Welchen Einfluss haben steigende Temperaturen und die zunehmende Zahl heißer Tage auf Städte, insbesondere auf die Hitzebelastung öffentlicher Plätze? Mit dieser Frage beschäftigte sich das Dissertationsprojekt von Dr. Kathrin Foshag an der Heidelberg School of Education. Nachdem die Ergebnisse kürzlich unter dem Titel “Viability of public spaces in cities under increasing heat: A transdisciplinary approach” [...]
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Transdisciplinary study on climate change adaptation of urban squares
Climate change is not only taking place on distant continents or far into the future, but here and now. In Germany, too, the temperature is rising – and even faster than the global average – and the number of hot days is increasing. Especially in cities, the [...]
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Posted in TdLab Geography, Teaching on Apr 17th, 2020
„Herzlich Willkommen, Freunde der Erde, bei climate talk, dem Podcast eures Vertrauens in Sachen Klima“. So begrüßt Alexandra Gnädig die HörerInnen ihres neuen Podcasts, den sie zusammen mit Anna Reiter aufnimmt. Ein Podcast für das Klima, mit dieser Idee spielen die beiden Geographiestudentinnen aus Heidelberg schon einige Zeit. Jetzt wurde daraus Realität. Inspiriert durch das [...]
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An der Schnittstelle von Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft positioniert sich das TdLab Geographie in dieser Woche mit zwei Aktivitäten.
Am 25.11.2019 präsentierte Dr. Nicole Aeschbach gemeinsam mit Prof. Dr. Werner Aeschbach (Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg) im Rahmen eines sehr gut besuchten Vortrags bei der von Students for Future und Fridays for Future Heidelberg organisierten „Public Climate [...]
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Posted in Events, OSM on Oct 31st, 2019
Over the last few days, Heidelberg’s first climathon event took place at EMBL, which was part of the global Climathon. The event ran from 25th-27th October 2019 with a 24 hour hackathon taking place on the 26th-27th. During the 24 hours developers, entrepreneurs, designers and students came together and worked as teams on 5 innovative [...]
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Posted in Events on Oct 21st, 2019
only a 2 days left for Pre-Registration 1st Climathon in Heidelberg am 26.-27. Oct 2019 am EMBL mit Unterstützung von HeiGIT/GIScience Heidelberg
We are happy to share that GIScience Heidelberg/HeiGIT participate in the 1st Climathon in Heidelberg on Sat/Sun 26.-27. Oct 2019 at EMBL Heidelberg with a challenge on the following topic:
Boost bicycle usage through more attractive [...]
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Posted in Events, External Projects on Oct 15th, 2019
We are happy to share that GIScience Heidelberg/HeiGIT participate in the 1st Climathon in Heidelberg on Sat/Sun 26.-27. Oct 2019 at EMBL Heidelberg with a challenge on the following topic:
Boost bicycle usage through more attractive bicycle routes
Identify factors that make a bike route attractive and develop a prototype estimating these factors to facilitate bike route [...]
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Posted in Events, TdLab Geography, Teaching on Oct 6th, 2019
Nicole Aeschbach (Head of TdLab Geography) and Werner Aeschbach (Professor at the Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University) contributed to the Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) which took place from 4 to 6 October 2019 in Heidelberg.
In their talk, Nicole and Werner presented the basic science of climate change, covering observations and impacts of current [...]
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From 23 to 25 September 2019, the 2nd International Conference “Our Climate - Our Future: Regional Perspectives on a Global Challenge” of the Helmholtz Climate Initiative “Regional Climate Change” (REKLIM) took place in Berlin, Germany. The conference programme included keynote speeches, oral presentations, poster presentations, networking opportunities and a number of additional discussion platforms.
Six different [...]
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Posted in Events, TdLab Geography on Sep 25th, 2019
„Klimakommunikation in Zeiten gesellschaftlicher Transformation“ lautete das Motto des „K3 Kongress zu Klimawandel, Kommunikation und Gesellschaft“ am 24. und 25. September 2019 am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). Im Rahmen von Keynotes, Foren, Workshops und anderen Formaten bot die Tagung die Gelegenheit zum intensiven Austausch zwischen Wissenschaft und Kommunikationspraxis zu den drei Themenschwerpunkten „Klimakommunikation“, „Klimahandeln“ [...]
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