Sustainable municipal Development in structural Change

Perspectives for a sustainable development of the lignite mining regions in structural change (11/2019 - 02/2022)

Background

The lignite mining regions in Germany are facing a (renewed) structural change, not triggered by dwindling deposits or economic or technical conditions, but by a normative political decision to protect the climate and thus humanity from catastrophic effects of unchecked global warming. This deliberate political intervention results in a special obligation of the state to support the lignite regions.

 

Structural change in the coal regions is currently an important but certainly only a first example of a transformation that is advanced by climate policy. The commitment of the Paris Climate Agreement means that far-reaching changes are unavoidable in many other sectors and regions.

 

Research Project

Against this background, structural policy, and in particular structural funding/promotion, is faced with new requirements and demands in terms of its impact and design. How can municipal development be successfully promoted in such a way that the goals of Agenda 2030 are addressed? How can conflicts of aims be resolved? What connections exist between structural policy and the global sustainability agenda? How can synergies between structural policy and sustainable development be made accessable in a targeted manner?

 

The project analyses past structural change processes and corresponding funding programmes as well as best practice examples of the present. Furthermore, the actors involved in structural change processes, both then and now, will be examined and their relationships and interactions analysed. Based on the results, recommendations for the municipalities affected by structural change will be generated, and further verified and developed with the actors in the relevant regions.

 

Results

Closing Report: "Nachhaltige Kommunalentwicklung im Strukturwandel"

Project Funding

The project is funded by the Umweltbundesamt(UBA).

 

Contact at TRAWOS

Foto: Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Raj Kollmorgen
Project Lead
Prof. Dr. phil. habil.
Raj Kollmorgen
Fakultät Sozialwissenschaften
02826 Görlitz
Furtstraße 2
Building G I, Room 2.17
2. Obergeschoss
+49 3581 374-4259
Foto: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Markus Will
Project Coordination
Dipl.-Ing. (FH)
Markus Will
Fakultät Natur- und Umweltwissenschaften
02763 Zittau
Külzufer 2
Building Z VI, Room 208
2. Obergeschoss
+49 3583 612-4759
Annekathrin Kluttig
Member of the Project Team
Dipl.-Ing.
Annekathrin Kluttig