Metropolitan Spatial Planning Concept Zurich (METRO-ROK)
The project comprises the update and further development of the Metropolitan Spatial Planning Concept Zurich (Metro-ROK) published in 2015. The concept is supported by 8 cantons in the Zurich metropolitan area and serves as an orientation framework for their cantonal planning. SPUR accompanies the project in the role of an external coordinator and as an analytical support in current topics such as climate adaptation and the coordination of settlement and transport.
Introduction
Major challenges of spatial development in Switzerland such as inward settlement development or the sustainable strengthening of climate resilient and biodiversity enhancing landscapes require planning in functional spaces that does not stop at institutional boundaries. This is precisely where Metro-ROK comes in, in that important spatially effective goals in the entire Zurich metropolitan area are set jointly by the various cantons involved and measures are drafted for their implementation.
The Project
This is a practice-oriented project in which current challenges of sustainable spatial development are identified and measures for their handling are evaluated through active participation and involvement in an important strategic spatial planning concept in Switzerland. In this context, SPUR acts as a project partner, on the one hand coordinating the strategy development process of the participating cantons and, on the other hand, providing expert input on pressing issues such as how to deal with global warming and the distribution of population and employment growth in different spatial types in the Zurich metropolitan area. The project investigates the emergence of informal planning tools for sustainable spatial development through direct participation in a real concept development process.
Partners
Cantonal planners and spatial planning offices of the cantons of Aargau, Lucerne, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Zug and Zurich
Team Members
Project Supervisor
Deputy head of Inst Spatial and Landscape Development / Head of Network City and Landscape ARCH and BAUG
Raumentwicklung und Stadtpolitik
Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5
8093
Zürich
Switzerland
Project Leader
Inst. f. Raum- u. Landschaftsentw.
Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5
8093
Zürich
Switzerland
