Katharina Fricke, Dipl.-Geogr.
Research interests
- Integrated water resource management, water resources, hydrogeography, remote sensing, GIS
- Semi-arid areas, Central Asia, China
Research project
RECAST Urumqi – Meeting the Resource Efficiency Challenge in a Climate Senstitive Dryland Megacity Environment:
Urumqi as Model City in Central Asia
Subproject 1: Facilitation of Sustainable Megacity Development through Water Resource Efficiency
Diploma thesis
Fricke, K. (2008): The development of Midong New District, Urumqi, PR China – ecological and historical context and environmental consequences. Unpublished diploma thesis, Geographical Institute, Heidelberg University.
Courses
- SS 09: Advanced seminar “Current environmental problems in Xinjiang”, lecturers: Prof. Dr. Olaf Bubenzer, Dr. Thomas Sterr, Katharina Fricke
- WS 09/10: Regional seminar “Regional geography of the PR China”, lecturers: Dr. Klaus Sachs, Dr. Thomas Sterr, Katharina Fricke
Publications
Fricke, K. & Bubenzer, O. (2011): Available Water Resources and Water Use Efficiency in Urumqi, PR China. In: „Future Megacities in Balance“ Young Researchers’ Symposium in Essen 9.–10. October 2010. DAAD-Reihe Dok&Mat, 66: 134–140
Preusker, C., Fricke, K. & Koch, A. (2011): Begabtenförderung durch die Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. In: Meusburger, P.& Schuch, T. (Eds.): Wissenschaftsatlas der Universität Heidelberg. Verlag Bibliotheca Palatina, Knittlingen: 272-273.
Fricke, K., Koch, A., Meusburger, P. & Preusker, C. (2011): Studierende 1803 bis 1945. In: Meusburger, P.& Schuch, T. (Eds.): Wissenschaftsatlas der Universität Heidelberg. Verlag Bibliotheca Palatina, Knittlingen: 82-85.
Fricke, K., Sterr, Th., Bubenzer, O. & Eitel, B. (2009): The oasis as a mega city: Urumqi’s fast urbanization in a semiarid environment. In: Die Erde, 140(4): 449–463
Sterr, Th.; Fricke, K. (2009): Desertifikation in Xinjiang. In: Praxis Geographie, 6/2009, 37-41
Fricke, K.; Sterr, Th.; Bubenzer, O.; Eitel, B. (2009): Das Beziehungsgeflecht „Megacity / Hinterland“ am Beispiel der Wasserproblematik der chinesischen Megacity Urumqi. In: Technikfolgenabschätzung – Theorie und Praxis, 18(1), 62-70
Fricke, K. (2009): Integriertes Wassermanagement – Strategien für das Industriegebiet Midong in Urumqi, NW-China. In: UmweltWirtschaftsForum, 17(3), DOI 10.1007/s00550-009-0140-5
Presentations
„Available Water Resources and Water Use Efficiency in Urumqi, PR China“, Young Researchers’ Symposium on Future Megacities „Future Megacities in Balance“, Essen, 9–10 October 2010.
„Das Wasserressourcensystem in der Region Urumqi und die Möglichkeiten für ein nachhaltigkeitsorientiertes Wassermanagement“ 
, conference „Efficient resource management in China“, Heidelberg 13–14 July 2010.
„Urbanization and Climate Change in the semi-arid Urumqi Region (NW China) with respect to water as a scarce resource“ K. Fricke & Dr. Th. Sterr, Geographical Institute Heidelberg; AAG Annual Meeting, Washington, DC 14–18 April 2010.
„Challenges of Urban Water Management in Times of Climate Change“, presentation of the German Megacity Research at the German Pavillon, 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul 16–22 March 2009.
„RECAST Urumqi –Förderung nachhaltiger Megastadtentwicklung durch effiziente Bewirtschaftung der Wasserressourcen in einem semi-ariden Milieu“; What is Nature – Possibilities of an Intervention 19th working group meeting for Natural Hazards and Natural Risks at the College of Education Heidelberg, 6–7 June 2008.
„Urumqi – A Central Asian City with Severe Ecological Challenges“; workshop „Urban Governance, Urban Development and Economic Dynamics in Chinese Urban Agglomerations“, Nanjing 19 October 2007.
Posters
„Wasserversorgung zwischen Hochgebirge und Halbwüste: Wasserverfügbarkeit in der Region Urumqi, NW-China“ K. Fricke, O. Bubenzer & B. Eitel (AK Desert Margin Research, workshop in Rauischholzhausen 4–5 February 2011.
„Consequences of urban and industrial development in Midong/Urumqi, China for the ecological and hydrological environment and development of a water resources information system“; (2nd GIRE3D, Agadir, Morocco, 24–26 March 2010)
„RECAST Urumqi – Meeting the Resource Efficiency Challenge in a Climate Sensitive Dryland Megacity Environment: Urumqi as a Model for Central Asia“; (5th World Water Forum in Istanbul 16–22 March 2009)
„RECAST Urumqi – Teilprojekt 3: Förderung nachhaltiger Megastadtentwicklung durch effiziente Bewirtschaftung der Wasserressourcen in einem semi-ariden Milieu“; (IWRM-Statuskonferenz Leipzig 10–11 November 2008)
„Urumqi – A Central Asian City with Severe Ecological Challenges“; (Workshop „Urban Governance, Urban Development and Economic Dynamics in Chinese Urban Agglomerations“; Nanjing 19 October 2007)
