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Sustainable Action in Urban Society

Knowledge about climate change and its consequences has become almost omnipresent. This is reflected by a growing number of initiatives and organizations working in that field, accompanied by a broad media presence. While everybody seems to be supportive of the idea of climate protection and sustainability, however, personal action as well as consumption habits are lacking behind these affirmative goals. How can we bridge the gap between knowledge and action? What role do environmental sciences (including geography) play for urban policy? The interdisciplinary research initiative Operationalizing Climate Science by the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE) tries to answer these questions by supporting and coordinating different projects on climate change in urbansociety. It combines different disciplines from Geography to Environmental Physics, from Psychology to Economy, and from GIS to Political Science that use buttom-up as well as top-down approaches to understand the relatedness of environmental consciousness and willingness to act.

In Urban Geography we try to analyse the following research questions:

  • How can urban society contribute to sustainable actions regarding climate change?
  • Which framework motivates citizens to participate?
  • How to reinforce and incorporate social commitment into urban policy?
  • What role do smart city initiatives play?

For further information and projects, please refer to Philipp Schulz.

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