Anders, Sascha (2014) RegioProjektCheck – New Instruments to Evaluate the Impacts of Housing, Industry and Retail Projects. Case Study: New Supermarkets and their Effects on Existing City Centres. REAL CORP 2014 – PLAN IT SMART! Clever Solutions for Smart Cities. Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Urban Planning, Regional Development and Information Society. pp. 947-951.
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Abstract
The regional tier for planning and approval occupies a central position in Germany’s settlement and land development. It becomes involved when regional plans are drawn up at county level. However, it is at municipal level that the actual location of any new housing, industrial and retail schemes is determined. The impact of these new projects is often felt not only locally but regionally – both in a positive and negative sense, i.e. the effects in financial, transport, ecological and sometimes social terms are not limited to administrative boundaries of municipalities or even cities. In many cases they extend far beyond the municipalities’ administrative boundaries and cause changes in the regional structure and in the development of closely intertwined cities and municipalities. Great importance is given to the processes of consideration and negotiation, which have to a large extent been formalised in Germany, involving local stakeholders in politics, planning, the economy as well as citizens. However, as a rule, these processes are spatially limited to subspaces or technically restricted to specialist subjects. An overall view which considers different impacts on one another is often lacking or limited, at least at the time when decisions are made, i.e. before the actual development plan is adopted. This is where the RegioProjektCheck (RPC) applied research project comes in. RegioProjektCheck helps with the appraisal and assessment of both positive and negative effects of new residential areas, industrial zones and major retail projects from early on in the process. In-depth questioning of specific topics then leads to a higher-level assessment which equally examines economic, ecological and social aspects and so is able to influence planning decisions at an early stage. While the project’s focus lies on the computation and illustration of regional effects, RegioProjektCheck can also provide the basis for considerations at municipal level, depending on the size of the municipality. The appraisal of impacts is achieved with relatively readily available data, is GIS-based and should, as a rule, work for Germany as a whole.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | change in value of location and environs, retail projects, strategic regional planning processes, sustainable land use, effects of supermarkets |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GA Mathematical geography. Cartography H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HF Commerce |
| Depositing User: | REAL CORP Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jul 2016 10:36 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jul 2016 10:36 |
| URI: | http://repository.corp.at/id/eprint/208 |
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