Conveners
RT_08 STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING HEAT RESILIENCE IN CITIES – WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE IN PLANNING RESEARCH AND PRACTICE?
- Gerard Hutter (Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER), Dresden, Germany)
Dr
Gerard Hutter
(IOER), Ms
Jasmin Uttner
(TU Dresden), Mr
Mark Scherner
(BOKU University), Prof.
Kalliopi Sapountzaki
(Harokopio University of Athens)
08/07/2025, 14:00
RT 08 | Strategies for increasing heat resilience in cities – Where do we go from here in planning research and practice?
Oral
Planning and preparing for heat stress and heat waves are high-priority issues in cities across Europe and elsewhere – at least in theory, if not in practice. Efforts of dealing with heat stress and heat waves are closely related to efforts of climate change adaptation as one component of climate policy (the other component being climate change mitigation). Increasingly, researchers seek to...
