System Resilience & Climate Adaptation Strategies
Niveau
Advanced study
Learning outcomes of the courses/module
The participants:
• transfer and assess principles and concepts of system resilience to ecological, economic and social systems and analyze their applicability in different contexts.
• identify, analyze and integrate climate risks and vulnerabilities into decision-making processes in order to derive well-founded risk and adaptation strategies.
• conceive and develop adaptive climate adaptation strategies and measures that integrate ecological, social and economic dimensions and make them assessable.
• model systemic interactions between climate, society and infrastructure and derive robust recommendations for action for various groups of actors.
• design governance and management approaches to foster resilient systems and reflectively assess their effectiveness in the context of sustainability transformations.
• transfer and assess principles and concepts of system resilience to ecological, economic and social systems and analyze their applicability in different contexts.
• identify, analyze and integrate climate risks and vulnerabilities into decision-making processes in order to derive well-founded risk and adaptation strategies.
• conceive and develop adaptive climate adaptation strategies and measures that integrate ecological, social and economic dimensions and make them assessable.
• model systemic interactions between climate, society and infrastructure and derive robust recommendations for action for various groups of actors.
• design governance and management approaches to foster resilient systems and reflectively assess their effectiveness in the context of sustainability transformations.
Prerequisites for the course
Fundamentals of sustainability, transformation, risk management
Course content
- Principles of system resilience in ecological, economic and social systems
- Identification and analysis of climate risks, vulnerabilities and exposures
- Development of adaptive climate adaptation strategies and measures
- Systemic modeling of interactions between climate, society and infrastructure
- Risk and adaptation assessment based on scientific indicators and scenarios
- Governance and management approaches for resilient systems
- Strategic decision-making under uncertainty and trade-offs
- Effectiveness and transformation analysis of resilience and adaptation measures
- Identification and analysis of climate risks, vulnerabilities and exposures
- Development of adaptive climate adaptation strategies and measures
- Systemic modeling of interactions between climate, society and infrastructure
- Risk and adaptation assessment based on scientific indicators and scenarios
- Governance and management approaches for resilient systems
- Strategic decision-making under uncertainty and trade-offs
- Effectiveness and transformation analysis of resilience and adaptation measures
Recommended specialist literature
- Choudhury, M., Dixit, G., & Majumdar, S. (Eds). (2025). Sustainable Synergy: Harnessing Ecosystems for Climate Resilience. Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-77957-2
- Korneykova, M., Vasenev, V., Dovletyarova, E., Valentini, R., Gunina, A., Poddubsky, A., & Cheng, Z. (Eds). (2025). Green Infrastructure and Climate Resilience: Proceedings of Smart and Sustainable Cities 2024. Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-95796-3
- Qi, J. (2023). Smart Grid Resilience: Extreme Weather, Cyber-Physical Security, and System Interdependency. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29290-3
- Skillington, T., & Setti, A. (Eds). (2025). Climate Change Resilience Across Societal Contexts: Challenges, Potentials and Visions for the Future. Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-95020-9
- Thomas, V. (2024). Risk and Resilience in the Era of Climate Change. Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2769-8
- Korneykova, M., Vasenev, V., Dovletyarova, E., Valentini, R., Gunina, A., Poddubsky, A., & Cheng, Z. (Eds). (2025). Green Infrastructure and Climate Resilience: Proceedings of Smart and Sustainable Cities 2024. Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-95796-3
- Qi, J. (2023). Smart Grid Resilience: Extreme Weather, Cyber-Physical Security, and System Interdependency. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29290-3
- Skillington, T., & Setti, A. (Eds). (2025). Climate Change Resilience Across Societal Contexts: Challenges, Potentials and Visions for the Future. Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-95020-9
- Thomas, V. (2024). Risk and Resilience in the Era of Climate Change. Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2769-8
Assessment methods and criteria
Portfolio examination
Language
German
Number of ECTS credits awarded
4
Semester hours per week
Planned teaching and learning method
Lectures, discussions, exercises, case studies, group work
Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered
3