Activities

Selected activities 2006

February 20 - March 5, 2006, China
Field Work Experience for Students in Guangzhou, Pearl River Delta, China (Prof. Dr. Frauke Kraas)
Topic: "Water, Health and Quality of Life in Guangzhou"; Participants: Students from the Department of Geography, University of Cologne, Germany and from the School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

March 2006, Pune, India
Joint Workshop II
Programme of the Workshop [pdf-file, 766 kb]

August 21 - 24, 2006, Bad Honnef, Germany
Joint Workshop III

Programme of the Workshop
[pdf-file, 676 kb]
List of Participants [pdf-file, 621 kb]

September 8 - 22, 2006, India
Field Work Experience for Students in Pune, India (Prof. Dr. Frauke Kraas)
Topic: "Water and Health Challenges in Marginal Settlements of Pune, India"
Participants: Students from the Department of Geography, University of Cologne, Germany and from the Institute of Environmental Education and Research, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune, India

September 17 - October 8, 2006, India
Field Trip India (Dr. Thomas Krafft)
Topic: "Urban Development, Environment and Health in India"
Participants: Students from the Department of Geography, University of Cologne, Germany and from the Institute of Environmental Education and Research, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune, India

September 2006, India
Initiation of Pilot Projects
Three pilot projects on water, health supply and quality of life

October 27, 2006, Berlin, Germany
5th Meeting of the Steering Group

November 12 - 13, 2006, Munich, Germany
VII Roundtable Workshop Asia, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
Topic: "The Future of the City: Megacities in Asia"
Presentation Prof. Dr. Frauke Kraas: "Mega-Cities - Mega Challenges? New Insights and Current Discussions"
Presentation Prof. Dr. Peter Herrle: " City Planning and Urban Development: How to Merge the Different Functions of a City? What are the Limits of Growth?"

November 9 - 12, 2006, Beijing, China
ESSP Open Science Conference - "Global Environmental Change: Regional Challenges"
Presentation Prof. Dr. Frauke Kraas: "Megacities - Magachallenge: Informal Dynamics of Global Change"
Dr. Thomas Krafft: "Global Change and Urban Health: Pathways for Sustainable Development of Megacities in China and India"
6th Meeting of the Steering Group

Publication of findings of the preparatory phase as basis of the collaboration during the main funding period

December 7 - 8, 2006, German Museum of Architecture, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
International Dialogue "Governing Emerging Megacities - Challenges and Perspectives"
Programme
Documentation