Members of the 4R Competence Network

Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER)

The IOER undertakes interdisciplinary research into the requirements for sustainable, environmentally compatible regional, urban, and landscape development. The institute investigates interdependencies between land use and the natural environment, evaluates strategies, and develops approaches to sustainable spatial development. The research conducted by the IOER is chiefly concerned with the quality of the environment in towns, cities and regions, with resource efficient settlement structures, and with environmental risks in urban and regional development. An important aspect of research at the IOER is the use, analysis, and visualisation of geo data and remote sensing data for spatial science concerns. Issues of European spatial development are addressed by all research areas. Furthermore, IOER research places special emphasis on ecological interests in the development of border regions and on transformation processes in Central, Eastern, and South-East Europe.