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Planning and zoning that is sensitive to
climate will consistently make decisions in practice based upon
knowledge of their consequences and interconnections. When
restricted to a respective local area of application, this can
be carried out only using the legal instruments named in the
Federal Building Law – specifically, the guidelines of the
land use plan, the legally-binding parameters of the site plan,
the process and realization plans, and with agreements in an
"urban development contract."
Since there is no definitive instrument that works on its own
towards securing a healthy urban climate, it follows that the
sum of the depictions and parameters in the comprehensive
planning product must consider climatic requirements. At the
same time, the principle outlined in § 9 (1) of the Federal
Building Law must be observed, which states that all imposed
constraints must be justified from an urban development
perspective.
With respect to the requirements of planning actions, the
following goals of climate-sensitive planning should be pursued:
- Improvement of living conditions relative to climate
comfort / bioclimate
- Improvement in ventilation of developments
- Support of fresh-air provision through local wind systems
- Reducing the release of air pollutants and greenhouse
gases
- Reporting and proper evaluation of current or expected
pollution
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Proper reaction to pollution situations by adjusting land use
concepts
Since the
development of the urban climate (as described in Chapter
2) is based predominantly on the transformation of green
space and vegetation into the built city, a focus of
climate-sensitive urban planning lies in the preservation and
reclaiming of natural vegetation.
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