Regional Report North Rhine - Westphalia
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TPM Territorial Performance Monitoring Annexes Regional Report North Rhine - Westphalia Targeted Analysis 2013/02/13 Draft final Report | Version 27 February 2012 This report presents the interim results of a Targeted Analysis conducted within the framework of the ESPON 2013 Programme, partly financed by the European Regional Development Fund. The partnership behind the ESPON Programme consists of the EU Commission and the Member States of the EU27, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Each partner is represented in the ESPON Monitoring Committee. This report does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the members of the Monitoring Committee. Information on the ESPON Programme and projects can be found on www.espon.eu The web site provides the possibility to download and examine the most recent documents produced by finalised and ongoing ESPON projects. This basic report exists only in an electronic version. © ESPON & IGEAT, 2012 Printing, reproduction or quotation is authorised provided the source is acknowledged and a copy is forwarded to the ESPON Coordination Unit in Luxembourg. ESPON Territorial Performance Monitoring (TPM) Regional Report Project Partner 5 North Rhine-Westphalia Index List of abbreviations ..................................................................................................................................... iii List of figures .................................................................................................................................................... iv List of tables ...................................................................................................................................................... iv 1. Description of the stakeholder and its position in national structure .................................... 1 1.1 General economic characteristics ................................................................................................................... 2 1.2 The German Planning System ........................................................................................................................... 2 1.2.1 General principles ................................................................................................................................... 2 1.2.2 Federal spatial planning ....................................................................................................................... 3 1.2.3 State spatial planning............................................................................................................................. 4 1.2.4 Regional spatial planning ..................................................................................................................... 5 1.2.5 Municipal spatial planning .................................................................................................................. 5 2. Analysis of the Situation: Awareness of the global challenges, future threats and opportunities in NRW ..................................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Demographic change ............................................................................................................................................ 7 2.1.1 Spatial impact of demographic change in North Rhine-Westphalia .................................... 7 2.1.2 Manner of focusing on demographic change ................................................................................ 9 2.1.3 Threats and risks ...................................................................................................................................... 9 2.1.4 Opportunities .......................................................................................................................................... 11 2.2 Globalisation ......................................................................................................................................................... 11 2.2.1 Spatial impact of globalisation in North Rhine-Westphalia ................................................. 11 2.2.2 Manner of focusing on globalisation .............................................................................................. 11 2.2.3 Threats and risks ................................................................................................................................... 12 2.2.4 Opportunities .......................................................................................................................................... 13 2.3 Climate change ..................................................................................................................................................... 15 2.3.1 Spatial impact of climate change in North Rhine-Westphalia ............................................. 15 2.3.2 Manner of focusing on climate change ......................................................................................... 16 2.3.3 Threats and risks ................................................................................................................................... 17 2.3.4 Opportunities .......................................................................................................................................... 18 2.4 Energy supply ....................................................................................................................................................... 18 2.4.1 Energy supply in North Rhine-Westphalia ................................................................................. 18 2.4.2 Manner of focusing on energy supply ........................................................................................... 19 2.4.3 Threats and risks ................................................................................................................................... 20 2.4.4 Opportunities .......................................................................................................................................... 20 2.5 Use of forecasts .................................................................................................................................................... 20 3. Methodological report ............................................................................................................................ 22 3.1 Fields of policy interest of the stakeholder .............................................................................................. 22 3.2 Assessment of the regional indicator systems completeness .......................................................... 25 i 3.2.1 Existing indicator system ................................................................................................................... 25 3.2.2 New needs of information .................................................................................................................. 29 3.3 Additional indicators/information .............................................................................................................. 29 3.3.1 Analyzing quantitative data .............................................................................................................. 29 3.3.2 Harvesting expert opinion ................................................................................................................. 30 3.4 Adaption to local systems ................................................................................................................................ 33 4. Resilience of the planning system ...................................................................................................... 35 4.1 Strategic capacity of the planning system ................................................................................................ 35 4.1.1 Establishing objectives and guiding principles ......................................................................... 35 4.1.2 Flexibility and inflexibility of the planning system ................................................................. 35 4.2 Horizontal coordination and integration of policy content............................................................... 36 4.3 Vertical coordination and integration of policy content .................................................................... 37 4.3.1 Coordination between state and regional planning ................................................................ 37 4.3.2 Integration of European objectives and guiding principles ................................................. 38 4.4 Cooperation and participation possibilities for civil society ............................................................ 39 5. Effectiveness of policy content ............................................................................................................ 40 5.1 Demographic change ......................................................................................................................................... 40 5.1.1 Objectives .................................................................................................................................................. 40 5.1.2 Implementation of the goals set ...................................................................................................... 40 5.2 Globalisation ........................................................................................................................................................