About Us
Started in 2020, the LOEWE center emergenCITY is researching resilient infrastructures of digital cities that can withstand crises and disasters. emergenCITY is organized as an interdisciplinary and multi-site cooperation led by Technische Universität Darmstadt, Universität Kassel, and Philipps-Universität Marburg as well as the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, the City of Darmstadt and the German Aerospace Center. The center partners with several other institutions from academia, industry, and public administration.
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In 2050, two-thirds of the world's population will live in cities. Their citizens are increasingly using digital infrastructures in all relevant areas: energy, transport, health, and administration. This makes us dependent on these systems and, at the same time, makes them vulnerable to natural disasters, human or technical failure, crime, and terrorism. The LOEWE Center emergenCITY is working on solutions that make our cities safe, even in crises. The solution concept is interdisciplinary and includes modern information and communication technology as well as the historical, legal, social, and structural aspects of urban planning. emergenCITY wants to create robust infrastructures that guarantee help during and after a crisis, to enable a return to normality as quickly as possible.
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LOEWE Program
LOEWE is the research promotion program of the federal state of Hesse, Germany. Established in 2008 it aims to set research policy trends and to give a sustainable boost to Hesse’s research landscape. LOEWE funds excellent research projects and especially the cooperation between academia, non-university research institutes and businesses. emergenCITY is funded by LOEWE from 2020 to 2023.
