The Deutsches Institut für Stadtbaukunst argues that small, dense cities offer the best conditions for long-term functioning as eco-friendly green cities. In order to plan the necessary sustainable revegetation of urban parks, streets, and courtyards, we must first answer the overarching question of how climate protection and resilience measures can integrated into beautiful, livable cities.

For over a decade, the Konferenz zur Schönheit und Lebensfähigkeit der Stadt has dedicated itself to fundamental questions in urban development. The contributions in this volume present discussions of integrated approaches to the green city from experts in both theory and practice across a range of different disciplines, as well as from the heads of various German city planning departments.

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Christoph Mäckler is an architect based in Frankfurt am Main, an emeritus professor of urban design at TU Dortmund, and director of the Deutsches Institut fur Stadtbaukunst, which he founded in 2008. He studied architecture in Darmstadt and Aachen. From 1990 to 1997 he was a visiting professor at universities in Naples, Braunschweig, and Hanover, as well as a member of the Internationale Bauakademie Berlin.

Wolfgang Sonne has been professor of architectural history and theory at TU Dortmund since 2007. He is head of research at the Baukunstarchiv NRW architecture library in North Rhine-Westphalia, as well as acting director and cofounder of the Deutsches Institut fur Stadtbaukunst. He studied art history and archaeology in Munich, Paris, and Berlin, and has taught at institutions including ETH Zurich and the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.