Since the signing of the Agenda 21 and the HABITAT resolutions, sustainable development has become an important principle for spatial planning in Europe. The European Minister Conference on Regional and Spatial Planning (CEMAT), for example, resolved "Guidelines for sustainable spatial planning...

Current approaches of measuring vulnerability to natural hazards generally use a rather static perspective that focuses on a single point in time - often before a hazardous event occurs. In contrast, the paper argues that vulnerability assessment should also take into account the changing...

Fragen von Natur- und Technikrisiken sind seit Längerem bereits Gegenstand räumlicher Planung, allerdings ist Risikomanagement als planerische Aufgabe in der Raumordnung und Bauleitplanung erst in Ansätzen etabliert. Risikomanagement wird als systematischer Ansatz verschiedener Strategien und...

Current approaches of measuring vulnerability to natural hazards generally use a rather static perspective that focuses on a single point in time - often before a hazardous event occurs. In contrast, the paper argues that vulnerability assessment should also take into account the changing...