Research
How can the functionality of cities with digitally networked infrastructures be ensured in extreme situations, crises, and disasters?
Our Publications
In 2050, two-thirds of the world's population will live in cities. Their citizens are increasingly using digital infrastructures in all relevant areas: energy, transport, health, and administration. This makes us dependent on these systems and, at the same time, makes them vulnerable to natural disasters, human or technical failure, crime, and terrorism. The LOEWE Center emergenCITY is working on solutions that make our cities safe, even in crises. The solution concept is interdisciplinary and includes modern information and communication technology as well as the historical, legal, social, and structural aspects of urban planning. emergenCITY wants to create robust infrastructures that guarantee help during and after a crisis, to enable a return to normality as quickly as possible.
Program Areas
Principal Investigators: Michèle Knodt Gerrit Hornung Jens Ivo Engels Carolin Bock Christian Reuter Annette Rudolph-Cleff
Principal Investigators: Iryna Gurevych Mira Mezini Max Mühlhäuser Christian Reuter Stefan Roth Guido Salvaneschi Bernhard Seeger
Principal Investigators: Bernd Freisleben Matthias Hollick Anja Klein Heinz Koeppl Ralf Steinmetz
Principal Investigators: Kurt Geihs Uwe Klingauf Peter Pelz Florian Steinke Oskar von Stryk Abdelhak Zoubir