Navigating Urban Development

Vivienne Mayer is an urbanist and researcher passionate about socio-ecological restoration, community-driven climate adaptation, and regenerative urban systems. She holds a Master’s in Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design and is currently a research associate at TH Lübeck, University of Applied Sciences, working on sustainable ­urban development in Southeast Asia. Anika Slawski is an urban planner who holds a Master’s in Urban Design and is a research associate at TH Lübeck, University of Applied Sciences. Her doctoral research focuses on placemaking – the appropriation and design of spaces by people – with an emphasis on rapidly growing cities in Southeast Asia. Frank Schwartze is an urban planner and since 2013 a professor for urbanism and planning at TH Lübeck, University of Applied Science. His focus is on strategic planning and forms and processes of sustainable urban development. After his studies in Berlin and Venice he obtained a European Postgraduate Diploma in France. As a practitioner he is engaged in urban planning and consultancy for municipalities and regions in Germany as well as for international development agencies.

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