Klaus J. Beckmann

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Klaus J. Beckmann (full name: Klaus Joachim Beckmann , * 1948 in Plauen ) is a German city ​​and traffic planner. From 2006 to 2013 he was director of the German Institute for Urban Studies in Berlin .

After studying civil engineering at the Technical University of Braunschweig , he received his doctorate there in 1983 as a Dr.-Ing. After completing his doctorate, he first completed a traineeship for the higher civil engineering administration. In 1985 he was offered a professorship at the University of Karlsruhe for the teaching and research area of ​​municipal infrastructure planning. In 1990 he moved to Braunschweig as a technical assistant .

In 1996 Beckmann was appointed professor and institute director at the Institute for Urban Construction and Urban Transport at RWTH Aachen University. He has been a member since 1998 and chairman of the Advisory Board for Spatial Planning since 2000 and since 1997 a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Transport of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development . In August 2006 he was elected head of the German Institute for Urban Studies , and in October 2006 he succeeded Heinrich Mäding in this role . Beckmann retired at the end of October 2013. His successor is the former mayor of Leipzig and councilor for urban development and construction, Martin zur Nedden .

Beckmann was President of the Academy for Spatial Research and Regional Planning from 2013 to 2014 .

Beckmann is a member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (Acatech) .

Publications

  • Klaus J. Beckmann: Now also resilient? Requirements for the resilience of cities. difu-Impulse 4, German Institute for Urban Studies, Berlin 2013.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Academy for spatial research and regional planning
personal data
SURNAME Beckmann, Klaus J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beckmann, Klaus Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German urban planner and transport scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Plauen