Regionalverband Südlicher Oberrhein Regional Intermediate Report Region Südlicher Oberrhein Regionalverband Südlicher Oberrhein Dipl.-Ing. Fabian Torns Lehrstuhl Regionalentwicklung und Raumordnung Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Prof.-Dr. Gabi Troeger-Weiß Dr.-Ing. Hans-Jörg Domhardt Dipl.-Ing. Carina Stephan Freiburg / Kaiserslautern 2009 Regionalverband Südlicher Oberrhein Dr. Dieter Karlin (Verbandsdirektor) Dipl.-Ing. Fabian Torns Reichsgrafenstraße 19 79102 Freiburg Tel. 0761-70327-0 [email protected] www.region-suedlicher-oberrhein.de Lehrstuhl Regionalentwicklung und Raumordnung, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Prof.-Dr. Gabi Troeger-Weiß (Lehrstuhlinhaberin) Dr.-Ing. Hans-Jörg Domhardt Dipl.-Ing. Carina Stephan unter Mitarbeit von: Alison Alexander, B.A. Architecture Cand.-Ing. Pascal Reddmann Pfaffenbergstraße 95 67663 Kaiserslautern Tel. 0631-205-3435 [email protected] http://www.uni-kl.de/FG-RuR/ Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Index of Tables and Maps 3 1. Introduction 5 1.1. ACCESS: Project Background 5 1.2. Workpackage 5 – Regional Studies: Goals, Objectives and Activities 7 2. Country Profile: Germany 9 2.1. Territorial Organisation 9 2.2. Spatial Policies in Germany 9 2.3. Roles and Responsibilities in Services of General Interest (SGI) Themes 11 2.3.1. Public Transport 11 2.3.2. Information and Communication Technology (ICT): Internet 11 2.3.3. Everyday Needs 12 3. Regional and Test Areas Profile 13 3.1. Geographical Situation 14 3.1.1. Topographical Specifics of the Test Areas 14 3.1.2. Settlement Pattern 15 3.1.3. Role of the Major Settlements 18 3.2. Demography Demographic Development 19 3.2.1. Region Südlicher Oberrhein 19 3.2.2. Test Area Mittelbereich Emmendingen 19 3.2.3. Test Area Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach 20 3.3. Socio-Economic Situation- Economic Structure and Commuting to and from work 20 3.3.1. Region Südlicher Oberrhein 20 3.3.2. Test Area Mittelbereich Emmendingen 21 3.3.3. Test Area Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach 21 3.4. Development of Tourism 22 3.4.1. Region Südlicher Oberrhein 22 3.4.2. Test Area Mittelbereich Emmendingen 22 3.4.3. Test Area Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach 22 4. Services of General Interest (SGI) in the Test Areas: Description, Evaluation, Problems and Perspectives 23 4.1. Methodology of Evaluation of Services of General Interest 23 4.2. Situation of Public Transport 24 4.2.1. Region Südlicher Oberrhein 24 4.2.2. Test Area Mittelbereich Emmendingen 24 4.2.3. Test Area Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach 25 4.3. Situation Information and Communication Technology (ICT): Internet 26 4.3.1. Region Südlicher Oberrhein 26 4.3.2. Test Area Mittelbereich Emmendingen 26 4.3.3. Test Area Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach 26 Regional Intermediate Report page -1- Freiburg / Kaiserslautern Region Südlicher Oberrhein 2009 4.4. Situation Every day Needs: Food Stores 27 4.4.1. Region Südlicher Oberrhein 27 4.4.2. Test Area Mittelbereich Emmendingen 27 4.4.3. Test Area Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach 27 4.5. Assessment of Services of General Interest – Barriers and Main Problems 28 4.5.1. Barriers and Main Problems of Public Transport 28 4.5.2. Barriers and Main Problems of ICT 28 4.5.3. Barriers and Main Problems of Every Day Needs 28 5. Good Practice Examples as a Pool of Ideas for Pilot Projects and Identification of Gaps (short version) 29 5.1. Good Practice Example “DORV-Zentrum Jülich-Barmen” 29 5.2. Good Practice Example “local/ regional delivery service of supermarket Rewe Richrath” 30 6. Conclusion and Outlook on Pilot Activities 31 6.1. Conclusions on the Regional Level 31 6.2. Outlook on Pilot Activities 31 6.2.1. Pilot Activity 1: Development of an local internet platform to facilitate online ordering and build-up delivery services for everyday needs in Freiamt (Test Area Mittelbereich Emmendingen) 33 6.2.2. Pilot Activity 2: Target group oriented marketing for local services in Freiamt (Test Area Mittelbereich Emmendingen) 35 6.2.3. Pilot Activity 3: Development of an internet platform to facilitate online ordering and build-up delivery services for everyday needs in Wolfach (Test Area Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach) 36 6.2.4. Pilot Activity 4: Target group oriented marketing for local services in Wolfach (Test Area Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach) 38 7. Appendix I: Good Practice Examples (long version) 39 7.1. Good Practice Example “DORV-Zentrum Jülich-Barmen” 39 7.2. Good Practice Example “local/ regional delivery service of supermarket Rewe Richrath” 43 8. Appendix II: Statistical Data and Maps 45 8.1. Description of ACCESS Statistical Data 45 8.2. Description of ACCESS Indicators 46 8.3. Maps, Statistical Data and Indicators 49 8.3.1. Settlement Structure 49 8.3.2. Social Structure 