Schweinfurt

The creation of a green belt as an impulse for urban regeneration in Schweinfurt (Germany)

Name	Green belt Schweinfurt
Place	City of Schweinfurt
Country	Germany
Topic	Urban regeneration
Author(s)	Markus Peter
Completion	2009 (1. Section - "Upper Gate" to river Main)
Client	City of Schweinfurt
Project costs	9,0 Mio € (1. Section of the green belt)
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Rationale: Why is this case study interesting?

• The case study shows the ability of the revitalisation of a city as a co-operation of old town renewal and the creation of a green belt

• Old towns are very typical for european cities. Nowadays they lack in a population movement from within towns and cities to the rural-urban fringe. This project shows how old towns can be strenghtened

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• The influence of landscape architecture into the revitalisation of old towns

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