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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-6: Land use for settlements in officially designated flood plains

    The picture shows a building pit where the walls of a cellar have already been built. Steel girders are seen supporting wooden beams which extend across the ceiling of the cellar. The bottom of the building pit is filled with brown muddy water reflecting a tree.

    RO-R-6: Land use for settlements in officially designated flood plains Now as … Change last update on 28.11.2023 RO-R-6: Land use for settlements in officially designated flood plains In spite of the existing flood water hazards, settlement …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-3: Priority and restricted areas for (preventive) flood control

    The picture shows the oxbow lake of a river with unfortified banks lined with meadows and tree clusters.

    … Priority and restricted areas for (preventive) flood control Spatial planning can designate retention spaces along riversides as restricted for flood control. Source: … adaptation to impacts of climate change (cf. Indicators WW-R-2 , and WW-R-3 ). The designation of flood plains therefore is a key component of preventive flood …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-1: Priority and reserved areas for nature and landscape

    The picture shows a meadow with flowers in various colours and small trees in the foreground. A woodland is visible on the horizon. The sky is partly cloud-covered.

    … 115,000 square kilometres – roughly one third of its terrain – which were designated as priority or restricted areas reserved for wildlife and landscape. … populations and distribution areas for the continued existence of species. By designating priority and restricted areas reserved for wildlife and landscape, …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-2: Priority and reserved areas groundwater / drinking water

    The photograph shows a stream running through a meadow. Trees and tree clusters line the edge of the meadow.

    … practised already in many planning regions, is visibly gaining in importance. New designations made it possible in recent years to make up a least for the decline in … but also over groundwater resources. Planning at Länder and regional level can designate priority and restricted areas for the conservation of drinking water and …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-5: Increase in settlement and transport areas

    The picture shows the construction of a new road. The partly finished road foundation is visible. In the foreground the foundation is still being completed whereas in the background it is already sealed. Half-way along the site a vibratory plate is standing. To the left of the new road, mounds of earth are visible - behind those a treeline. In the background, the roofs of a residential area are visible.

    … conservation, the exploitation of raw materials and the generation of energy. The designation of priority and restricted areas is a tool used by spatial planning in … the climate protection plan 2050 which envisages that by 2050 the transition to a circular land use management will have been completed and any new take-up of land …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    RO-R-4: Priority and restricted areas reserved for special climate function

    Looking over the top of a woodland, the picture shows the skyline of Frankfurt am Main. Skyscrapers and the tv tower rise high above the landscape. In the background, the Taunus mountain range is visible.

    … is able to counteract this projected increase in bio-climatic stress situations by designating climatically important large-scale open areas as priority and restricted … which might counteract these objectives. Furthermore, planning can also be used to designate areas where – in view of local circumstances – specific action should be …

  • KomPass: Area of action adaptation from 06.01.2023 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Adaptation: Field of Action Spatial, Regional and Urban Development Planning

    Bird's eye view of geometrical arranged, colourful fields and settlements

    … regional planning contributes to climate adaptation by determination (e.g. designation, clearance, securing) areas for uses that reduce climate risks and … areas for (preventive) flood control ,  Land use for settlements in officially designated flood plains Coastal protection: Coastal protection endeavors to adapt … conservation / abstraction of drinking water Protection of biodiversity: By designating priority and reserved areas for nature and landscape, regional planning …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    BD-R-3: Protected areas

    The picture shows a sign commonly used in the eastern states of Germany to indicate a nature reserve. The sign depicts the outline of a black owl against a yellow background. The sign is located on the edge of a meadow. A partly wooded hill rises behind the sign.

    … core and buffer zones of biosphere reserves are included, provided they have been designated as nature reserves or national parks. In terms of statistics, the overall … Natura 2000 network. It is expected that in Germany in future, the amount of new designations of protected areas in terms of Natura 2000 areas for the purpose of …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BAU-R-3: Investments in the energetic refurbishment of building envelopes

    The picture shows a covered roof structure with insulation installed on its left-hand side.

    … supports the adaptation of buildings Climate-compatible urban planning and design safeguarding the retention and enhancement of an urban green-blue … be given greater priority both in refurbishing extant building stock and in the design of new builds. In order to safeguard the interior climate by keeping it in a … of buildings from summer heat – the first strategy – include the painstaking design of window surface area proportions as well as the orientation of buildings, …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 06.01.2023 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Spatial, Regional and Urban Development Planning

    Bird's eye view of geometrical arranged, colourful fields and settlements

    … exist in particular with the field of action of the economy (e.g. designation of suitable sites for industry, commerce and service facilities), the energy industry (e.g. designation of wind power sites), transport planning (e.g. expansion of transport …

  • KomPass: Article from 20.09.2019 | Last changed: 22.10.2019

    GoApply

    … of adaptation processes are lacking in all countries. Adequate governance designs, models and formats, incl. effective cooperation pathways and coordination … options & innovations for enhancing vertical coordination & mainstreaming; designing & testing transferable regional & local stakeholder interaction formats; …

  • KomPass: Article from 30.03.2017 | Last changed: 14.02.2019

    KomPass Projects

    Blackboard with numerous notes.

    … transformation paths towards a low greenhouse gas society, the project intended to design future scenarios and ways leading to a society that is adapted to climate … involvement on local and regional level” that will identify, select and co-design innovative stakeholder interaction formats for application on the local and … of existing policy instruments are derived and practical suggestions for the design of new instruments are identified. These recommendations explicitly consider …