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Decision-Making Survey

Thank you for taking part in this research survey conducted by the Facilitation and Synthesis Project (F&SR) within the Sustainable Development of Urban Regions (SURE) funding priority, sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space of Germany (BMFTR.) SURE supports research and innovation for sustainable urban development across Southeast Asia, China, and Germany.

We would like to ask for your support to better understand the types of decision‑makers involved in sustainable urban development, how they approach decisions, and what needs or challenges they encounter. Your insights will directly support the development of a decision support model and tool for professionals across sectors. Although the survey is rooted in the SURE research context, it is intentionally designed for a wider audience of decision‑makers beyond the SURE community and will be made launched by 2028. 

The survey takes about 20-25 minutes to complete across three secrions:

       Section A – Understanding Decision Makers (8 questions): Demographics, location, sector, professional role, and familiarity with sustainable urban development topics.

       Section B – Understanding Decision‑Making (6 questions): Types and frequency of decisions, contributions to decision processes, and challenges encountered.

       Section C – Information and Needs (6 questions): How participants access information, preferred formats, and support needs during different stages of decision‑making.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at sure@hcu-hamburg.de. For project updates, you can follow us on LinkedIn or subscribe to our newsletter. 

We appreciate your time and expertise.

Sincerely the F&SR team

Survey on Decision-Making in Sustainable Urban Development

There are 20 questions in this survey.
This survey is anonymous.

The record of your survey responses does not contain any identifying information about you, unless a specific survey question explicitly asked for it.

If you used an identifying access code to access this survey, please rest assured that this code will not be stored together with your responses. It is managed in a separate database and will only be updated to indicate whether you did (or did not) complete this survey. There is no way of matching identification access codes with survey responses.

Privacy policy

Thank you very much for your willingness to participate in our survey on the topic of Decision-Making in Sustainable Urban Development. The survey is being conducted by the organisational unit Digital City Science at HafenCity University Hamburg.

Voluntary participation & anonymity Participation is entirely voluntary. The data will be analysed in pseudonymised form. No IP addresses or technical data that could be used to identify you will be stored.

Purpose & Rights The data collected will be used exclusively for research on decision making and conceptualizing decision support tool. Detailed information on data protection – including the data controller, the contact details of the data protection officer and your rights – can be found here: https://www.hcu-hamburg.de/en/privacy-statement

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