Sustainable and resilient, regional and intermunicipal land management

The three sustainability dimensions “ecologically sound”, “economically successful” and “socially just” are always in focus in municipal urban development projects. This also applies to municipal land management. The integration of these three aspects and the resilience factor in land use planning and zoning strategies as well as in existing development under constantly changing conditions is one of the main tasks of municipal experts. Conflicts of objectives and interests often arise, which are not always easy to solve.

Nearly 30 municipal practitioners from 14 cities, 7 countries and three continents intensively exchanged their experiences on the topic of “sustainable and resilient, regional and intermunicipal land management” and developed joint approaches and project ideas. They had accepted the invitation of Connective Cities and the city of Trier to join the virtual dialogue event, which took place from November 18 to 20, 2020.

Starting with an exchange of experiences on good practices and projects in the cities, challenges in implementation were identified and finally two project ideas were developed for Amman (Jordan) and Rostock (Germany), which may lead to an improvement of the respective strategies and implementation plans in this thematic area.