Project Profile: DREAMS
Developing REsilient African cities and their urban environMent facing the pro-vision of essential urban SDGs
Who?
| Principal Investigators: | Christine Fürst, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany |
| Partners: | Yazidi Bamutaze, Makerere University, Uganda Ellen Banzhaf, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany Henry Bulley, Borough of Manhattan Community College, United States Daniele Cantini, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Timothy Dube, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Benjamin Kofi Nyarko, University of Cape Coast, Ghana Maame Adwoa Gyekye Jandoh, University of Ghana, Ghana Detlef Mueller-Mahn, University of Bonn, Germany Christian Papilloud, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Frank Pietzsch, PiSolution, Germany Reinhold Sackmann, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Malte Steinbrink, University of Passau, Germany Michael Thiel, University of Würzburg, Germany Raymond Asare Tutu, Delaware State University, United States |
| Sponsors: | Future Earth, International/Africa German Research Foundation, Germany National Research Foundation, South Africa National Science Foundation, United States |
What?
| Full Project Title: | Developing REsilient African cities and their urban environMent facing the pro-vision of essential urban SDGs |
| Full Call Title: | Pathways2020 |
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Why?
| Project Objective: | DREAMS aims to develop an integrated approach for participatory scenario development that anticipates the future development of informal settlements in African cities with regard to key driving forces, namely climate and global change, and their social, economic and ecological impacts. |
| Call Objective: | The goal of this CRA is to provide a science base for achieving sustainability goals. The CRA will support 1-2 years of collaborative research networking activities that focus on integrated qualitative and quantitative approaches to develop Earth-system-based transformation pathways for sustainable development. |
Where?
| Regions: | Africa |
| Countries: | Ghana, South Africa, Uganda |
When?
| Duration: | 24 months |
| Call Date: | 2020 |
| Project Award Date: | 2021 |
