Enhancement of Cultural Heritage through Environmental Planning and Management - CHERPLAN (SEE/0041/4.3/X) WP5 – Environmental Planning in Pilot Projects D5.3.3 – Pilot Project Environmental Management Plan - Hallstatt Short Version (Language: English) Country: Austria Authors: BOKU -University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna Municipality of Hallstatt Completion Date: 30/6/2014 List of Authors University for Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna Sandra Nicolics, Laurent Richard, Reinhard Perfler Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control Municipality of Hallstatt Alexander Scheutz, Frank Höll, Cornelia Huis CHERPLAN / D5.3.6 Page 2 of 33 Table of Content Table of Content .............................................................................................................................. 3 List of figures ................................................................................................................................... 5 List of tables .................................................................................................................................... 5 Executive summary ......................................................................................................................... 6 1 Background and objectives ...................................................................................................... 7 2 The CHERPLAN integral Environmental Planning approach ...................................................... 9 3 Institutional and organisational embedding of planning activities ............................................ 9 3.1 During the CHERPLAN project: focus on Hallstatt Municipality ............................................ 10 3.2 After the CHERPLAN project: extension to the World Heritage Region? .............................. 10 4 System Analysis ..................................................................................................................... 11 4.1 Socio-economic, infrastructural and environmental characteristics of the communities .... 11 4.2 The World Heritage Region Hallstatt-Dachstein/Salzkammergut ......................................... 11 4.2.1 UNESCO World Heritage Site ......................................................................................... 11 4.2.2 Protected properties in Hallstatt ................................................................................... 12 4.3 Main legal and institutional baselines of cultural heritage management, infrastructure and community development .................................................................................................................. 12 4.4 Stakeholder Environment ...................................................................................................... 12 4.5 Strategic assessment ............................................................................................................. 13 5 Vision and scenario development: main results ..................................................................... 14 5.1 Soft facts ................................................................................................................................ 14 5.2 Hard facts .............................................................................................................................. 16 5.2.1 Past and current development ...................................................................................... 16 5.2.2 Future development (scenario based) .......................................................................... 18 6 Discussion and selection of field of actions ............................................................................ 22 6.1 Demographical development ................................................................................................ 22 6.2 Overnight tourism ................................................................................................................. 22 6.3 Day tourism ........................................................................................................................... 23 6.4 Public infrastructure / services .............................................................................................. 23 6.5 Selection of field of actions ................................................................................................... 24 7 Preparation for the implementation of selected field of actions ............................................ 25 7.1 Expected costs ....................................................................................................................... 25 CHERPLAN / D5.3.6 Page 3 of 33 7.2 Possible funding sources ....................................................................................................... 25 7.3 Proposition for the implementation of selected field of actions .......................................... 26 7.4 Proposal for monitoring the implementation of selected activities and updating the list of field of actions ................................................................................................................................... 28 References .................................................................................................................................... 30 Annex ............................................................................................................................................ 31 CHERPLAN / D5.3.6 Page 4 of 33 List of figures Figure 1: Delimitation of the UNESCO Hallstatt-Dachstein/Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape (UNESCO World Heritage Center, 2008) ................................................................................................. 8 Figure 2: View of Hallstatt and its landscape (Richard, 2013) ................................................................. 8 Figure 3: Day tourists in Hallstatt (Richard, 2013) .................................................................................. 8 Figure 4: CHERPLAN Environmental Planning approach for the development of Cultural Heritage Sites in South-East Europe ............................................................................................................................... 9 Figure 5: Proposal for a management structure for implementing the CHERPLAN integrated planning approach in the World Heritage Region (Municipalities of Hallstatt, Obertraun, Bad Goisern and Gosau) ................................................................................................................................................... 10 Figure 6: Overview of stakeholders relevant to Hallstatt’s development (non-exhaustive list) ........... 13 List of tables Table 1: Overview of thematic fields and associated visions ................................................................ 15 Table 2: Estimation of population size, number of overnight stays and number of day tourists in 2023 according to the 3 scenarios defined in this study ................................................................................ 19 Table 3: Costs estimation for the collection and disposal of public solid waste for the year 2023 (staff costs are not considered here) .............................................................................................................. 20 Table 4: Estimation of costs and revenues for Hallstatt’s public toilet facilities for the year 2023 ...... 20 Table 5: Estimation of costs and revenues for Hallstatt’s water supply for the year 2023 and for each scenario ................................................................................................................................................. 22 CHERPLAN / D5.3.6 Page 5 of 33 Executive summary An Environmental Management Plan for the Municipality of Hallstatt was elaborated based on activities carried out in the frame of the CHERPLAN project (2010-2014) in cooperation with representatives of the Hallstatt Municipality and a project team from the University of Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). The CHERPLAN project is an initiative financed by the South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme (a programme co-funded by the European Union). The full version of the Environmental Management Plan was written in German and is available on the project website (http://www.cherplan.eu/). The plan describes: 1. the background and objectives of the CHERPLAN project in general, and the structure of the management plan document specifically, 2. the CHERPLAN integral Environmental Planning approach, 3. the institutional and organisational embedding of the planning activities, 4. a system analysis of not only Hallstatt but also of the three neighbouring World Heritage Municipalities of Obertraun, Bad Goisern and Gosau, 5. the main results of participative planning activities in Hallstatt and complementary analyses of data collected during the project (including scenarios development), 6. propositions for selected field of actions, including activity and business planning The extensive annex of the german management plan moreover provides background data and further information on each of the six main chapters. The present document is a short version of the Environmental Management Plan and was written in English. It provides short descriptions of each chapter of the Environmental Management Plan. These descriptions do not reflect the full content of the Environmental Management Plan as some parts have been considerably summarised, but it will provide