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DG Regio seminar on urban-rural linkages January 23, 2009 ICLEI Europe

Leipzig City Region, Germany

Mini-Case Study on urban and landscape planning, settlement patterns

(housing, economic activities, commerce, transport, location of public goods),

land use regulations and policies

Presentation by N. Andrea Philipp/ ICLEI Europe

DG Regio seminar on urban-rural linkages January 23, 2009 ICLEI Europe

Leipzig City Region

Berlin

Magdeburg

Erfurt

Munich

Hamburg

Stuttgart

Wiesbaden

Mainz

Düsseldorf

Dresden

LeipzigHalle

h Leipzig- Halle agglomeration

across the Federal State borders of

Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt in

Eastern Germany

h city region of Leipzig: approx 1.5

million inhabitants within a radius

of 40km

h Leipzig as administrative and

functional centre (510 512 inh.)

h two rings of settlements around

Leipzig with 5 small towns each:

– inner ring of suburbia

– peri-urban ring (rather rural)

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City and towns in the region

DG Regio seminar on urban-rural linkages January 23, 2009 ICLEI Europe

Land-use in the region

Land Use CS Leipzig, 2000

(Corine Land Cover)

Leipzig

Halle

Haase, 2008

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Challenges to the region

Fast-motion sprawl in the first 5 years after the German reunification

h shrinking population in Leipzig city centre (renovation bottlenecks)

h overall growth in the region (housing, trade, industry etc.)

Landscape changes in the region

h closure and flooding of vast open cast mines in the North and South

of Leipzig

h creation of a new lakeland with a grid of waterways connecting

Leipzig and the region

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ZentrumZentrum

Zentrum-

Ost

Zentrum-

Ost

Zentrum

Südost

Zentrum

Südost

Zentrum-SüdZentrum-Süd

Zentrum-West

Zentrum-

Nordwest

Zentrum-

Nordwest

Zentrum-

Nord

Zentrum-

Nord

Schönefeld-

Abtnaundorf

Schönefeld-

Abtnaundorf

Schönefeld-

Ost

Schönefeld-

Ost

Mockau-

Süd

Mockau-

Süd

Mockau-Nord

TheklaThekla

Neustadt-

Neuschöne-feld

Neustadt-

Neuschöne-feld

VolkmarsdorfVolkmarsdorf

Anger-

Crottendorf

Anger-

Crottendorf

Sellerhausen-

Stünz

Sellerhausen-

Stünz

Paunsdorf

HeiterblickHeiterblick

Reudnitz-

Thonberg

Reudnitz-

Thonberg

StötteritzStötteritz

Probstheida

Meusdorf

SüdvorstadtSüdvorstadt

ConnewitzConnewitz MarienbrunnMarienbrunn

Lößnig

Dölitz-Dösen

SchleußigSchleußigPlagwitzPlagwitz

Kleinzschocher

Großzschocher

Knautkleeberg-

Knauthain

SchönauSchönau

Grünau-

Ost

Grünau-

OstGrünau-

Mitte

Grünau-

Mitte

Grünau-

Siedlung

Grünau-

Siedlung

Lausen-

Grünau

Grünau-

Nord

Grünau-

Nord

LindenauLindenau

AltlindenauAltlindenau

NeulindenauNeulindenau

Leutzsch

MöckernMöckern

WahrenWahren

Gohlis-Süd

Gohlis-MitteGohlis-Mitte

Gohlis-NordGohlis-Nord

EutritzschEutritzsch

Plaußig-PortitzPlaußig-Portitz

SeehausenSeehausen

Liebertwolkwitz

Holzhausen

MölkauMölkau

Engelsdorf

WiederitzschWiederitzschLindenthalLindenthal

Lützschena-Stahmeln

Lützschena-Stahmeln

Böhlitz-

Ehrenberg

Böhlitz-

Ehrenberg

MiltitzMiltitz

Hartmanndorf-

Knautnaundorf

Baalsdorf Althen-

Kleinpösna

BurghausenRückmarsdorf

Stadtgrenze

Stadtbezirk

Ortsteil

unter 10 %

10 % bis unter 20 %

20 % bis unter 30 %

30 % und mehr

Raumbeobachtungssystemder Stadt Leipzig

Geschätzter Wohnungsleerstand

in Leipzig (12/2002)

0 5 km

Daten: Amt für Statistik und WahlenKartographie: Stadtplanungsamt, Stadtentwicklungsplanung

Suburbanisation and impacts

Need for urban renewal

High numbers of vacant flats

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Suburbanisation and impacts

Waves of suburbanisation after 1990:

new areas for

h retail,

h industry and

h housing

in the peri-urban areas

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h Closure and flooding of open

cast mines in the north and

south of Leipzig

Recultivation of open cast mines

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Coordinated spatial/ regional planning

h Saxon Spatial Development Plan (since 1994)

h Saxon Metropolitain Area (Dresden- Chemnitz- Leipzig)

h Regional Plan for Western Saxony (since 2001)

– elaborated by Regional Planning Association of WesternSaxony (city of Leipzig and 5 neighbouring counties)

h regional development strategies(for “activity regions” in the Leipzig-Halle peri-urban area)

h regional development concepts(bottom-up decision-making processes, synchronising withintegrated rural development concepts)

h intermunicipal cooperations

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Regional Plan for Western Saxony

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Green Ring Leipzig

h voluntary intermunicipal association

h city of Leipzig together with 13 hinterland municipalities and the

counties “Leipziger Land” and “Delitzsch”

h joint coordination and alignment of regional development

h involvement of relevant stakeholders

h overarching common goals:

– highlight the attractiveness of the region around Leipzig for the

inhabitants and tourists

– rehabilitate and preserve the cultural landscape and biodiversity

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Strategies against sprawl/ suburbanisation

h enhancing the quality of life in the city (new forms of housing,

Wilheminian style

h renewal of inner city districts through refurbished inner-city

dwellings, support for economic development, provision of green

space and recreational areas, expansion of environmentally-friendly

transport systems etc.

while

h primarily reserving the urban fringe for recreation, leisure, tourism

and agriculture

h containing and developing existing land uses in the peri-urban area

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Results: re-urbanisation of Leipzig city

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Results: regulation of land use and consumption

h Concentration of

industry, trade etc. in

economic clusters

h Impetus to

neighbouring towns

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Results: more green and open space

h Green Belt for Leipzig and creation of new open space

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Results: New Leipzig Lakeland

h Leipzig region previously without natural lakes

h Creation of lakeland of 90 new lakes

with 190 km² surface by 2050 in close vicinity of

city centre

h Connection of regional watercourses

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Conclusions

h Essential role of strong regional planning

h intermunicipal cooperation most successful in landscape planning

h but increased readiness for shared landuse planning to respond to

demographic changes

h benefits from a coordinated mix of instruments for urban-rural

linkages

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Thank you for your attention

Images and graphs kindly provided

by City of Leipzig and Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)