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Dessau-Roßlau is declining in population. In
the year 2000 85.850 inhabitants were living in the city. In 2003 the number
was already at 80.000. 2007, the year when Dessau and Roßlau merged to one
double city, the population numbered 6.971 before and a total of 90.700 after
the union of both municipalities. Today’s predictions indicate that by 2025 the
number will have declined to 78.700 this number will keep declining to 78.700
in the year 2025. In 2020 a surplus of 12.000 homes is expected to be vacant.
How can a community face such challenges,
where not only houses, but neighborhoods are left abandoned? Has the city
simply grown too big? In the past one hundred years, during the period of
industrialization, war and the socialist rebuilding, Dessau was transformed
dramatically and continuously. This transformation will persist, as an
overwhelming number of homes, industrial sites cultural and social
infrastructure are falling apart and will be demolished.
As one of 19 cities participating in the
International Building Exhibition Urban Redevelopment Saxony-Anhalt 2010 (IBA),
Dessau-Roßlau has begun to manage the shrinking process actively. Firstly,
every quarter of the city has been analyzed. Strong neighborhoods with potential
may expect resources and support to help stabilize them. The aim is to create
“urban core areas”. In dysfunctional quarters previous development hopes will
be abandoned. If possible, the spaces will be transformed into green “landscape
zones.” This dual aim is anticipated to be achieved within 15-20 years. The new
and green Dessau will grow organically, step by step. More important than the
plan’s existing development grid today, is the strong commitment to involve all
the different stakeholder groups and pursue a strategy that responds flexibly
to changing interests in the future.
Dessau-Roßlau is declining in population. In
the year 2000 85.850 inhabitants were living in the city. In 2003 the number
was already at 80.000. 2007, the year when Dessau and Roßlau merged to one
double city, the population numbered 6.971 before and a total of 90.700 after
the union of both municipalities. Today’s predictions indicate that by 2025 the
number will have declined to 78.700 this number will keep declining to 78.700
in the year 2025. In 2020 a surplus of 12.000 homes is expected to be vacant.
How can a community face such challenges,
where not only houses, but neighborhoods are left abandoned? Has the city
simply grown too big? In the past one hundred years, during the period of
industrialization, war and the socialist rebuilding, Dessau was transformed
dramatically and continuously. This transformation will persist, as an
overwhelming number of homes, industrial sites cultural and social
infrastructure are falling apart and will be demolished.
As one of 19 cities participating in the
International Building Exhibition Urban Redevelopment Saxony-Anhalt 2010 (IBA),
Dessau-Roßlau has begun to manage the shrinking process actively. Firstly,
every quarter of the city has been analyzed. Strong neighborhoods with potential
may expect resources and support to help stabilize them. The aim is to create
“urban core areas”. In dysfunctional quarters previous development hopes will
be abandoned. If possible, the spaces will be transformed into green “landscape
zones.” This dual aim is anticipated to be achieved within 15-20 years. The new
and green Dessau will grow organically, step by step. More important than the
plan’s existing development grid today, is the strong commitment to involve all
the different stakeholder groups and pursue a strategy that responds flexibly
to changing interests in the future.
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