Regional Land Use Plan Developing open spaces: Climate protection and climate adaptation Dr. Kirsten Schröder-Goga Deputy head of the Department of Planning 17 th of July 2013 Regional Land Use Plan (map exerpt) source: Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Conurbation Planning Association
Regional Authority FrankfurtRheinMain www.region-frankfurt.de 75 members Members include Frankfurt am Main, Offenbach am Main, Hanau, Rüsselsheim und Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe Funding: member municipalities pay a levy to the Association 2 8 August 2013 Bereich Energie / Umwelt - Dr. Kirsten Schröder-Goga
Territory of the Regional Authority facts and figures 2.2 million inhabitants Area of 2,500 square kilometers; 28 percent are built-up and transport areas One million gainfully employed persons; 82 percent of them work in the services sector GDP: 48,500 per capita Comparison: Hessen 36,400 Germany 30,500 3 8 August 2013 Bereich Energie / Umwelt - Dr. Kirsten Schröder-Goga
Organizational chart Regional Authority Regional Authority Director: Ludger Stüve First Councilor: Birgit Simon 4 8 August 2013 Bereich Energie / Umwelt - Dr. Kirsten Schröder-Goga
Metropolitan Region FrankfurtRheinMain The Regional Authority also represents the Metropolitan Region FrankfurtRheinMain is one among eleven recognized metropolitan regions in Germany Covers areas in three federal states (Hessen, Bavaria, Rhineland Palatinate) 468 municipalities 5.6 million inhabitants Area of 14,800 square kilometers 2.1 million gainfully employed persons 5 8 August 2013 Bereich Energie / Umwelt - Dr. Kirsten Schröder-Goga
Tasks Coordination and steering of regional development Platform for strategic orientation of regional corporations Development of a joint identity and profile for the region Elaboration and update of land-use plan and landscape plan Regional monitoring Advisory service for subsidies Municipal services 6 8 August 2013 Bereich Energie / Umwelt - Dr. Kirsten Schröder-Goga
Regional Land Use Plan This new spatial planning instrument combines and replaces the previous Regional Plan for Southern Hessen and the land use plans of the former Umlandverband Frankfurt as well as the land use plans of the municipalities in the extended association areas. The plan provides information on the size and location of future residential and commercial settlement areas, open spaces and their use, green areas to be protected as well as plannend streets and railways. System of spatial planning in Germany source: Regional Authority FrankfurtRheinMain Regional Land use Plan (map exerpt) source: Regional Authority FrankfurtRheinMain 7 8 August 2013 Bereich Energie / Umwelt - Dr. Kirsten Schröder-Goga
Climate protection and adaption (RegFNP, chapter 4.6) Generally spatial plans should include climate protective aspects, especially the reduction of CO 2 emissions and measures to climate adaptation. Fresh air / cold air forming in regions and fresh air / cold air flow paths shall be protected, kept open and if necessary restored. Kaltluftströmungsgeschwindigkeiten in der Anfangsphase der Kaltluftbildung im Untersuchungsgebiet source: Ingenieurbüro Lohmeyer GmbH & Co. KG 8 8 August 2013 Bereich Energie / Umwelt - Dr. Kirsten Schröder-Goga
Climate protection (RegFNP, chapter 4.6) For the area of the Regional Authority FrankfurtRheinMain exists a region wide simulation of the cold air flow. The Regional Land Use Plan contains the cold / fresh air forming regions and the cold / fresh air flow paths. These areas are in spatial context with polluted urban areas, important tasks for the climate protection and pollution control and shown as "reserved areas with special climate functions ". reserved areas with special climate functions source: Regional Authority FrankfurtRheinMain 9 8 August 2013 Bereich Energie / Umwelt - Dr. Kirsten Schröder-Goga
Climate protection (RegFNP, chapter 4.6) The Regional Land Use Plan is digitally drawn up at a scale of 1:50.000. overlays of the category reserved areas with special climate functions with areas of settlement can not be shown. The reserved areas with special climate functions should be kept free of buildings and other measures that may constrain the production or transportation of fresh and cool air. Reserved areas with special climate functions (map exerpt RegFNP) source: Regional Authority FrankfurtRheinMain 10 8 August 2013 Bereich Energie / Umwelt - Dr. Kirsten Schröder-Goga
Green spaces (RegFNP, chapter 4.3) Connected and sufficiently large uninhabited spaces should be kept free of settlements and designed as essential structural elements of the landscape. In the Regional Land Use Plan these areas are shown as priority areas for green spaces. In the "priority areas of green spaces, open space is carrier of important functions of soil, water, air, climate, forest and landscape. priority areas for green spaces (map exerpt RegFNP) source: Regional Authority FrankfurtRheinMain 11 8 August 2013 Bereich Energie / Umwelt - Dr. Kirsten Schröder-Goga
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