1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
The goals of the project were to create apartments, office spaces and recreational areas in a neglected area while paying attention to nature conservation. Under nature conservation, the project is aimed at preserving of valuable "railway" biotopes, keeping an ecological corridor along the existing railway tracks and creating new biotopes. An important goal of the project is to protect specifically endangered species which exist in parts of the area, among them are species protected by the EU Habitats Directive. The project paid special attention to protect and promote the lizard population as an umbrella species, which support other species living in the railroad habitats (Reference 2, 3).
Quantitative targets
- 6000 new apartments and office place for 6000 employers
Monitoring indicators defined
- number of lizards and the location of their habitat (Reference 2)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What types of conservation goals are / were defined for the NBS intervention?
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Implementation activities
- 5 out of the 10 hectares that were home to valuable habitats were preserved and restored.
- specific maintenance and development standards were defined for all biotopes and are executed by the city’s construction department
gardening section
- all preserved habitats were granted long-term protection in the legally binding land-use plan.
- 20-hectare large agricultural land was turned to a grassland habitat complex at the northern city rim in “Langwieder Haide”, as an external compensation to promote lizard population
- Connecting the green corridor to the green infrastructure network of the city and linking the neighbourhood to the train station (Reference 2)
- 20 building plots were developed, out there are 13 residential buildings. (Reference 1)
- specific maintenance and development standards were defined for all biotopes and are executed by the city’s construction department
gardening section
- all preserved habitats were granted long-term protection in the legally binding land-use plan.
- 20-hectare large agricultural land was turned to a grassland habitat complex at the northern city rim in “Langwieder Haide”, as an external compensation to promote lizard population
- Connecting the green corridor to the green infrastructure network of the city and linking the neighbourhood to the train station (Reference 2)
- 20 building plots were developed, out there are 13 residential buildings. (Reference 1)
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
unknown
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
unknown
