Goal setting and impacts delivery
No, project goals were not set, and benefits were not delivered in all 3 key areas.
Please specify the achievements of the project goals
Biodiversity:
--Increased ecological connectivity across regeneration sites and scales: "The park is part of Berlin's open space network, which extends from Tiergarten to Schöneberger Südgelände. It therefore makes a significant contribution to connecting habitats." (Ref. 1)
--Achieved increased conversion of degraded land or soil: "In its time as a wild wasteland, a unique ecological diversity has grown up at Gleisdreieck, which is also maintained and established in parts of today's park. " (Ref. 3)
--Achieved increased number of species present: "A total of over 950 trees and shrubs planted | 330 trees in the area
species already present, such as poplar, robinia, oak, Turkey oak,
hackberry, wild apple, pine, birch and rowan | 620 shrubs: typical
species of the railway wasteland such as lilac, buddleia, hawthorn, wild rose,
sowing lawn and dry grassland, sage flower meadow, shade, bee and butterfly borders, mixture for natural gravel areas" (Ref. 4)
Social justice and community:
Improve access to urban green space: "Today, the park allows many people to exercise and relax, but above all to experience urban nature and biodiversity day after day." (Ref. 1); "However, it is also important because there is a large deficit of green spaces in the neighbouring district of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and in Schöneberg. The park is a huge gain in quality of life for the people living in these districts." (Ref. 4)
Increased involvement of locals in the management of green spaces: "However, this participation process was certainly a great benefit for the park. And the insights gained will help to successfully organise further public participation processes." (Ref. 4)
Gain in activities for recreation and exercise: "In the nature discovery area, children aged between 6 and 12 can also learn about animals and plants, play hide and seek or, in summer, splash around in the pools filled with water. And of course there are also playgrounds on the grounds waiting to be conquered by children of all ages." (Ref. 12)
Protection of historic and cultural landscape / infrastructure: "The design concept also ties in with the historical use of the site - attentive visitors will find traces of the past in the form of old railway tracks, signalling systems and buffer stops, especially in Ostpark and Dora-Duncker-Park." (Ref. 3); "Dense areas of wild growth and relics from the railway era have been preserved – e.g. railroad tracks, signalling systems, and buffer stops" (Ref. 13)
