Partner und Internationale Organisationen
(Englisch)
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Amt für Landschaft und Natur (ALN) des Kantons Zürich AT, BE, DK, FI, DE, EL, IT, MT, NL, NO, SK, SI, ES, CH, TR, UK
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Abstract
(Englisch)
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This project investigated, how far municipalities in city-regions integrate green space in their city-promotion as an advantage of the location for the dwelling sector, and, if there is a difference be-tween urban and rural municipalities. Further it analysed, if the Swiss landscape development con-cepts (LDC) are a suitable instrument to support public-private partnership in green space planning and management. The LDC is an informal participatory planning instrument with the primary goal of upgrading a municipality's green space around and inside the overbuilt area. We carried out a case study in the urban fringe of the city of Zurich. In a first step, qualitative face-to-face interviews were accomplished with regional planners and city-promotors about the potential of green space for city-promotion and potential instruments to support green space promotion. On the basis of their answers, we created a standardised written questionnaire, which we sent to all the 171 municipalities of Canton Zurich. In this questionnaire, we asked them about their experiences with city-promotion, green space management and LDCs. Finally, the decision makers of four se-lected municipalities were interviewed in qualitative face-to-face interviews for in-depth analysis of certain aspects of the standardised survey. There are mainly urban and suburban municipalities that do city-promotion and herewith they pro-mote their green space as important factor of dwelling quality. These municipalities have generally more inhabitants, a higher tax income and less open green space than municipalities without city-promotion. The main target groups are the current residents within the municipalities, followed by potential new residents. Rural municipalities make less city-promotion and, if they do so, they do it together with the neighbouring municipalities on a regional level. Municipalities that have already accomplished a LDC weigh the importance of green space aspects in e.g. municipal SWOT-analyses, mission statements and upgrading actions higher than munici-palities without experiences in LDCs. However, the decision makers see a difference between the suitability of green space for city-promotion and the attractiveness of green space for the residents. Green spaces are judged as attractive for residents, if they are open for public access, versatile and close to the residential quarters. For the residents it is not assumed to be important, if these green spaces are large and outstanding or certified with a park label. The decision makers consider green spaces with unique and natural landscape features as suited for city-promotion. Conversely, profes-sional city-promoters judge only large, outstanding and certified green spaces as suited for city-promotion; and not the green space types that are important for dwelling quality. Municipal decision makers consider a LDC-project as successful, if land use conflicts could be solved and landowners and users have coinciding goals. In addition, the results must be visible in the landscape. Decision makers of municipalities with experiences in LDCs judge their own initia-tives in the project and the selection of respected personalities in the steering committee more im-portant for the project's success than municipal councils without LDC experience. The main reason why municipalities forgo a LDC is the uncertainty about follow-up commitments and financial bur-dens. However, decision makers with experience in LDC see a great potential in the participatory process to foster the inhabitants' identification with their municipality and the social cohesion within the municipality. These goals can be reached most successfully, if the LDC-project is incorporated in a local agenda setting process (e.g. LA21).
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