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Project partners: Austrian Insitute for Regional Studies and Spatial Planning, Franz-Josefs-Kai 27, 1010 Wien, Austria.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner; Austrian Society for Environment and Technologie, Hollandstraße 10/46, 1020 Wien, Austria.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner; University of Kassel, Institute for urban processes, Mönchebergstraße 19, 34109 Kassel, Germany.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner; Wegener Zentrum für Klima und Globalen Wandel, Leechgasse 25, 8010 Graz, Austria.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner

BOKU Research Units: Centre for Global Change and Sustainability; Institute of Meteorology and Climatology; Institute of Safety and Risk Sciences; Institute of Sustainable Economic Development

Funded by: Klima- und Energiefonds, Leopold-Ungar-Platz 2 / Stiege 1 / 4.OG / Top 142, 1190 Wien, Austria

Abstract: In the course of an ongoing EU project to map vulnerabilities at the NUTS2 level vis-à-vis five major global challenges (climate change, sustainable and competitive energy, globalization, demographic change and social polarization) a number of questions emerged regarding the efficacy of the project’s top-down approach to addressing such multifaceted issues. The ACRP “Regional Futures” project aims to improve the methodology based on an in-depth study of the vulnerabilities of four regions in Austria and Germany, with a focus on the climate change and energy challenge. Thus the project will improve the understanding of the robustness of results achieved under the constraints of the EU study and provide valuable information on exposure, sensitivity, adaptive capacity and vulnerability in the five regions for a spectrum of future scenarios.