EU BEST PRACTICE – HANNOVER, KRONSBERG, GERMANYWAN

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INTRODUCTION

STATE: Lower Saxony

DISTRICT: Hannover (Hanover)

SUBDIVISION: 13 District

COORDINATES: 52°22’N, 9°43’E

LORD MAYOR: Stefan Schostok

TIME ZONE: CET/CEST (UTC +1/+2)

CITY AREA: 204.01 sq km (78.77 sq mi)

ELEVATION: 55 m (180 ft) above sea level

POPULATION (based on 2012): 509 485 person

DENSITY: 2 500 person / sq km

LANDSCAPE

Hanover has large green areas, with forests and

big parks.

The landscape is mostly flat, with the river Leine

going through the city.

The lake Masch (Maschsee) is rather spectacular,

considering its size as a man-made object.

HISTORY

Hanover is not a typical European city.

The city was one of the hardest hit during World

War II.

This area is surrounded by grey 1950's buildings

that give a somewhat heavy atmosphere to the

streets.

However, there still are several residential

neighborhoods consisting of late-19th-century

housing stock with often elaborate historicist

(Victorian) and Jugendstil (Art Noveau) decorations

just outside the downtown area, such as Oststadt,

List or Linden.

TRANSPORTATION NETWORK

Hanover has a fantastic network of public

transportation, so it's best to just park your car and

ride.

If you plan to make more than two trips by tram,

bus, or subway, a day ticket is your best bet, buying

you unlimited travel on the public transport system.

The public transportation adopts an honor system

for tickets, but they do have ticket inspections once

in a while (also late at nights and early mornings).

The fine is quite high, so make sure you have a

ticket all the time.

Bike paths are provided in almost every street that

runs through the city.

There is no law on using a helmet, but make sure

that the bike has both front and rear lights if don't

want to get stopped by the police (Fine: €10).

Pedestrian paths are also provided along every

street and there is also a pedestrian area in front

of Central Station to Kröpcke.

It is possible to take bike on the tram or bus for

free on M-F 8:30AM-3PM and after 7PM. No time

restrictions on weekends.

THE HANNOVER STADTBAHN

Stadtbahn (light rail) system in the city of Hanover,

Lower Saxony, Germany.

Opened on 29 September 1975

Replacing the city's tramway network over the

course of the following 25 years..

The Hanover Stadtbahn system consists of 12 main

lines, serving 196 stations, and operating on 121

kilometres (75 mi) of route

The system is run by üstra, which was originally an

abbreviation for Überlandwerke und

Straßenbahnen Hannover AG.

As of 2007, it transported 125 million passengers

per year.

S-BAHN RAILWAY

The Hannover S-Bahn is an S-Bahn network

operated by DB Regio in the area of Hannover.

It went operational shortly before Expo 2000 and

is focused on the Hanover region, and also connects

with adjacent districts and into the state of North

Rhine-Westphalia.

The S-Bahn is an evolution of a suburban railway.

The S-Bahn has seven lines in Hanover.

It is distinguished from the Hannover Stadtbahn,

which emerged from the Hannover tram network.

KRÖPCKE

Kröpcke is a large pedestrian area in the heart of

Hanover.

It is Hanover's major shopping spot, home to the

Opera house and has lots of places to eat.

The main station in the Hanover Stadtbahn network,

is also located here.

All Stadtbahn lines except the 10 and 17, call at

the station and it is the main interchange point for

the network.

It has six platforms in total on three lines that cross

each other in independent tunnels.

Kröpcke is the central place of the city of Hanover

in Germany.

Situated at the crossroads of Georgstraße,

Karmarschstraße, Bahnhofstraße and

Rathenaustraße.

One of its notable features is the Kröpcke clock,

which is a 1977 replica of an 1885 clock that was

scrapped after World War II.

CLIMATE

Hannover has a central European location on the

north-west European plain in Lower Saxony.

The climate is classified as coastal with warm

summers with the hottest month exceeding 22°C.

The lowland open location with exposure to winds

from north, east and west leads to relatively high

wind speeds averaging 3.3–3.4 m/s (wind speed

index 3).

The location and wind speed analysis, and the

resultant average dispersion index (Class 3),

suggest that the risk of poor air quality will be

related to specific periods of wind-still rather than

likely to occur under average conditions.

A further factor reducing risk is the very low

population density of 2,520 inhabitants per km2.

Climatic data indicate a medium vulnerability to

both winter and summer smog.

The former is due to the winter occurrence of

periods when a high pressure system above Europe

persists for several days.

AIR QUALITY

Hannover scored a total of 87.0 points for the air

quality monitoring capabilities index.

It indicates a very complete approach to air quality

management in the city with few deficiencies in any

section of the index.

Hannover collects all appropriate air quality data

and applies strict quality control measures.

A range of sites allows a comparison of spatial

distribution of pollutants, and there are good data

on all major pollutant compounds going back at

least five years, allowing trends to be evaluated.

ENERGY

Wind energy, solar which is 2 cogeneration plants

used for heating needs of the district.

Energy efficiency measures were foreseen

concerning construction of new buildings, training

courses on low energy buildings were organized for

constructors.

Low energy light bulbs were subsidized, the

equivalent of 353MWh/year.

Passive solar house

Photovoltaic cell technology

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Waste collection in the past has been a municipal

responsibility for 100 years.

WASTE COLLECTION TODAY

Since 2003 a regional responsibility serving 1.1

million people

Approximate1000 employees

Public service enterprise (no privatization)

HANNOVER LAHE WASTE TIP

Central waste tip since 1937

Monitoring of seepagewater and gas since 1990

No more unprocessed waste is dumped since 2005

Result at Kronsberg-housing-area:

Approx. 30% reduction in waste volumes

(City: 219 kg per household p.a.,

Kronsberg: 154 kg per household p.a.)

EX : CONSTRUCTION SITES

• Waste sorting on site

• Recycling of waste from demolition and

modernisation projects

• 1989 - 2002, reduction in rubble and building

site waste of around 170,000 tonnes p.a.

PAPER

• 4,500 paper collection bins in the city

• plus weekly kerbside collections

• 40,600 tonnes p.a. = 79 kg per inhabitant

GLASS

• More than 400 bottle banks in the city

• 16,800 tonnes p.a.= 33 kg per inhabitant

• Decrease due to new regulations on returnable

containers this year

PACKAGING(YELLOW SACK)

• 5,300 collection bins

plus kerbside collection every other week

• 11,000 tonnes p.a. = 21 kg per inhabitant

COMPOSTING

• 1998-establishment of organic waste collection

system

• 2002 18,500 t

(35 kg per inhabitant)

• plus 32,000 t

green waste from plant nurseries and gardens

SOIL MANAGEMENT

KRONSBERG

700,000 m3 excavated soil re-used, making about

100,000 lorry journeys unnecessary and thus

saving 1,200 tonnes of CO2 emissions

THANK YOU . DANKE