Expected Contributions to an Energy- and Climate-Efficient Development of Future Megacities

Both the analytical and the implementationoriented aspects of the research project can serve as useful approaches to the energyefficient and climate-appropriate development of other future megacities. This includes analytical methods and tools to evaluate the future effects of climate change which can be applied in other megacities as well as model projects in settlement development and housing provision which, under consideration of the respective local conditions, can be emulated in emerging and existent megacities.

The model Low Rise ? High Density, for example, promises to be applicable in practically any urban agglomeration. Due to the role of HCMC as a model city for the overall development of Vietnam, the successful implementation of innovative adaptation planning policies and climate- and energyefficient model buildings here is likely to be emulated in other regions of Vietnam or to be integrated into national policy.