Current projects of Dr. Jesko Hirschfeld

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  Methodological Convention 4.0: Basis for updating and extending the Methodological Convention for the Assessment of Environmental Costs – Part 1

  The Methodological Convention of the Federal Environment Agency is a very internationally recognized and almost unique basis and guidance for the assessment of environmental costs. It provides cost rates and methodological [...] More

• Integrative urban-regional adaptation strategies in a polycentric growth region: Model region Stuttgart ISAP

  The effects of climate change are already visible in the densely populated Stuttgart Region, mainly in form of increasing heat stress and frequent heavy rainfall events. Adaptation to the effects of climate change is a [...] More

• Costs of Climate Change Impacts in Germany

  Climate change has arrived in Germany – noticeably and evidently. The blooming period occurs two weeks earlier than several years ago, exceptional heat and drought events are becoming increasingly less exceptional. This [...] More

• Indirect positive contributions from renewable energies to nature conservation InPositive

  Renewable energies contribute to climate protection and thus to the preservation of ecosystems by saving fossil fuels. In addition, their use has direct and indirect consequences on ecosystems and ecosystem services in the [...] More

• Right Seeds? Commons-based rights on seeds and seed varieties as a driver for socio-ecological transformations in plant cultivation

  

  Seeds, which were traditionally a public good, are increasingly commercialized by strengthened property rights and growing market powers of transnational agribusiness. This trend is accompanied by increases in productivity, [...] More

• Value of Green Urban Spaces II Continuation and transfer at federal and neighbourhood level

  

  The project "Value of Green Urban Spaces" has developed a tool to map and evaluate the benefits of green spaces in four participating cities to illustrate the ecosystem services of urban green spaces. Compared to the status [...] More

• GartenLeistungen Urban Gardens and Parcs: Multidimensional services for socially, ecologically and economically sustainable management of urban areas and flows of materials

  

  The project investigates the multidimensional services of urban gardens and parks for urban society. An extended evaluation of these services provides reliable information that should be considered in political decisions [...] More

• BlueGreenStreets Multifunctional planning of urban streetscapes and quarters

  

  Urban green spaces and blue infrastructures are not only of great importance for the quality of life, but also for the microclimate of a city quarter. In growing cities, more and more green spots have to give way to [...] More

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  Analysis of the EU policy mixes supporting transformation of European production-consumption systems

  The EU and other regions of the world face tremendous social, economic and environmental challenges. Current production and consumption systems are highly unsustainable, but are deeply embedded in current ways of life, [...] More