1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Nürnberg
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Regeneration des Hauptpmarktes
Short description of the intervention
The project of regeneration of Nürnberg's main market square and the resulting increase in attractiveness of the area is a result of negotiations between local authorities, citizens and landscape architects. It aims at increasing greenery in the city centre and its overall environmental and aesthetic conditions (1).
The status of the project is unclear, the project might have been cancelled as there is no indication of any interventions taking place.
Address

Hauptmarkt
Nürnberg
Germany

Location
Point location, which indicates where the NBS takes place
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Central Business District / City Centre
Website of the intervention
https://www.competitionline.com/de/beitraege/54252
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
2006
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2012
End date of the intervention
unknown
Present stage of the intervention
Unknown
Please specify "other" stage of the intervention
Unclear, the project might have been cancelled as there is no indication of any interventions taking place.
Goals of the intervention
1. Increase in green areas in the Old Town part of Nurnberg (1)
2. Connect existing green areas (1)
3. Improve access to the green areas from the residential areas (1)
4. Promotion of public-private cooperation in urban planning (1)
5. Improve the quality of stay and accessibility of the Main Square (1)
6. Environmental quality: decrease the influence of the traffic in the area (3)
7. Preservation of historical organization of the area (3)
8. To strengthen the two areas that characterize the competition area - the main market and the fruit market - in their identity and in their relationship to one another. (6)
9. To improve design quality and functionality of the square. (6)
Quantitative targets
Unknown
Monitoring indicators defined
Unknown
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Environmental quality
Air quality improvement
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Green space creation and/or management
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Regulation of built environment
Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
Protection of historic and cultural landscape/infrastructure
Implementation activities
The planning workshops with citizens within the competition for the regeneration project took place on 29 and 30 March 2012 (1)

