urbanModel

Futuristic layers of the digital city
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Shutterstock / Iaremenko Sergii

Duration: 2023–2026

The resilience of digital processes in cities is a highly relevant topic of our time, especially considering that people's quality of life is heavily dependent on online services and critical infrastructure.

In collaboration with the LOEWE center emergenCITY and the Technical University of Darmstadt, the multidisciplinary project urbanModel focuses on developing models and methods for analyzing information flows in complex socio-technical urban spaces. Particular attention is paid to the modeling and analysis of critical infrastructures such as energy supply, water supply, transport and mobility, also taking into account the people affected and their roles.

The aim of the project is to strengthen the resilience of these critical infrastructures of the city and thus improve crisis management in all phases of a crisis. The knowledge gained will be used to strengthen the critical infrastructures of the digital city and prevent future crises.

To this end, the theory of complex systems and model-based systems engineering approaches in combination with simulation techniques will be used, further developed and tested for application in order to develop a digital twin of the city.

Project

urbanModel

Duration

2023–2026

Objective

Strengthening crisis resilience in urban areas

DLR and emergenCITY Research on NEXUS – Critical Infrastructures at a Glance
In close cooperation with emergenCITY, we are developing Nexus - a tool that offers a digitalized representation of critical infrastructures and will thus facilitate crisis management.

DLR and emergenCITY Research on NEXUS – Critical Infrastructures at a Glance

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DLR and emergenCITY Research on NEXUS – Critical Infrastructures at a Glance
In close cooperation with emergenCITY, we are developing Nexus - a tool that offers a digitalized representation of critical infrastructures and will thus facilitate crisis management.
Credit:

LOEWE emergenCITY

Contact

Michael Langerbeins

Interim Head of Department
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Institute for the Protection of Terrestrial Infrastructures
Digital Twins for Infrastructures
Rathausallee 12, 53757 Sankt Augustin