Development in the Districts.
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Dusseldorf is part of the metropolitan region of Rhine-Ruhr that contains the Ruhr Area and the northwestern Rhineland. This region is the second largest agglomeration in Western Europe, after Greater London.
Herewith it represents at the radius of only 500 km the centre of seedling in whole Western Europe. The urban area of the city of Dusseldorf comprises 217 km² with over 580,000 inhabitants. The landscaped zones themselves comprise 101 km². In comparison with the urban area this zone is big. The conservation areas make out 5% and the protected landscapes 35% of the city. But in the last years these areas have lost 1km² because of several urban development measures.
Within the economic miracle of the 1950s and of the beginning of the 1960s Dusseldorf was able to register the highest level of industrial employment and biggest development of areas for industry and trade. However, since 1961 there could be noticed a structural change which lasts to the present time. The reason for this change has been the relocation of jobs from industry and trade to communication and services beginning with the end of the economic miracle. This development allowed many abandoned areas to be opened for new usage. To avoid one-sided use of these zones, the city organised competitions and framework development planning. Currently the city has 30 areas to restructure, which have a size of nearly 431 hectare. 18 regions with 233 hectare originate from the structural change of trade and industry. The restructuring normally averages 5,8 years but some projects are realised over more than 10 years. Reorganisation is designated for living areas (22%), for trade (27%), for offices (44%) and for the open-space-usage (4%). A special example for this procedure is the reorganisation of the harbour. Because of its bad economic situation it has been restructured since 1976 continually into the today's Medienhafen. Today and in future one can find gastronomy, communication, media and creative studios as well as companies. Another project concentrates on the restructuring of the former barracks and residential areas of the British Army. After withdrawal, the area at the Dusseldorf Airport is being recreated as the new Airportcity, an office park with hotels. Third example is the German military area of the Reitzsteinkaserne. Here a new residential area is being planned.
A line called Tendencies of the spatial urban development today- tomorrow- the day after tomorrow, Tendenzen der räumlichen Stadtentwicklung heute – morgen – übermorgen coordinates the future of the urban development of Dusseldorf. This plan includes 12 points regarding the developmental and strategic trends for the future of Dusseldorf. This plan is really necessary firstly because the residential estates and open spaces soon will be overused. For an increasing number of inhabitants, the claim of each inhabitant for more area will increase constantly. In 2005 each inhabitant needed more than 40 m² for hobby, habitation and work. Thereby the development of the residential estates will exhaust its resources. The present compensation areas are put under pressure because of being potential building plots. Also the over usage of urban areas resulted from the slackened release of space for trade, industry, the Deutsche Bahn and the army. These facts entail that the existing lands will be protected against misuse. Also in future current projects like the Airportcity, the restructuring of the goods station of Derendorf, the Medienhafen and the project for new settlement at the expanse of Mannesmann-Vallourec and Kaufring will be the most important concepts for restructuring the urban development of Dusseldorf.
Dusseldorf districts
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