Labour Market Region Traunstein

The Labour Market Region of Traunstein/Traunreut is Identified problems located halfway between Munich and Salzburg. In a way, the region represents a microcosmos of the Alps and their Within the DIAMONT workshops, local stakeholders main issues: In the south, it features alpine landscapes of discussed the following topics: high ecological and touristic value, in the center it is • Retail and settlement development – transected by the highway A8 - the most important West- between local supply and competitiveness East road connection in the German Alps. Lake Chiemsee • Spatial effects of demographic change is well known for its landscape and amenity values, while • Residential housing and spatial the north is dominated by industry and large-scale development agriculture. • Institutional framework The influence of large agglomerations is posing an opportunity as well as a Awareness for the need of land resource management exists threat to the region. Employment among stakeholders, but cooperation among relevant (public) opportunities and shopping facilities institutions on regional level is perceived as insufficient and are abundant, yet at the same time, ineffective. Land use decisions are currently often following an the drain of purchasing power is ad-hoc procedure. posing a threat to local businesses. Limited land ressources are increasingly under pressure (Fig. 1). Necessary steps...

Like for many Alpine labour market regions, the question In regard to sustainable management of Alpine land resources, remains how to sustain the high quality of life under changing participants identified the following elements to be of crucial spatial framework conditions. importance: Regional characteristics • Definition of development objectives • Improvement of the knowledge base for land-related decision- 2 Size: 554 km making (status quo and future demand) Population: 83.000 • Appropriate regional framework conditions in terms of Population density: 151 person/km2 institutions and balancing mechanisms Main towns: Traunstein, Traunreut, Siegsdorf

Percentage increase of area for settlement and infrastructure between 1992 and 2004 (in %)

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45% Beyond traditional sectors of inter-municipal cooperation, the 45% 40% issue of coordinating spatial development in functionally 35% 30% 30% 26% interrelated regions of the Alps such as Traunstein still poses a 25% 21% 21% 20% 18% 17% 17% major challenge for local stakeholders. Instruments need to be 15% 14% 15% 13% 12% 11% 11% 10% 10% developed and implemented that safeguard local decision- 5%

0% making and at the same time acknowledge the increasing Bergen Nußdorf Surberg Chieming Siegsdorf Traunreut Traunstein Ruhpolding Vachendorf Wonneberg Grabenstätt regional scope of everyday activities of the Alpine population. Waging am See am Waging Taching am See am Taching LMR Traunstein LMR German part Alpine Municipal average of average Municipal Fig.1 Increase of land take for settlement and infrastructure 1992-2004 (Source: LfS 2007) value, indicator Mean