Today, more people live in cities than in rural areas. In a few years, two out of three people in the world will have taken up residence in cities, consuming far more energy and resources, claiming more mobility comfort than cities can provide. What is the best way to deal with this development? How can we turn cities into viable, resilient and sustainable living areas?
“City of Tomorrow” – the latest campaign of Germany´s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) – reaches out internationally to find answers to these pressing urban challenges no nation could give on its own.
In 2017 and 2018, ten top-ranking research networks specializing in smart city solutions will be touring the world to forge international bonds with strong partners engaged in urban development.
They are inviting researchers, urban planners, architects, decision makers, municipal authorities and representatives from the private sector worldwide to share and reflect their ideas and innovative technologies, focusing on four priority topics pivotal to urban development.
MoviCi – a German-Columbian mobility project
MoviCi is the mobility projekt realized with the partner country Columbia. The MoviCi network consists of the following partners: DLR – Institute of Transport Research & Institute of Transportation Systems, Berlin (DE); Fundación Intelligent Transport Systems Colombia, Cundinamarca (ITS Colombia); ITS Automotive Nord and BerlinPartner (DE); City of Cali (CO); German Partnership for Sustainable Mobility (DE); Trialog Publishers (DE); and the University Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellin (CO).
Read more about it in International Transportation 1 | 2017
Find detailled information and contact here: www.research-in-germany.org/shaping-the-future/research-networks/movici.html
