Kommunen beschäftigen zunehmend Fachpersonal wie Klimabeauftragte oder Klimamanger*innen. Ihre anspruchsvolle Querschnittsaufgabe besteht insbesondere darin, den Klimaschutz und/oder Klimaanpassung in bestehende Verwaltungsstrukturen- und Prozesse zu integrieren. Eingebettet ist ihr Handeln in...

The Urban Economics Association (UEA) invites the submission of high-quality papers dealing with the economics of cities, housing, real estate, transportation, local public good provision, the spatial distribution of activities, economic geography, and urban or regional policy. The Urban...

As climate impacts intensify, understanding the costs, effectiveness, and socioeconomic implications of adaptation is more crucial than ever. Improved data availability, particularly in developing regions, is fueling innovative research that addresses key adaptation challenges. The...

Potential topics and research questions include, but are not limited to - What role do firms and individuals play in fostering a societal and ecological transition to sustainability? - How can firms speed up processes of organizational learning and strategic change to steer them onto more...

The ifo Institute, Dresden Branch, announces the 14th ifo Dresden Workshop on Regional Economics. The workshop aims at facilitating the networking of young scientists and at promoting the exchange of their latest research. Relevant topics include regional structural change, development...

We would like to draw your attention to the upcoming German Development Economics Conference scheduled for May 23-24, 2024, and hosted by Leibniz University Hannover. We are thrilled to announce that our keynote speakers for this year's conference are Sandra Sequeira from the London School of...

Topic: • Distributional consequences of agglomeration benefits • Labor market outcomes and housing affordability • Highly-local income inequality • Spatial extent of local labor markets and commuting patterns • Neighborhood effects and segregation • Interactions between local housing...

Wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen sind Akteure in der und für die regionale Entwicklung. Man kann zurzeit beobachten, wie ihre Potentiale für den Wissenstransfer stärker in den öffentlichen Blick geraten. Es geht sowohl um technologische als auch um soziale Innovationen, die das...

Mit dem Ziel, bis 2045 klimaneutral zu werden, ist Deutschland ambitionierter als alle anderen G-20-Staaten. Um dieses Ziel zu erreichen, bedarf es einer tiefgreifenden Transformation der Wirtschaft, die mit enormen Investitionen einhergehen muss. Ein Dreh- und Angelpunkt ist die Finanzierung...

This talk argues that there is a gap separating planning practice and the technical and legal requirements that smart city technologies entail. A pertinent case is Quayside, Toronto, where Sidewalk Labs (part of Alphabet and a sister company of Google) and Waterfront Toronto (a three-level...