Upper Elbe Valley / Eastern Erzgebirge - KLIMAfit
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KLIMAfit is the name of a project that will formulate and test innovative spatial development strategies for climate change in the Upper Elbe Valley / Eastern Erzgebirge model region in the coming years. The model region consists of the Upper Elbe Valley / Eastern Erzgebirge planning region and includes the rural districts of Meissen and Saxon Switzerland / Eastern Erzgebirge and the urban district of Dresden. In terms of the spatial structure, it incorporates both densely populated and rural areas. The natural landscape is characterised by relatively unspoilt sections of the Elbe, particularly cultivated landscape used for agriculture on the lowlands and hills and heavily wooden areas on the highlands.
The KLIMAfit project for the Upper Elbe Valley / Eastern Erzgebirge model region is one of eight projects in Germany that make up the KlimaMORO programme, which is designed to help develop strategies and specific actions on climate change. KLIMAfit has a strong focus on implementation, hence it includes aspects such as early cooperation with stakeholders in regional development.
Focus areas in the model region:
The objective was to formulate a spatial development strategy to target this issue. This strategy highlights specific methods for consistent implementation of the regional plan, incorporating informal instruments of regional development.
Oberes Elbtal, Osterzgebirge
Climate projections are provided by the German Meteorological Office (DWD).
temperature threshold days, snow volume, extreme weather
According to climate projections for Saxony, in future the model region will be affected by an increase in the mean annual temperature and extremely hot summer days, and by a reduction in summer precipitation, particularly in the lowlands and hills. At the same time, indicators of an increase in extreme weather can be identified.
This results in the following possible effects in different areas:
A regional plan has been developed that includes adaptation methods in the form of planning arrangements, e.g. arrangements for forest conversion, forest expansion, areas to retain and improve water retention, flood protection priority and reserved areas, priority and reserved areas for water resources and safeguarding of fresh and cold air generating areas and drainage routes. A policy paper has also been produced, containing conclusions for the ongoing development of formal and informal instruments in the planning region. In addition, guidelines focusing on implementation of regional planning strategies for climate change in selected fields of activity have been drawn up.
Promoted by: Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS) and the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR): KlimaMORO
regional research assistant: Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development
Project partners are the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior, The State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology and ILE-regions "Dresdner Heide bow" and "Silver Ore".
Regionaler Planungsverband Oberes Elbtal/Osterzgebirge
Verbandsgeschäftsstelle
Meißner Strasse 151a
D-01445 Radebeul