Green belt
The term green belt is understood to be a continuous system of green and open spaces that encircle a settlement area, a village or a city. Usually, such green belts are specially protected and legally secured through appropriate zoning or land use plans ( grassland declaration ).
features
The enclosure of the mostly densely built-up settlement or urban area has several advantages:
- Provision of large green and open spaces near the settlement
- Contribution to air quality through the filter effect emanating from the green areas and the production of fresh air
- Improvement of the microclimate
- Curb urban growth in the surrounding area
- Networking of biotopes
Similar goals are pursued by designating green corridors, but these do not encompass the entire settlement area.
Examples of known green belts
The largest green belts in German-speaking countries include:
- the Munich green belt (33,500 ha)
- the Vienna green belt (21,500 ha)
- the Frankfurt green belt (8,000 ha)
- the Cologne green belt
- the green belt of Duisburg-Nord (8.3 ha)
- the Kiel green belt
- the Mainz green belt
- the Buersche green belt in Gelsenkirchen
- the Ringpark in Würzburg
- the green belt around the old town of Minden
- the green belt in downtown Laufen (Salzach)
According to their position in Düren greenbelt the settlement was green belt (Düren) named, as well as running in street greenbelt .
The largest green belts outside of Germany include:
- the London green belt
- the Niamey Green Belt
See also
- Green ring , bicycle and footpath signs around a city with or without additional parks
- Green Belt Germany , a nature conservation project along the former German-German border
- China's Green Wall
Web links
Wiktionary: Green belt - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ Green planning area on muenchen.de: Münchner Grüngürtel , accessed on June 29, 2017.
- ^ Daniel Bechtel, Der Westen: Duisburg celebrates its park at the steelworks , May 16, 2016.