Kick-Off Meeting of the ARL International Working Group “Resilient Metropolitan Regions – Spatial Planning and Management for Urban Transformation”
How can spatial planning approaches contribute to a just and resilient transformation of metropolitan regions? What are the specific challenges and opportunities for increasing and governing resilience at the metropolitan level? Which strategic, planning, and organisational approaches in metropolitan regions can be identified as "good examples" for other regions and should therefore be further developed?
These are the main questions which are to be addressed by the International Working Group “Resilient Metropolitan Regions – Spatial Planning and Management for Urban Transformation“ that started its work in May 2024. The transdisciplinary working group, chaired by Petra Schelkmann (Metropolitan Region Rhein Neckar) and Prof. Joaquín Farinós Dasí (University of Valencia), consists of members who contribute with their scientific and planning expertise, along with their experience in the field of governance in metropolitan regions across Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Austria, and Germany. The group started its work with a kick-off-meeting on May 23-24, 2024 at the faculty of Geography at the University of Valencia. Prof. Moneyba González-Medina (University of Madrid) supports the working group as its coordinator.
The first meeting focused on discussing the concept of resilience, establishing a common understanding of the term, identifying the most urgent challenges in shaping resilient metropolitan regions, and determining the main instruments for implementing resilience at the metropolitan level. The first goal of the working group is to develop a position paper of the ARL, outlining the main challenges and key areas of action to increase resilience in metropolitan regions. The current work is conducted in three online sub-groups, the next on-site meeting is scheduled for February 2025
Dr. Katharina Kapitza
Head of the Academic Section “Strategies and Concepts of Spatial Transformation“
Phone +49 511 34842 47
katharina.kapitza@arl-net.de
