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Die Bedeutung von Ernst Boerschmann im Kontext des Kulturtransfers: Rezeption und Wirkung seiner Forschung über traditionelle chinesische Architektur zwischen 1902 und 1949. (The Significance of Ernst Boerschmann for Cultural Transfer: Reception and Impact of his Research between 1902 and1949 on Traditional Chinese Architecture). Das Projekt wird durch die DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) gefördert. Bearbeiter: Dr. Eduard Koegel. Abstract.

The dynamics of peri-urbanization in the Pearl River Delta: Emerging land use patterns, urban villages and their linkages to global mechanisms.
This project is funded by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) and carried out by the Habitat Unit (Prof. Herrle) and University Kassel (Prof. Ipsen). It is part of a 6-year Priority Program (Schwerpunktprogramm 1233) on "Megacities – Megachallenge: Informal Dynamics of Global Change" etablished by DFG.

Governing emerging megacities: water, health and quality of life in Pearl-River-Delta/China and Pune/India.
This project is part of a BMBF (German Ministry of Education and Research) initiative on "Research on the Sustainable Development of the Megacities of Tomorrow" that has been launched in 2004. Research partners are the Institute of Geography University Cologne, UFZ Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig and InWent Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung GmbH.

The "own" and the "foreign" in architecture. Achitecture and the making of identity in the developing world
A comparative study with reference to Brazil, Mexico, the Middle East, India and Singapore has been launched. The project is funded by the Volkswagen-Stiftung. Duration: 2003-2005. For details see www.architecture-identity.de
Kulturelle Identität als Konstruktion in der zeitgenössischen Architekturproduktion in Entwicklungsländern am Beispiel von Brasilien, Mexiko, dem mittleren Osten, Indien, und Singapur.

Environmental Management in Low-income Urban Settlements, cross country study and guidelines for improvment (GTZ). Duration: 2000-2002

Informal Urban Development in Metroplitan Cities of India, in collaboration with Prof. Neelima Risbud, School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi
Duration: 1996-1999

Physical Densification and Metropolitan Development in Lima and Mexico City, supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Completed. Duration: 1995-1999

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