LED2LEAP 2021 - Nürtingen Team 6
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| Area | Neckarhausen | |
| Place | Nürtingen | |
| Country | Germany | |
| Topics | Accessibility to the river Neckar | |
| Author(s) | Gabriel, Yana, Digjam, Titiksha, Manasviben | |
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Landscape Democracy Rationale
- The location of Neckarhausen in close proximity to the main road (Neckarstraße) in the south, is the primary landscape challenge for this village. This area is separated from the river by the noisy road, which not only makes it impossible to access the river but also is the main reason for air pollutions.
- Local people prefer to stay at home or to relax in the gardens, but only a part of houses has territory for gardens or orchards. The historical center is the only public place for citizens of all ages, especially young people who like skating and cycling on the streets. The riverbank has a lot of potentials to be a new space for communication between groups of people in Neckarhausen.
Location and Scope
Phase A: Mapping Your Community
Welcome to Your Community and Their Landscape
- Neckarhausen is a small German village located in the Neckar River Valley and is a part of Nürtingen city. The earliest record of the local community date of 1284 and the current population of the city is 3,934 inhabitants. The city has been developed around a church and a town hall. The urban space is surrounded by the river, mountain, orchards, intensive agriculture, and some forest area.
- At the earliest, Neckarhausen has benefited from the exploitation of local resources and the use of the Neckar river as a transportation channel for logs has been a major transformation for the local communities along the river.
- Nowadays, Orchards and Agriculture are also part of the village cultural heritage and offer good potential for tourism to visit the community. However, fisheries and wood exploitation are no longer a way to meet society's needs.
- It is important to mention that the Baden-Wurttemberg province offers a highly favorable environment for business and the proximity of Stuttgart offers Neckarhausen people multiple opportunities in industries and services. The Covid may have also an impact on the local economy and work from home might become more common.
Location, Neckarhausen district
Neckarhausen 1824
Neckarhausen 2021
Neckarhausen Land-Use Map
Groups of Actors and Stakeholders in Your Community
- The community of this small village is composed of teenagers, children, young families, workers, single, elders, and farmers. Also, some local businesses and government institutions can be found in the territory of Neckarhausen. The local authority is led by member of the municipality council of Nürtingen city. Other non-obvious actors such as fishermen and animals can be mentioned in the list of stakeholders.
- The lack of accessibility to the river and natural areas is a challenge in this area. People do not have a lot of great quality urban spaces for gatherings and meetings near. Teenagers and children play and ride skateboards on the streets, older people use religious places such as churches to meet each other. In addition, young families also need a place for different types of activities and for socializing, not only territories of schools and kindergartens. Citizens of Neckarhausen like to be outside, doing gardening activities and go for a walk, enjoy nature and views. However, the main road, design just by the river creates a division between settlement and the river. Historically, the village has been founded on the proximity of the water and this important connection to the community seems to vanish. Fortunately, by crossing on of the city bridge to =the other shore, there's a lot of open space available to people.
Community map / Land-Use
groups of people / needs and aspirations
Historical center / Functions
Relationships Between Your Actors and Groups
The leading authority of the Neckarhausen village is the city of Nürtingen. The decentralization of the power from the community could be a problem in creating unity. In terms of the landscape transformation, the local business, farmers, schools, landowners depend on the municipality, and the group with less power are the teenagers and students. We observed that younger people tend to have less power in terms of space design.
With the 2019-2021 Covid pandemic situation, relationships between actors and groups in Neckarhausen have been greatly influenced by social distancing limits. Isolation could create a certain division and misunderstanding in the community.
People in the Baden-Württemberg area tend to enjoy outdoor activities and nature. The pandemic has pointed out how much natural space, trees, water, and fresh air are vital to a healthy community.
Although, creating a better environment, in order to promote socialization could be a great opportunity to share ideas and improve the understanding of everyone's needs and ambitions.
Powermapping of the stakeholders
Pictures of community
relationships between the stakeholders of Neckarhausen
Summary of Your Learnings from the Transnational Discussion Panel
- Participation in discussions with students from different Universities and from different countries was so helpful for us for a broader understanding of various analyses and goals as well as communities around the world. We learned a lot from graphical presentations and it can help us to improve our project in the future.
Theory Reflection
- During the reading of literature from “key reading” we have found many interesting statements which inspired us and helped us to feel how important landscape democracy in theory and practice.
