New innovations in urban farming are currently becoming a trend worldwide – and also in Germany. In the context of the BMBF-Project "ZFarm. Innovation- and Technology Analysis Zero Acreage Farming" which started on January 1st, 2011, inter 3 is analysing opportunities for the inner-city cultivation of fruits and vegetables by using existing buildings....more

How can water and energy infrastructures in rural areas be combined with one another so as to secure supply and disposal and at the same time contribute to regional value creation? inter 3 is investigating this question in two pilot regions. ...more

Population shrinkage or rapid growth compromise the financial viability and proper functioning of centralised water and wastewater infrastructures. inter 3 analyses solution approaches and requirements for a favourable innovation climate....more

How can sustainable tourism in Carinthia be developed and promoted? In constellation analysis’s inter 3 visualizes constructive interaction, parallel and opposite work in politics, entities, strategic management and customers, to become a starting point for strategic activities for a sustainable development....more

Supply infrastructures are linked together in a multitude of ways and, accordingly, crises trigger domino effects. inter 3, together with Berlin’s supply companies and further project partners, is developing scenarios and strategies for better crisis management....more

Global climate change with its local repercussions presents regional planning with great challenges. dynaklim investigates the dynamic adaptation of regional planning and development processes to the consequences of climate change....more

How can the challenges of demographic transition in Saxony best be faced? inter 3 is developing a comparative analysis of all Saxon specialist support programmes relating to demographic transition....more

How can the urban structures of the future be shaped in a resource-efficient and sustainable away? The joint project, "Young Cities", develops illustrative solution approaches for the growth centre, Teheran-Karaj. inter 3 is leading the "Urban Infrastructure Systems" section in which concepts for sustainable and energy-efficient infrastructure will be developed....more

In the "future-compliant infrastructure proposals” project inter 3 is developing concrete water resource management strategies for adapting to demographic transition in Brandenburg, and entrepreneurial solutions that build on these. ...more

How can water and public transport services be provided to the inhabitants of shrinking regions in an environmentally benign and affordable way? inter 3 is devising possible solutions for three pilot regions in Brandenburg....more