Greenbelts in Germany's regional plans—An effective growth management policy?

Siedentop, Stefan; Fina, Stefan; Krehl, Angelika

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.09.002

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“…A strategic approach to realize compact and green cities should reflect the contribution of green infrastructure to limit urban sprawl. For example, regional greenbelts are promoted in Germany as an effective measure to preserve open space [47].…”

Section: Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services Shaping Landscapmentioning

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“…This means that a multi-scale approach for compact and green cities should not only reflect multi-scale regulations but also multi-scale governance. For instance, regional cooperation for implementing a regional green belt can be included as a strategic multi-scale approach for compact cities [47]. However, analysis of Dresden's landscape plan showed that while multi-scale regulations were considered, the regional and national scales of green infrastructure were underrepresented.…”

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Using the Concepts of Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services to Specify Leitbilder for Compact and Green Cities—The Example of the Landscape Plan of Dresden (Germany)

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Abstract:In the light of ongoing global urbanization and the high pace of resource consumption, there is an urgent need to foster compact cities. Currently, however, we lack integrative guidelines on how to manage trade-offs between urban densification and the provision of green space. Against this background, this study applies the concepts of green infrastructure and ecosystem services to develop a guideline for landscape planning to foster compact and green cities. The guideline was tested on the example of the landscape plan of Dresden (Germany), which foresees a compact city in a green network. Results show that the concepts of ecosystems services and green infrastructure can support urban practitioners in structuring the complex interrelations between landscape planning and compact and green cities. The developed guideline provides an integrative framework for modular landscape planning that: (1) reflects the spatial heterogeneity and properties of urban ecosystems and landscapes; and (2) considers cities as integrated socio-ecological systems. The case study indicates that a more comprehensive perspective of cities and their ecosystem is required, one that connects green with grey infrastructure. Further research should focus on how the green infrastructure concept can be refined to incorporate strategic planning for compact cities.

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Using the Concepts of Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services to Specify Leitbilder for Compact and Green Cities—The Example of the Landscape Plan of Dresden (Germany)

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“…Planning can be geared to 'the protection of the valued landscape' (Healey 2007, 164), and a green area, such as a green belt, may add to the identity of urban areas in this landscape (Morrison 2010). These green areas may serve a dual function by protecting agricultural land, forests and biodiversity on the one hand and providing urban residents with recreational and ecosystem services on the other (Siedentop, Fina, and Krehl 2016). Planning plays an important role in the social construction of landscapes (Gailing and Leibenath 2015).…”

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Rules versus ideas in landscape protection: is a Green Heart attack imminent?

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International Planning Studies

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Landscape protection in metropolitan areas is an ongoing activity that lies outside the remit of political office-holders. As political agendas change, the importance of landscape protection on strategic planning agendas may also change. This paper raises the question whether this strategic level of landscape protection ought to rest on rules or ideas, and uses the Dutch Green Heart as a case study. The success of Dutch planning has been attributed to a planning doctrine which has evolved around a principle of spatial organization consisting of an open landscape (a Green Heart) in the middle of a 'rim' city -in this case the Dutch Randstad. After this success had been recognized, policies were developed to formalize the protection of the Green Heart in strategic planning rules. Political controversies ensued, which resulted in the abolition of Green Heart policies at national level. Recently, the province of Zuid-Holland adopted a new structural vision and a byelaw in which there is no role for the Green Heart in development control. This paper analyses this new system of strategic development control and discusses the role of rules as opposed to ideas in landscape protection.

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“…The goals of establishing green belts are to prevent neighbouring towns from merging with each other, check unrestricted sprawl, safeguard countryside from encroachment, preserve the special character of historic towns, and assist urban generation (Presland, 2016). In Germany, approximately 60% of the planning regions have implemented green belt strategies in their development plants (Siedentop et al, 2016). In England, around 13% of the land is designated as green belt (Presland, 2016).…”

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“…In England, around 13% of the land is designated as green belt (Presland, 2016). However, as green belts are initially intended to conserve the biodiversity of the landscapes, one crucial performance criterion for green belts to ensure successful urban containment is belt tightness and the amount of land remaining for further development in the expansion area between the boundary and the belt (Siedentop et al, 2016). A tight green belt can result in negative consequences, the most widely mentioned of which is known as "leapfrogging", which is characterised by the formation of satellite neighbourhoods around the green belt leading to undesirable impacts on the countryside (Westerink et al, 2012).…”

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A methodology to determine the potential of urban densification through roof stacking

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Sustainable Cities and Society

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HIGHLIGHTS Seven approaches present solutions for urban densification  Successful roof stacking requires integrating urban, engineering and architectural aspects  European cities have a great potential to be densified through roof stacking  30% of the population increase could be covered by roof stacking in Brussels ABSTRACTFacing the need to accommodate a growing number of inhabitants in major European cities, this research aimed to establish a methodology that facilitates decision making on urban densification through roof stacking.The methodology adopts a systematic approach on three consecutive levels: urban, engineering, and social.Multiple criteria are identified to assess and map the roof stacking potential in terms of location and number of added floors. The Brussels Capital Region was chosen as a case study to experiment with the developed workflow chart and validate the proposed approach, using ArcGIS software, by creating a map of the urban densification potential through roof stacking of Brussels at the city scale. The results show a realistic potential of accommodating 30% of the expected population increase in Brussels by the year 2040 using only roof stacking, provided that the current urban regulations are respected. In addition, a theoretical potential to accommodate more than the expected population increase by the same year is proposed provided that urban planning regulations are relaxed in relation to the height of buildings. Further applications to other cities in 2 Europe would help create additional opportunities to develop an automated tool for estimating such potentials on a wider scope.

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Greenbelts in Germany's regional plans—An effective growth management policy?

Cited by 114 publications

References 35 publications

Using the Concepts of Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services to Specify Leitbilder for Compact and Green Cities—The Example of the Landscape Plan of Dresden (Germany)

Using the Concepts of Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services to Specify Leitbilder for Compact and Green Cities—The Example of the Landscape Plan of Dresden (Germany)

Rules versus ideas in landscape protection: is a Green Heart attack imminent?

A methodology to determine the potential of urban densification through roof stacking

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