Towards a balanced spatial development – The Frankfurt Rhein-Main case

Heiko Kasseckert, Planungsverband Frankfurt. PURPLE, Brussels, 12th November 2009

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A polycentric region

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Heterogenerous pattern of population development

Population development 2000-2007 (%)

-5.5 to 0

6.0 to 20.5

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Heterogenerous pattern of employment development

Employment development 2000-2007 (%)

-43.3 to 0

20.0 to 228.2

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Regionalplan

Flächennutzungsplan

The System of Planning in Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region

Reg FNP

Bebauungsplan

▌ Frankfurt Rhein-Main

Region:

2 Tier System

▌ Hessen:

▌ 3 Tier System

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The Regional Land Use Plan – Our Key Instrument

▌ The Plan for the 75 Towns

and Cities of the Region‘s

Core

▌ Regional Plan and Land Use Plan combined

▌ Outline of the Development until 2020

„Regionaler Flächennutzungsplan“

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▌ Plan Layers

▌ Building Areas

▌ Open Space

▌ Agriculture and Forestry

▌ Nature and Landscape

▌ Transport

▌ Hierarchy of Centres

▌ Green Belts Network

A complex plan

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Exact or abstract? A difficult balance.

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Necessary, but not sufficient

It‘s all there…

…but just a plan.

A Region will live on co-operation…

…about tangible topics.

It‘s not the core city alone…

…but the complex network of all regional players.

The peri-urban towns and cities need acceptance of their own

territorial potentials…

…and partnerships to make their case.