In order to achieve international targets in the area of sustainability, it is essential to adapt cities to the impacts of climate change-induced extreme weather events, such as infrastructure damage or the loss of biodiversity. Due to increasing urbanization, the urban population is particularly at risk. These developments bear new challenges for urban planners and regional decision-makers, because they lack the necessary data base to implement local adaptation measures. The participatory data collection of local climate data, alongside new information and communication technologies (ICT) approaches (e.g. Crowd Mapping) may fill this gap and may thus contribute to the planning of adaptation measures and increase the resilience of infrastructures and supply services. The project draws on existing ICT and web-based approaches and strengthens the resilience of the city (and the surrounding region) by integrating them into urban administration (especially urban planning).

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