Spatial Planning in Germany Principles The preparation of spatial plans and their implementation are principally independent from each other. A town planning department (or any other planning department) only plans and regulates the land use. Implementation is not a direct part of the plan itself.

Protection and Development of the natural spaces for living Create similar living conditions for the population in all parts of the country Create a spatially balanced settlement structure (aiming for a harmonised relation between urban agglomerations and rural areas) Adapt social and economic structures to each other Maintain and strengthen the ecological functions of the land Planning Legislation at the Federal Level Regional Planning Act (Spatial Structure Development Act) Guiding principles

The Federal Government is responsible for the harmonisation of the German Regional Planning with the European context The conference of the State Ministers for Regional Planning (State -Level-Planning) is co-ordination the spatial planning The Federal Ministry for Transport, Building and Housing is supported by a committee The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry for Transport, Building and Housing) prepares every 4th year a Regional Planning Report for the Parliamentary Assembly The Minister has the responsibility for the general co-ordination of regional planning Control of the Administration The Minister has Framework competence and not planning competence (with the exception of: Defence, Federal Highways, Federal Waterways, Railways, Air traffic...) Planning at the Federal Level Regional Planning Act Tasks and responsibilities of the Federal Level

Planning at the Federal Level Legislation and Competence Spatial Planning Competence The Federal Level has no direct competence for spatial planning but framework competence for State legislation Spatial Planning Legislation The Regional Planning Act The Federal Building Code Improtant Federal Insitutions for (environmetal) planning The Federal Ministry for Transport, Building and Housing Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning The federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Federal Environmental Agency Federal Office for Nature Protection

Act on the Assessment of Environmental Impacts (EIA Act) Environmental Information Act Federal Emission Control Act Chemical Act Closed Substance Cycle and Waste Management Act Federal Water Act Waste Water Charges Act Federal Nature Conservation Act Federal Environmental Legislation

Federal Level Orientation Guiding principles for settlement structures - Priority areas City-Networks with: special need for development need for improvement need for development City-Networks with: special need for development need for improvement need for development

Federal Level Orientation Guiding principles for environment and land use - Priority areas The map is an illustration of the „Regional Planning Policy Guidelines“ Conservation of water resources Protection of nature, landscape potentials and habitat networks Conservation and supra-regional recreational structures Rehabilitation of degraded sites/landscapes Improvement and conservation of open spaces arround urban agglomerations Conservation of water resources Protection of nature, landscape potentials and habitat networks Conservation and supra-regional recreational structures Rehabilitation of degraded sites/landscapes Improvement and conservation of open spaces arround urban agglomerations

Spatial Planning Concept Example for the development of the „New German States“

The Federal Environmental Administration Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning Organisation and Tasks Department Z Administration Department I Spatial Planning and Urban Departmant Department II Building, Housing, Architecture Department IIIFederal Buildings Bonn Department IV Federal Buildings Abroad Department V Federal Buildings Berlin) Department I – Spatial Planning and Urban Development – deals with research tasks and gives scientific advice to the Federal Government in the fields of spatial planning and urban development. Important tasks are to draw up relevant spatial planning and urban development reports, to attend and evaluate departmental research projects scientifically, to draw up reports and expertises, to implement and evaluate demonstration projects in spatial planning and urban development, to operate a spatial information system as well as to carry out conferences and to issue publications. © Copyright by Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung All Rights Reserved.

General and basic matters of environmental planning Environmental programs of the Federal government Co-ordination of environmental matters Fundamentals of environmental law International co-operation in environmental matters Water management Waste management Air quality control Noise abatement Environment and health Protection against dangerous substances Nature protection Soil protection Reactor safety Radiation protection Nuclear waste handling The Federal Environmental Administration Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Tasks and responsibilities

Investigation, description and assessment of the state of the environment Provision of advisory services to federal ministries Development of proposals for effective pollution control and environmental management measures Provision of advisory services to other state, local and private institutions Provision of information for the general public on the causes of and solutions for environmental problems representing the Federal Republic in international committees and conferences Publication of results, knowledge and experiences The Federal Environmental Administration Federal Environmental Agency Tasks and responsibilities

President Vice-president Environmental Council Administrative Centre Administration, Information, Documentation Subject Area I Environmental Planning and Strategies Subject Area II Environment and Health Subject Area III Sustainable Technology Subject Area IV Safety of Chemicals and Gene Technology The Federal Environmental Administration Federal Environmental Agency Organisation

Biosphere reserves are large areas with certain landscape types consist partly of nature reserves contain of 3 protection zones: core, buffer and transition zones Nature Protection Types of Protected Areas Nature reserves are the most strongly protected: the habitats of certain wild plant and animal species are protected National parks large areas with particularly beautiful or rare natural, untouched statemost parts of the ational parks fulfil the prerequisites for nature reserves

Nature Protection Types of Protected Areas Landscape protection area preserves the vitality of the natural balance and landscapes´diversity Nature parks in the main, they are protected as landscape protection areas or nature reserves help to preserve cultural landscapes and cultural traditions Natural monuments protected “unique natural creations”, protected for scientific, (natural) historical, cultural or aesthetic reasons Protection of habitats certain particularly valuable biotops may not be destroyed or impaired

Nature Protection Protected areas

Nature Protection Protected areas

since 1992 appendix 1: conservation of natural habitats (240 protected areas, 83 of them in Germany) appendix 3: conservation of wild animals and plants monitoring and control of the success are required appendix 3: protected areas for NATURA 2000 (European network of interconnected protected areas) chosen in 2 phases: on national and then on European level advantage: biotops that are wide-spread in a certain region get more important for the nature protection Nature Conservation Flora-Fauna-Habitat Directive (FFH)

The Environmental Federal Administration Federal Environment Agency (UBA)