KlimaKübelBäume

The research project “Trees in Planters as an Effective Urban Climate Measure to Adapt to Climate Change” aimed to close existing knowledge gaps regarding the climatic effects and growth conditions of trees in planters, establish relevant technical vegetation principles, and develop strategies and concepts for using trees in planters as an effective urban climate adaptation measure. The results were compiled into a practical guideline that enabled planners, cities, and municipalities to use trees in planters purposefully and sustainably as a climate adaptation measure and to promote biodiversity in dense urban environments where conventional tree planting was not possible.

The research project is a sub-project of the Centre for Urban Ecology and Climate Adaptation (ZSK), TUM, funded by the State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection (Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz).

Guideline
https://www.zsk.tum.de/fileadmin/w00bqp/www/_my_direct_uploads/240610_KKB_Leitfaden_digital_klein.pdf

Final Report
https://www.zsk.tum.de/fileadmin/w00bqp/www/_my_direct_uploads/240911_Schlussbericht_KKB_hyper.pdf

Publications:

Fleckenstein, Christoph; Dervishi, Vjosa; Rahman, Mohammad A.; Rötzer, Thomas; Pauleit, Stephan; Kirk, Lumi; Ludwig, Ferdinand: Trees in Planters – Proposition for a New Time-Based Typology. Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge, 2026. more…

Fleckenstein, Christoph: Rethinking Trees in Planters – Dealing with Temporal Aspects in the Design Process. Dissertation, Technical University of Munich, 2026, 158 pages. more…

Dervishi, Vjosa; Fleckenstein, Christoph; Rahman, Mohammad A.; Pauleit, Stephan; Ludwig, Ferdinand; Pretzsch, Hans; Rötzer, Thomas: Trees in Planters – Growth, Structure and Ecosystem Services of Platanus × hispanica and Tilia cordata and Their Reaction to Soil Drought. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening (86), 2023, 128024. more…

Rahman, Mohammad A.; Fleckenstein, Christoph; Dervishi, Vjosa; Ludwig, Ferdinand; Pretzsch, Hans; Rötzer, Thomas; Pauleit, Stephan: How Good Are Containerized Trees for Urban Cooling? Urban Forestry & Urban Greening (79), 2023, 127822. more…

Fleckenstein, Christoph; Dervishi, Vjosa; Rahman, Mohammad A.; Rötzer, Thomas; Pauleit, Stephan; Ludwig, Ferdinand: Trees in Planters—A Case Study of Time-Related Aspects. Land 11 (8), 2022, 1289. more…

Fleckenstein, Christoph; Dervishi, Vjosa; Rahman, Mohammad A.; Rötzer, Thomas; Pauleit, Stephan; Ludwig, Ferdinand: KlimaKübelBäume – Bäume in Pflanzgefäßen als stadtklimatisch wirksame Maßnahme zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel. GebäudeGrün (4), 2022, 16–20.