by:
highlighting people and projects offering innovative solutions and research activities,
providing a platform to discuss ideas and innovative approaches to make US and German cities ready for the future,
being a market place to establish new partnerships for further optimization, adaptation and implementation of innovations,
creating a repository of funding options to support bilateral projects and Exchange.
Short presentations + Q&A by hosts of event setting the scene.
Ann Bartuska, Vice President RFF Land, Water and Nature (LWN) Program
Stephan Bartke, UFZ: A short introduction of the DE-US.net Platform
Annette Gatchett, EPA: The history of US-German Bilateral Working Group
9:30 Pitches and presentations by participants
Reimund Schwarze, UFZ and European University Viadrina "Using Fulbright support for climate and extreme events risk research"
Detlef Grimski, German Environment Agency "Stakeholder needs for research for sustainable land-use"
Britta Bierwagen, US Environmental Protection Agency "Community Resilience Research at EPA"
Allison Reilly, University of Maryland, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering "Repeated disasters and the costs for FEMA: Insights from the Public Assistance Program"
Kris Wernstedt, Virginia Tech Urban Planning "The Risk of Resilience"
Leidy Klotz, University of Virginia VA Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture "Nudging Designers: Choice Architecture for More Resilient Infrastructure"
Mike Gerst, University of Maryland, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center "Development of Resilience Indicators in Maryland Communities"
Casey Wichman, Resources For the Future "Who pays to replace water infrastructure in the U.S.?"
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We are coming back to Washington, D.C. - July 17-20!
As part of DE-US.net and in continuation of the U.S. - German bilateral collaboration on making municipalities more sustainable, we are organizing different events and workshops in D.C.
Meetings include
field trips at Long Birdge Park
workshop at The US Green Building Council
strategic event and discussions at the German Embassy
exchange on research frontlines at Resources for the Future
... all oriented at facilitating new German - U.S. collaboration.
Vom 21.5. bis zum 25.5. fand in Bochum und dem Ruhrgebiet die im Rahmen des Netzwerkes DE-US.net (Research in Germany, City of tomorrow) unterstützte Summer School zum Thema : Structural Change and Brownfield Recycling in Germany. statt. Geleitet wurde die Summer School von Prof. Sabine Martin, Kansas State University, und Prof. Dr. Rolf Heyer. Beiträge kamen von Dr. Stephan Bartke, Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig, Detlef Grimski vom Umweltbundesamt, von Prof. Reimund Schwarze, Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig, und Heike Brauckhoff von der Bochumer Veranstaltungs GmbH. Neben zwei Vortrags- und Diskussionstagen, standen am 23.5. die Exkursion zu Bochumer Beispielen des Strukturwandels (siehe Foto von der Exkursion auf Mark 51°7) und am 25.5. der Besuch auf Phoenix, in Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck, auf Zollverein und im Landschaftspark Duisburg im Mittelpunkt. Die Teilnehmer kamen aus den USA, Mexiko, Brasilien, Polen, der Türkei, Ecuador, dem Iran und Deutschland.
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The DE-US.net Summer School on "Structural Change and Brownfield Rcycling in Germany" has brought together students and professionals from the US and Germany in Bochum. Bochum is in the heart of the Ruhr-Area - a region characterized by dramatic structural change and industrial heritage.
The summer school links presentations - that are also live streamed to the web - and excursions to the remarkable places of brownfield revitalisation in the area, including the Jahrhunderthalle and former car production of Opel and mobile phone production of Nokia to Zeche Zollverein.
