Urban design measures and qualitative model and visualization requirements are conceptualized through an extensive knowledge exchange with the stakeholders and the co-modelers, inquiring the expectations of the involved stakeholders and understanding the integration potential with the other models. Moreover, desired futures of the case studies are co-created to inform design-related requirements and define the spatial and temporal setting for each case study.

The availability of the data required for the models of the three key topics is heterogeneous across cities and states. Based on the design- and modeling-related requirements set in WP4 and the identified critical parameters for model and design integration, the data availability is examined for every partner city. To ensure the transferability of the methods, the aim is to prioritize the use of datasets available at all study sites and to increase transferability through data processes. Specific, locally available datasets might be acquired to provide the intended outcome.

The models for the three CoCoNet key topics traffic, climate and ecological connectivity are further developed, applied to case studies, and integrated. The four partner cities will provide the case studies. In Munich and Erfurt,  trade-offs and synergies between two out of three key topics will be investigated (traffic and climate in Erfurt, ecological connectivity and climate in Munich). The identified interactions will then be  used to inform the fully integrated case studies in Zurich and Vienna. In Zurich and Vienna, various scenarios of urban adaptation (WP3, WP4) will be used to investigate consequences for mobility change, climate change adaptation and biodiversity. The results will feed back into scenario development, to further optimize urban adaptation  The Living Lab workshops (WP2)  will be used to analyze the identified synergies and challenges with respect to transferability and the role of urban context, and for further co-creative development of adaptation strategies.