Sudgelande Nature Park_ landscape design

In designing the Nature-Park, OkoCon & Planlands designated two distinct landscape types each characterized by particular management and use regimes:  Nature protection areas and Landscape Protection areas.  The designation is based on a range of ecological and cultural/urban factors including:

_rare and endangered species and communities

_lines of sight

_accessibility

_relics of industrial uses

(Kowarik, 295)

Map of Sudgelande Nature-Park showing the locations of various facilities, trails, artworks, and industrial relics on the site.

(Source: Thierfelder, Holle. "Green Berlin," http://www.urban-landscape.net/vienna_seminar/docs/conference_presentations/Green%20Berlin.pdf, Accessed 1/10/08)

Sources and Further Information

Allianz Umweltstiftung _ http://www.allianz-umweltstiftung.de/projekte_uebersicht/gruen_in_staedten/suedgelaende/index.html

Natur-Park Sudgelande: Linking Conservation and Recreation in an abandoned railyard in Berlin.  Ingo Kowarik, Andreas Langer. in Wild Urban Woodlands: New Perspectives on Urban Forestry. Kowarik, Ingo, and Stefan Korner, eds. Berlin: Springer, 2005.