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Field of activity: "Land":
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Topic:
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Density Potentials for Commercial Areas
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City: |
Münster |
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Field of activity: |
Economical Land Management
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Project description:
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The aim of the project is to establish the unused, under-used and mis-used
areas in existing commercial developments, to examine the possibilities of
utilising this potential and to develop related strategies. Therewith
this approach served to survey the potential for commercial inner-city
development, which has been neglected so far. These land reserves should be
used to meet the future demand for land for commercial, resp. to reduce
land related commercial mobility.
In the first part of the project, a complete survey of the land reserves
in existing commercial areas of Münster has been conducted. In the
second part, strategies to use these areas have been developed from the
results of the empirical research and, as far as possible, exemplary
concepts for their implementation have been developed.
The survey of the comprehensive commercial areas in Münster revealed
approx. 67 ha. of unused, under-used and mis-used land reserves. Thereof
approx. 25 ha. are already included in the offers for economic promotion.
The areas which can activated whithout restrictions are composed mainly of
unused plots 8in all approx. 10 ha.) and unused areas in private property
(approx. 14 ha.).
In a second step, the potential was analysed in detail. However, taking
the former efforts concerning the mobilisation of land reserves into
consideration, the City of Münster has only limited possibilities of
action. Unused plots of land have already been offered by teh City of Münster
to the public by means of a property market. There are also other parties
involved and taking an active role in marketing such property, e.g. the
Sparkasse (the Savings Bank of Münster). A lot of time and work is
required in order to activate unused areas (as well as unused and no longer
needed reserve areas) of private property. Many of the owners are not
interested in selling their property, and others do not agree with the
development politics of the local council or have their own objectives.
In spite of the restricted potentialities for a widespread politics of
mobilisation it were given a set of proposals for appointed measures, e.g.:
the expansion of the property market which is operated by the Dept. of
Economic Promotion, the installation of a municipal "land-fund"
to mobilize unused plots of land as well as the improved registration and
data protection.
This recommendations will be picked-up and followed-up by the urbban action
program "Trade area" (Handlungsprogramm Gewerbeflächen).
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Current status: |
The project was terminated
in August 2000, the final report now is available.
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Interactivity: |
Potential and strategies for housing density.
Prerequisites of municipal cooperation in the Münster region. |
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Contact: |
Reinhard Hopp, tel. +49-251-492-61 17, Office of Town Planning
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Contractors: |
Office for Commercial Planning and Town Development, Dortmund
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Duration: |
1998 - 2000 |
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