- Uwe Schneidewind, Mandy Singer-Brodowski, Karoline Augenstein and Franziska Stelzer (2016) Pledge for a Transformative Science
"Transformative science, which is defined as a specific type of science that does not only observe and describe societal transformation processes but rather initiates and catalyzes them. Transformative science aims to improve our understanding of transformation processes and to simultaneously increase societal capacity to reflect on them."
"The relationship between scientists and society has to be redefined where they take real-world problems as the starting point for research, where research questions are framed together with societal stakeholders, and where different types of disciplinary and non-academic knowledge need to be integrated."
- Shelley Egoz, Karsten Jørgensen and Deni Ruggeri (2018) Defining Landscape Democracy
"Landscape, in its wider conceptual sense, is the life support system for human and ecological communities. Physical, mental, emotional, economic, social and cultural wellbeing depends in large part on inclusive planning and management of the landscape."
"Its mission is: To lead, host and provide a conceptual framework in order to motivate high-quality research discourses and practices associated with democracy, rights and public engagement in landscape functions, patterns, and change."
- Randolph T. Hester (2006) Design for Ecological Democracy
"This book is about building ecological democracy through design. Places that attract an informed and active citizenry, that are resilient ecologically, and that enhance our lives through their livability are the foundation for an ecological democracy that is essential to our nations long term health and to lives that are more than most of us presently live."
"Ecological democracy is almost like wedding apparel,” Something old, Something new, Something recurring, Something true.”
References
- Pledge for a Transformative Science, Uwe Schneidewind, Mandy Singer-Brodowski, Karoline Augenstein and Franziska Stelzer (2016)
- Defining Landscape Democracy, Shelley Egoz, Karsten Jørgensen and Deni Ruggeri (2018)
- Design for Ecological Democracy, Randolph T. Hester (2006)
Phase B: Democratic Landscape Analysis and Assessment
Gabriel-Hugues André Ouellet and Chloé Camérola Correspondence
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Titiksha Rohit and Lara Ćuk Correspondence
Manasviben satani,Michalina Jasinsk and Tímea Žolobaničová
Yana Babakova, Wiktoria Kiedrowicz, Michael Venturelli and Moussa Ouarhim Correspondence
Phase C: Collaborative Visioning and Goal Setting
The Scene in Your Story of Visioning
- Neckarhausen people have the chance of living near the water. However, since the construction of the main road near the river, the community has lost important access to the river. Also, animals are struggling to reach the forest because of the danger of the roads.
- The village of almost 4000 residents is part of the Stuttgart region and due to the rapid economic growth, industrialization of agriculture has also created a major loss to the biodiversity of the region.
- It’s time for the citizen of the village and the wildlife of the region to reclaim their right to access water and healthy nature.
The Actors in Your Story of Visioning
- In the Neckarhausen identify different actors group. For example farmers, sportsperson, International students, Business people, kids, younger people, Elder, couples, Fisherman, Architect and many others.
- There are some helpful organization like local government of Nürtingen , University of Landscape Architecture , Environmental conservation agency , social group , local Industries who helps to reach towards goal.
Community of Neckarhausen
The Story of Visioning
Story A
Story B
Reflect on Your Story of Visioning
Formulating goals with multiple actors could be a challenge. At the base, we need to be sure that everybody gets soaked as much as possible about the context of the desired intervention area. It will provide essential knowledge of the strength and weaknesses of an area and will help to make more strategic decisions when will come the time to choose between the most relevant goals.
The first contact with the actors is also very important, as we should always aim to improve the communication within the community. A good understanding of each other will generate unity within the community and offer the chance to share more easily the vision we want everybody to participate in.
A vision at the beginning could be blurry and it’s the role of the leader to make it clearer. He could be an expert or people within the community and his role is to take the complex situation and make it simpler so that everybody can understand and join in the common vision.
Story of Visioning
Phase D: Collaborative Design, Transformation and Planning
Your Prototyping Action
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The Evolution of Your Prototyping Action
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The Plan Behind Your Prototyping Action
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The Realization of Your Prototyping Action
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Reflect on Your Prototyping Action
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Phase E: Collaborative Evaluation and Future Agendas
Collaborative Evaluation and Landscape Democracy Reflection
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The Actors in your Collaborative Evaluation
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Reflection on the Online Seminar
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Reflection on the Living Lab Process
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Your Living Lab Code of Conduct
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Process Reflection
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