SMARTilience is a research and implementation project developing a governance model for climate-friendly urban development, applied to the German cities of Hamburg, Halle, and Mannheim through the Fraunhofer Morgenstadt Initiative. In Hamburg, the project focuses on building urban resilience through the integration of smart city technologies with climate adaptation and mitigation strategies at the neighbourhood level.
The project develops a systematic framework that helps cities identify climate risks, assess existing resilience capacities, and design targeted interventions combining digital monitoring, nature-based solutions, and community engagement. Hamburg's participation reflects the port city's particular vulnerability to climate impacts including storm surge flooding, heat stress, and heavy rainfall events.
Key outputs include a digital resilience dashboard that aggregates climate, environmental, and infrastructure data to support real-time decision-making during extreme weather events, and a governance toolkit that helps cities embed resilience thinking into routine urban planning processes.
SMARTilience contributes to the broader Morgenstadt Initiative's mission of creating the sustainable city of tomorrow by demonstrating how climate resilience and smart city innovation can reinforce each other rather than competing for attention and resources.