Integration of climate resilience into urban regeneration - the Case of Seoul

(Dissertation: Jiyoon Song)

Healthy City initiatives and their contributions toward better urban environment

(Dissertation: Lin Jiaying)

Air pollution in Shanghai, China (© Lin Jiaying)

From massive reconstruction to small-scale stepwise urban renewal: A contribution to socially integrative cities? - Case study of Wuhan, China

(Dissertation: Jiang Mengfan)

Urban renewal, the old and the new (© Jiang Mengafan)

Urban renewal and housing constraints for the poor: A case of Kigali, Rwanda

(Dissertation Fred Nkubito)

A housing estate built under the affordable housing scheme in a Kigali city suburb (©Fred Nkubito)

Urban Services and Governance Solid Waste Management in Nepal: The Case of Kathmandu Metropolitan City

(Dissertation: Nikita Sharma)

Landfill site outside Kathmandu city (© Nikita Sharma)

Linking indigenous territorial autonomy and environmental sustainability: a case study of the resguardo El Duya in Colombia

(Dissertation: Diana Alejandra Jiménez Montoya)

Pipe used to block the road during ‘resistencias’ in order to defend Mother Earth in the Resguardo El Duya. (© D. Jiménez Montoya)

Research Topics

The DLGS launches a new call for research applications every year. Considering the overall scientific remit and concern for producing knowledge to enhance spatial sustainability transformations, each call topic focuses on one well-substantiated priority challenge. These are multi-dimensional by nature and allow applying different scientific perspectives to explore the same set of interconnected problems. As a general principle, DLGS call topics therefore:

Are problem-oriented and selected with a view to the evolving time horizons, pressures and priorities of spatial sustainability transformations;
Are open to research approaches based on any pertinent scientific disciplines;
Enable meaningful empirical study in and across any global region(s).

Please see here for details on the current DLGS call topic.

Past DLGS calls have covered broader topics and for longer time periods:

Sustainable, resilient and inclusive cities and regions (2016-20)
Urban and regional resilience (2012-16)
Regional strategies in times of demographic, climate and economic change (2010-12)
Demographic change and regional development strategies (2008-10)