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The development and conversion of exemplary integrated planning and/or management concepts for lasting town development in selected swelling and developing countries are aimed at.

With priority such cities are to be worked on, which are on the way to the megacity from tomorrow, thus fast growing large cities, which offer the potential for the organization of lasting development paths. In this phase of the town development the possibility for economical results anyway due to that to mastering structural changes, if not even cost-neutral detour of resources to lasting development measures. Because these cities play an important role not only for directly humans living therein, but in accordance with their urbanen functions even for larger regions, „the sphere of activity “of a lasting development of such cities is larger than the city.

The beginning pursued here differs from others, in each case at isolated one-time jobs (like e.g. Air quality) setting procedure by the fact that ecological, economic and social criteria in a closed concept are to be considered.

Is to be proceeded action (i.e. not primarily realization-oriented): When result of the research work contributions become the solution expected of problems, which are for the future development of the examined cities of importance and get going them on the way to a lasting development. The emphasis is thereby on „prevention & therapy “instead of more purely „diagnosis “. Investigations, whose results are transferable in other cases (practice best), become prioritär treated.

Such a action-oriented procedure is not to exclude however the development from visions - on the contrary: conceptions and concepts handing far will be necessary, in order to be able to offer new solutions and innovation strategies.

Education and research are for the developing countries particularly by the urbanisation concerned a piece active preparation on the circulations of the urbanen turn. The educational facilities of numerous countries are prepared for this challenge and from the knowledge transfer and the authority formation (Capacity Building) will profit directly not yet sufficiently, the co-operation projects possible will make. Support with the development of independent education and research capacities in the partner countries represents therefore an express goal of the planned activities. The possibility for the interdisciplinary qualification is ordered to new generation scientists and so durably the establishment of interdisciplinary research networks is supported, which promotes and thus futurable a development going beyond the production time area.

An important element of the advancement program will be the user-oriented and partizipative beginning: Decision relevant orientation and action knowledge can be developed earliest in the practical dialogue with the countries, regions and cities, which are affected by the megaurbanisation. Task of the research promoted by the BMBF will be it, together with research establishments in the selected countries and regions as well as in close coordination with locally the institutions of proposals for solution and strategies for a lasting organization that, responsible for the urbane development, mega+ urbanen regions of the future to compile and in the form of pilot studies also convert. Relevant groups of interests from politics, economics and society are to be merged from the outset, so that the treated questions are co-ordinated with material needs.

Synergies with existing or itself parallel developing national and international research programs and other initiatives are to be used, in order to create as efficiently as possible the necessary information knowledge. An integration into „the scientific-technologic co-operation “(WTZ) of the BMBF is to be aimed at.

The goals specified above can be achieved meaningfully only interdisciplinary. To the Interdisziplinarität however expressly also the conscious attention of problem-immanent multi-dimensionality is to come. As already above suggested, it does not make a sense regarding individual aspects or problems detached from the context. If topic fields are treated, which are with priority in one of the three dimensions of the lastingness settled, the remaining two dimensions must be always considered as system-determining with.

The selection that topic fields in detail which can be examined will orient itself in dependence of concrete interests of the respective partners at different need fields, among other things the Sicherstellung of bases of life within action ranges such as nutrition, water supply, clean air, a building and dwelling or existence safety device and job markets. However these topics are to be treated within the defined framework, which is given to the megacity and/or urbanisation problem with lasting development over the linkage.

Before beginning of the actual project promotion a two-year advance phase is accomplished, while the German experts with representatives of the partner countries are to develop a common research concept. In this advance phase travel expenses, execution are promoted by Workshops in the twin cities, measures of the Capacity Building and Ä.

For the selection of the projects which can be taken up to the Vorphase first an advertisement will take place from idea sketches. This advertisement is provided with one longer than usually set request period (approx. 4-6 months), since the idea sketches are to be already carried by partners made of Germany and the cities which can be examined together. Possibilities are to be examined whether the journeys in the partner countries and/or Workshops, necessary for the tuning of the idea sketches, can be supported locally from means of the international cooperation.

The BMBF will select those including the expert knowledge of external consultants requests which can be promoted. The selected sketches are then prepared in co-operation with the partner country to detailed project plans. This planning phase is financially promoted on the part of the BMBF (v. A. Workshops, journeys,…).

Following this preparatory phase the actual projects will be promoted by means of one period from 3 time 3 years. Beyond that Begleitvorhaben and project groups can be developed to superordinate questions. During this implementation phase a co-operation is aimed at with institutions of development co-operation.

Extent of the project

The project promotion by the BMBF covers first a two-year set UP phase (September 2005 - August 2007). During this time the contacts are removed to the relevant participants in Urumqi and the surrounding province Changji and the central needs of humans are identified. For the individual key cycles already first concepts are to be developed. Particularly success promising projects further years can be promoted with a following extension up to nine.