Comparative study of a German land use plan and a French Schéma de Cohérence Territoriale within the Eurodistrict SaarMoselle to facilitate future cross-border planning
Duration: 23. April – 16. July 2014 (12 Weeks)
Participants: 7 students
Supervisors: Karina Pallagst, Willy Spannowsky, Beate Caesar and Christoph Mayer
Language: German, literature and interviews partially in french
The Eurodistrict SaarMoselle is a European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) with German and French partners. The aim of this association is to strengthen the common border region and to meet common challenges more effectively together.
German and French members of the Eurodistrict are planning to set up a joint (cross-border) municipal planning association over the next few years.
On the German side, the Regionalverband Saarbrücken, as the planning authority for land use and landscape planning for 10 towns and municipalities, including the state capital Saarbrücken, wants to become part of the municipal planning association. On the French side, two associations responsible for land use planning are interested: the arrondissement of Sarreguemines and the Val de Roselle, which is a merger of the municipal associations of Warndt, Pays Naborien, Freyming-Merlebach and Forbach Porte de France.
The aim of the bachelor project was to compare the existing German land use plan of the Saarbrücken Regional Association with its French counterpart, the Schéma de cohérence territoriale, or SCoT for short, of the Arrondissement of Sarreguemines. This comparison serves as the basis for the development of a joint municipal planning association. In addition, the planning systems of France and Germany were compared and recommendations were made for improved cross-border cooperation and planning in the Saar-Moselle Eurodistrict.
With its current relevance, the bachelor project made a concrete contribution to the long-term development of the cross-border planning association in the SaarMoselle Eurodistrict.
The project was carried out in close coordination with the Saarbrücken planning association. Two one-day excursions to Saarbrücken were carried out as part of the project. An ERASMUS exchange student from France took part in the project, so that additional language skills were available and intercultural exchange was also promoted within the student group.