51 8.3.3. Socio-Economic Structure 53 8.3.4. Spatial Structure 58 8.3.5. Individual Traffic and Public Transport 60 8.3.6. Every Day Needs 64 8.3.7. Information and communication technology 67 Regional Intermediate Report page -2- Freiburg / Kaiserslautern Region Südlicher Oberrhein 2009 Index of Tables and Maps Figures Figure 1: Workpackages and time schedule of the ACCESS project 6 Tables Table 1: Overview Territorial Organization 9 Table 2: Overview Spatial Policies in Germany 10 Maps Map 1: Overview of Region Südlicher Oberrhein with the two Test Areas 13 Map 2: Topography and Land Use Overview of the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach 14 Map 3: Settlement Structure Overview (black plan) of the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach 15 Map 4: Community Size and Municipality Borders in the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach 16 Map 5: Central places in the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach 18 Map 6: Population Development in the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach from 1987 to 2007 50 Map 7: Old-age Dependence Ratio in the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach in 2007 52 Map 8: Young-age Dependence Ratio in the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach in 2007 52 Map 9: Number of Employee at place of work in the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach in 2007 54 Map 10: Balance between commuters coming in to work and commuters leaving out for work in the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach- Hausach-Wolfach in 2007 54 Map 11: Annual Overnight Stays in Tourism in the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach in 2006 56 Map 12: Maximum Population Ratio in the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach in 2006/2007 56 Map 13: Resident Population living in compact settlements larger 500 Inhabitants in the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach- Wolfach in 2007 59 Map 14: Resident Population living in compact settlements larger 1,000 Inhabitants in the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach- Wolfach in 2007 59 Map 15: Reachability of the regional centre by Individual Motorized Traffic in the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach in 2009 62 Regional Intermediate Report page -3- Freiburg / Kaiserslautern Region Südlicher Oberrhein 2009 Map 16: Reachability of the regional centre by Public Transport with the fastest connection in the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach- Hausach-Wolfach 62 Map 17: Maximum Frequency Public Transport in the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach in 2009 63 Map 18: Quality of Connection of Public Transport in the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach in 2009 63 Map 19: Food Shops in the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach in 2008 65 Map 20: Density of Groceries in the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach in 2007/2008 65 Map 21: Full range food shops in the two Test Areas Mittelbereich Emmendingen and Mittelbereich Haslach-Hausach-Wolfach in 2008 (modified food shop data) 66 Regional Intermediate Report page -4- Freiburg / Kaiserslautern Region Südlicher Oberrhein 2009 1. Introduction 1.1. ACCESS: Project Background ACCESS is an INTERREG IV B project developed in the framework of the Alpine Space Programme. It involves nine partners from Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. The partners have come together to improve the accessibility to services of general interest (SGI) in sparsely populated mountain regions. Problems to be addressed The maintenance of a spatially and socially equal accessibility to SGI is a core issue to the functionality of mountain areas and any regional development strategy both on a national as well as on a transnational level. Already in the third Cohesion Report of the European Commission it is specified that the equality of access to basic facilities, essential services and knowledge for everyone, wherever they happen to live, is a key condition for territorial cohesion. However the INTERREG III B project PUSEMOR confirmed that sparsely populated areas in all alpine countries are facing difficulties to maintain existing services due to their poor profitability and due to the need to respond to new or changing needs of the local population. The ongoing territorial concentration of SGI leads to a vicious circle of further deterioration in the quality of provision which in turn causes a decreasing demand in the existing services. This process has many negative consequences for the affected regions. In fact the withdrawal of SGI causes a reduced functionality, competitiveness and a higher amount of motorised mobility in communities of sparsely populated areas. Furthermore it aggravates social inequalities – persons who do not dispose of a car, not having the knowledge to use ICT etc.