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Circular flow land use management, or ''CircUse'', is a name for a particular process in which neglected land in
urban area An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, ...
s is put to better uses. ''CircUse'' as a concept aims to be integrated with existing structures and uses, and is put into practice on a broad scale. The concept also looks to reduce the consumption of un-built land through prioritizing inner development over outer development. In Germany the approach of circular flow land use management has been developed and tested by the German Institute for Urban Affairs (Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs (BMVBS) and German Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR).


Concept of Land Use

The concept of circular flow land use management can be described with the slogan “reduce - recycle – avoid”. To create
sustainable Specific definitions of sustainability are difficult to agree on and have varied in the literature and over time. The concept of sustainability can be used to guide decisions at the global, national, and individual levels (e.g. sustainable livin ...
land use Land use involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as settlements and semi-natural habitats such as arable fields, pastures, and managed woods. Land use by humans has a long his ...
s, actions have to be supported to find new innovative ways to “reduce” the consumption of land by new development “recycle” or put back into use abandoned and derelict sites, and “avoid” future land use decisions that are not
sustainable Specific definitions of sustainability are difficult to agree on and have varied in the literature and over time. The concept of sustainability can be used to guide decisions at the global, national, and individual levels (e.g. sustainable livin ...
. The concept puts a high value upon the development of inner districts through infill measures. This approach takes into consideration issues related to urban sprawl,
urban planning Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, ...
,
brownfield land In urban planning, brownfield land is any previously developed land that is not currently in use. It may be potentially contaminated, but this is not required for the area to be considered brownfield. The term is also used to describe land prev ...
, and
land use planning Land use planning is the process of regulating the use of land by a central authority. Usually, this is done to promote more desirable social and environmental outcomes as well as a more efficient use of resources. More specifically, the goals ...
. The concept was developed by the German Institute for Urban Affairs (Difu) and the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) between 2003 and 2007 during the ExWoSt research field “circular land use management in cities and urban regions” (Kreislaufwirtschaft in der städtischen/stadtregionalen Flächennuntzung -. Fläche im Kreis)


Practical Application

To incorporate the circular flow land use management concept into the practice of city planning in Central Europe, the project “Circular Flow Land Use Management (CircUse)” was initiated by the European Union Central Europe organization as well as co-financed by the
European Regional Development Fund The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is one of the European Structural and Investment Funds allocated by the European Union. Its purpose is to transfer money from richer regions (not countries), and invest it in the infrastructure and se ...
. The CircUse project involves 12 partner organizations and 3 associated organizations in the six countries of Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland and Slovakia. The lead organization is the Institute for the Ecology of Urban Areas (IETU), located in
Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popu ...
, Poland. The main core outputs of the CircUse project will be: * A Circular Flow Land Use Management Strategy * Position paper on existing and new instruments * Separate training materials for professionals and school children * Management structures (one newly formed and another modified from its previous form) that incorporate the CircUse principles * Developed action plans for six pilot regions * A
land management Land management is the process of managing the use and development (in both urban and rural settings, but it is mostly managed in Urban places.) of land resources. Land resources are used for a variety of purposes which may include organic agri ...
data tool available as a software package * A compendium summarizing the entire project


Timeframe

The CircUse project was initiated in March 2010 and is scheduled to run until the end of February 2013.


Similar Projects

CircUse also builds on the experiences the German "ExWoSt Research Field: Circular land use management in cities and urban regions” (ExWoSt Themafeld: Kreislaufwirtschaft in der städtischen/stadtregionalen Flächennutzung) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Research Programme "Research for the Reduction of Land Consumption and for Sustainable Land Management" (Forschung für die Reduzierung der Flächeninanspruchnahme und ein nachhaltiges Flächenmanagement). Similar projects carried out by other organizations include the European Union PLUREL project.


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Project Website

Project Results

REFINA Project

PLUREL Project


Further reading

* Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs (BMVBS), Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) (published by.) (2007): Kreislaufwirtschaft in der städtischen/stadtregionalen Flächennutzung, revised by Thomas Preuß et al. (German Institute of Urban Affairs et al.) and Fabian Dosch et al. (BBR), Bonn (Werkstatt publication series: Praxis, No. 51). * Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) (published by) (2006): Perspektive Flächenkreislaufwirtschaft special publications series for the ExWoSt research field Fläche im Kreis, Vol. 1: Theoretische Grundlagen und Planspielkonzeption, revised by Thomas Preuß et al. (German Institute of Urban Affairs et al.) and Fabian Dosch et al., (BBR), Bonn. * Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) (published by) (2006): Perspektive Flächenkreislaufwirtschaft special publications series for the ExWoSt research field Fläche im Kreis, Vol. 2: Was leisten bestehende Instrumente?, revised by Thomas Preuß et al. (German Institute of Urban Affairs et al.) and Fabian Dosch et al., (BBR), Bonn. * Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) (published by) (2007): Perspektive Flächenkreislaufwirtschaft special publications series for the ExWoSt research field Fläche im Kreis, Vol. 3: Neue Instrumente für neue Ziele, revised by Thomas Preuß et al. (German Institute of Urban Affairs et al.) and Fabian Dosch et al., (BBR), Bonn. * Preuß, Thomas and Ferber, Uwe (2008): Circular land use management in cities and urban regions – a policy mix utilizing existing and newly conceived instruments to implement an innovative strategic and policy approach, German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu), Difu-Paper, Berlin. * Preuß, Thomas and Ferber, Uwe(2006): Circular Flow Land Use Management: New Strategic, Planning and Instrumental Approaches for Mobilisation of Brownfields, German Institute of Urban Affairs, Occasional paper, Berlin. * Bock, Stephanie, Hinzen, Ajo and Libbe, Jens (published by) (2011): Nachhaltiges Flächenmanagement – Ein Handbuch für die Praxis. Ergebnisse aus der REFINA-Forschung, Berlin. {{DEFAULTSORT:CircUlar Flow Land Use Management Research Sustainable urban planning City Sustainability in Germany