Rapid Planning (RP) is an action-oriented research project that has been developed under the umbrella of the Future Megacities Research Program of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) from 2014 to 2020. Rapid Planning seeks to develop a rapid trans-sectoral urban planning methodology with a focus on urban basic services infrastructure, specifically targeting supply and disposal infrastructure. The service sectors covered by the project include energy, water, waste water, solid waste, and urban agriculture.

The Global Urbanization research team at Frankfurt UAS was responsible for subproject 3, “Urban Planning and Capacity Building,” and played a key role in the project’s collaboration with the German reference city of Frankfurt am Main. It was responsible for the “Capacity Development” work package, including the organization of capacity-building workshops for the international partners.

Rapid Planning has been sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF).

The following researchers were involved in the project:
Prof. Dr. Michael Peterek, M.Sc. Yaman Hebbo, Dr. Ulrike Reichhardt, Dr. Susana Restrepo Rico
M.Sc. Olga Korovina, M.Sc. Natalia Calixto Solano, M.Sc. Carlos Guerra Bustani, M.Sc. Deborah Machado Ayres, Eng. Erosa Mercado