The objective of this project is to consolidate an international and interdisciplinary research and education network aimed at generating knowledge and capacity building in the field of planning and governance of metropolitan regions in Latin America and Europe in the context of climate changes. The emphasis will be on the generation of knowledge and contributions to face the challenges connected to processes of metropolization, such as social and racial segregation, degradation of natural and environmental resources, and particularly climate changes and the proliferation of socio-environmental risks.
The goals are:
1) To integrate local, national and international projects developed in UFABC and its international partners, to converge in the generation of new knowledge as well as in the search for contributions to the solutions of the challenges above;
2) To increase the international scientific production of UFABC faculty and students through joint research projects, international workshops/seminars and participation in international congresses;
3) To promote cooperation and gradual integration of graduate programs by expanding the number of courses taught in English, the international students and researchers exchange, and by the alignment of curricula for future double and multiple diplomas;
4) To stimulate processes of learning and integration with regard to academic and professional formation/capacity building, and training in the field of planning and public policies in a context of metropolization and increasing climate variability.
It is worth mentioning that UFABC and the universities of Dortmund and Groningen offer integrated courses/programs in territorial planning from the undergraduate to Ph.D.

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Klaus Frey
E-mail: klaus.frey@ufabc.edu.br

Coordinator’s Curriculum Lattes (research projects, publications and academic info)

Coordinator’s research grants, scholarships and main publications (FAPESP)