The project explores the production of local concepts for socio-ecological transformations in urban development projects. Concepts for green and socially just cities are widely discussed on the local level up to the global scale, in academia and between decision makers. Growing knowledge and experiences from best practice examples as well as less successful attempts from all over the world exist to learn from. However, there is still little research on how all this is translating into locally adapted solutions in the very diverse cities worldwide. Based on case studies of urban development projects in their planning phase (one being Frankfurts “Stadtteil der Quartiere”) it is asked how local conceptions of socio-ecological transformations are shaped, which ideas are applied, not implemented or newly emerge. It is investigated how relevant actors are making sense of existing knowledge while facing local challenges, conflicting goals and the complexities of defining what is ecologically sustainable and socially just, including the risks of (re)producing old and new urban inequalities.
