17/03/2016
With its “Eatable City” project, Andernach is fetching nature back into town. Not only is this city on the Rhine…
11/06/2015
Many German cities and urban agglomerations are suffering increasingly from rising rents – for many people, housing is…
05/06/2015
How can socio-economically deprived neighbourhoods be supported in becoming places worth living in that offer all…
04/05/2015
In Dortmund the fire brigade faced an unusual flood event in July 2008. A locally restricted but very heavy rainfall…
14/04/2015
Severe flood events are not uncommon phenomena in the Rhine Delta as the examples of the devastating floods in 1993 and…
21/07/2014
Egypt’s cities grow rapidly, mostly without governmental or local planning. About 20 million of the population live in…