Type of NBS project
Creation of new green areas
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Grey infrastructure featuring greens
Alley or street trees and other street vegetation
Parks and urban forests
Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
Vegetation Type
Trees
Please specify how many trees were planted
unknown
Amenities offered by the NBS
Unknown
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Regulating services
Air quality regulation
Cultural services
Aesthetic appreciation
Recreation
Scale
Spatial scale
Micro-scale: District/neighbourhood level
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Citizens or community groups
Governance
Governance arrangements
Government-led
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
The project was led and initiated by the local government. The project of the regeneration of the Main Square of Nurnberg was chosen and elaborated by local citizens within the planning workshops (1) The landscape architecture companies Schegk Landschaftsarchitekten was selected for the implementation. (6)
Key actors - initiating organization
Local government/municipality
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Local government/municipality
Citizens or community group
Private sector/corporate actor/company
Please specify other participatory methods
The project of the regeneration of the Main Square of Nurnberg was chosen and elaborated by local citizens within the planning workshops (1)
Land owners
No information found
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Co-planning (e.g. stakeholder workshops, focus groups, participatory mapping)
Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
Other
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a national regulations/strategy/plan
Yes
Please specify the national regulations/strategy/plan
Schegk Landscape Architects used National Guidelines for Standardization of Superstructure of traffic areas RStO 01 (FGSV) within the project of regeneration of the Main Square and decrease the presence of traffic (3)
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Yes
Please specify the "local regulation/strategy/plan"
The project is realized within the integrated city development program "Nuremberg - Northern Town. Active city and district centers" (1)
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Mandatory (based on policy)
Intervention is mandatory
Spatial planning guidance
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
The city-level regeneration project "Active city and district centers" aims at development opportunities in the most diverse areas such as water quality, green space, accessibility, paths and cycle paths, the climatic significance of Pegnitz river and new greenery (2)
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS section/part in a more general plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify the general plan with GI/NBS section
The project is realized within the integrated city development program "Nuremberg - Northern Town. Active city and district centers" (1)
If there is a relevant strategy or plan, please specify the theme / type of the plan.
General municipal plan
Presence of city network or regional partnerships focused on NBS - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
Together with the cities of Bremen and Leipzig Nurnberg participates in the Project "koopstadt" which is a national-level urban development policy aimed at impulse projects for sustainable urban development (4)
Presence of GI / NBS research project - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Subsidies/investment for GI / NBS in the city - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Co-finance for NBS
No
Co-financing governance arrangements
Unknown
Was this co-governance arrangement already in place, or was it set up specifically for this NBS?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
unknown
What are the total amount of expected annual maintenance costs?
unknown
What is the expected annual maintenance costs of the NBS or GI elements?
unknown
Please specify total cost (EUR)
The project was planned to be financed by the city of Nurnberg (city planning office)
Source(s) of funding
Public local authority budget
Type of fund(s) used
Earmarked public budget
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Business models
Green densification model
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Public actor (e.g. municipality)
Type of innovation
Social
Governance innovation
Please specify social innovation
Citizens of Nurnberg participated in the planning of the further development of the central area of the city in cooperation with professional landscape architects (2)
Novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Unknown
Description of environmental benefits
Unknown
Economic impacts
Unknown
Description of economic benefits
Unknown
Social and cultural impacts
Unknown
Description of social and cultural benefits
Unknown
Type of reported impacts
No impacts reported
Indicators
Unknown
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13)
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Inclusive and effective governance (SDG 16)
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
No information available
Negative impacts: Did the project cause any problems or concerns?
No information was found regarding negative impacts of the project
COVID-19 pandemic
Not applicable, as the project was probably cancelled before 2020.
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
No evidence in public records
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Unknown
Evidence for use of assessment
Presence of an assessment, evaluation and/or monitoring process
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
Impact assessment mechanism
Name of any specific impact assessment tools
Unknown
Use of GIS in mapping impacts
No evidence in public records
Citizen involvement
Citizens involvement in assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Please specify other modes of citizen involvement in evaluation/assessment
The project of the regeneration of the Main Square of Nurnberg was chosen and elaborated by local citizens within the planning workshops (1)
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
Web links relevant to the intervention
Städtebau / Stadtgestaltung. Haupt- und Obstmarkt
Broschüre: Altstadt ans Wasser
Neugestaltung der Freianlagen „Auf dem Plan“ und „Stadtplatz“
Stadterneuerung Programm „Aktive Stadt- und Ortsteilzentren“
City Planning Committee Public Meeting 19.05.2011
Neugestaltung Hauptmarkt, Obstmarkt und Ostseite Augustinerhof
List of references
1. Städtebau / Stadtgestaltung. Haupt- und Obstmarkt,
http://www.staedtebaufoerderung.info/StBauF/SharedDocs/Publikationen/StBauF/AktiveStadtOrtsteilzentren/Transfer12Belzer.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2 (Accessed on 17/11/2020)
2. (2015). Broschüre: Altstadt ans Wasser, https://www.nuernberg.de/imperia/md/stadtentwicklung/dokumente/publikationen/broschuere_altstadt_ans_wasser.pdf (Accessed on 17/11/2020)
3. Neugestaltung der Freianlagen „Auf dem Plan“ und „Stadtplatz“, http://www.competitionline.com/de/beitraege/137530 (Accessed on 17/11/2020)
4. Stadterneuerung Programm „Aktive Stadt- und Ortsteilzentren“, https://www.nuernberg.de/imperia/md/stadtplanung/broschueren/vu_noerdliche_altstadt.pdf (Accessed on 17/11/2020)
5. City Planning Committee Public Meeting 19.05.2011, (Link not operational in 2020)
6. Competitionline.com. (2012). Neugestaltung Hauptmarkt, Obstmarkt und Ostseite Augustinerhof. [online]. Available at: https://www.competitionline.com/de/beitraege/54252 (Accessed on 17/11/2020)
Comments and notes
Pictures of the NBS
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Public Images
Redesign of the open spaces "Auf dem Plan" and "Stadtplatz"
Redesign of the open spaces "Auf dem Plan" and "Stadtplatz"
Source: Ref. 3
Redesign of the open spaces "Auf dem Plan" and "Stadtplatz"
Redesign of the open spaces "Auf dem Plan" and "Stadtplatz"
Source: Ref. 3
Redesign of the open spaces "Auf dem Plan" and "Stadtplatz"
Redesign of the open spaces "Auf dem Plan" and "Stadtplatz"
Source: Ref. 3