Overall urban adaptation concept
Climate change is presenting cities like Aachen with growing challenges. Increasingly hot days, longer periods of drought and heavy rainfall events
affect quality of life, health, infrastructure and the environment. The city of Aachen has developed a city-wide adaptation concept in order to be able to counter these changes early and effectively.
The strategy paper on adapting to climate change contains concrete measures that are planned for the short and medium term. The city-wide concept for adapting to climate change was adopted on January 23, 2019.
The following areas are included in the implementation roadmap as strategic priorities:
- Measures against the dangers of extreme/heavy rainfall
- Hazard analysis and derivation of measures against heavy rainfall
The central work step is the creation of a hazard map with a spatial representation of areas with increased damage potential. On this basis, mitigation measures are to be developed and implemented.
- General water-sensitive planning
The examination of the necessity or usefulness of measures to minimize damage in the event of flooding is incorporated into traffic and road planning as well as into other public spaces.
- Measures against the effects of heat
- Safeguarding fresh and cold air corridors
This is to be guaranteed in particular by appropriate signatures in the land use plan and the landscape plan
- General measures against heating
In this field of action, aspects of greening, unsealing, shading and the choice of materials through to cooling water surfaces are addressed
- Environmental assessment, B-planning, project-related planning
Integration of climate impact adaptation concerns into various planning processes, including information for architects
- Green planning
This topic area refers to the particular importance of green spaces for adapting to climate change. Soil function and urban climate aspects have an impact both on the water balance and on local heating, which is why multifunctionality is a decisive factor here.
Communication was also included in the overall strategy for climate change adaptation. Of particular note here are information and advice for homeowners and businesses, e.g. on property protection, and instructions on what to do in the event of storms (civil protection).
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