WAVE Team 1 Nuertingen 2021
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| Area | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Place | Nürtingen | |
| Country | Germany | |
| Topics | WAVE Project | |
| Author(s) | Abhishek Vekariya, Mohit Sehrawat, Rehan Wasi | |
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Rationale
- The focussed area of the Nuertingen Region is widely connected to the Steinach River, it is a tributary of the Neckar River.
- Steinach almost starts from the central Nuertingen and ends up near Neuffen. As it is the major water area of the region thus it adds more cultural and historical values to the region.
- While studying this area, we analyzed that people have lost interest in this River over time.
- Major landscape challenges such connectivity of human-water, biodiversity, aquatic life, etc.
Location and scope
- The Area of study is Nuertingen represented with the maps below.
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OverView Map
Thematic Map - This is the focussed region of Nuertingen. Defining the Industrial land, forest cover, settlements, Steinach River, etc.
Base Map - Representing the Riparian Zone, Tributaries, standing water, Industrial land, forest cover, settlements,
Water as a natural system
Geomorphology, typologies and dynamics of water areas
- In our study area we found that Steinach is almost 2.6KM in length, whereas the overall length of the River is 13KM
- As the water progresses it changes the geography and topography of the areas, in our case, it flows from the North to South and changes the width of its course at several places. Wetland, river, are the common water areas
- We found 2 catchment area and one wetland, tributaries of Steinach River are such as Kummbach River, Ghaibach River and etc.
- Floods are one of Nürtingen's most significant issues. Areas, where there is a chance of flooding every hundred years, are designated as"flood areas," to which additional laws apply, according to the Baden-Württemberg Water Resources Act.
- Floods are sometimes to be expected twice a year in Steinach River, building measures are in place to take care of the floods. As however, The Neckar River, particularly had floods that occurred in 1824, 1926, 1978, 1990, and 2013. The historic flood wave that swept across the Neckar in October 1824 was the greatest flood the river had ever seen.
Catchment areas
Flood plains
Water as a living space
- On the left side of the Steinach lies the Industrial land and Residential on the other
- Water Quality depletes in most of the part in the focussed region
- The Natural Areas are almost very less and the area is almost completely urbanized except the forest and agriculture cover
- The River Structure was changed over the course of time and some man made slopes were created into the river due to which aquatic life has been impacted on a very large scale
Water quality
Spaces along river
Water structure
Blue and Green Infrastructure
- Climate change adaptation/mitigation, Water management, Biodiversity, Local characteristics are the potential elements of green/blue infrastructure network. Climate change will likely be heading with a steady increase and also other factors will be directly affected. Basically due to numerous construction along the river and river structure affects both biodiversity and aquatic life
Blue infrastructure map
Green infrastructure
Water as a cultural space
Land use and water
- The Land Use of the place changed as the population rose and demand of industries increased and also the settlements
- The focussed region is almost 70% already urbanized with industries, residential dwellings, thus the rest of the land falls under the protected land or he green cover. The landuse has been utilized to its complete potential and doesn't need to change in near future
Urban Area Map
1824 Landuse Map
1940 Landuse Map
1980 Landuse Map
2020 Landuse Map
Cultural and spatial typologies of water areas
- Along the Steinach River there are lots of spaces which are formed with very dense natural wild vegetation for better biodiversity and also very few open spaces with very less area
- Steinach was beautiful when it was in its natural state but after the construction of the Dam, some slopes were created in the river which impacted the Aquatic life.
Sacred spaces and heritage
- Which places/elements hold cultural value and to whom?
- You may add a map and some images, please also explain in your caption why these elements are valuable
- Your case sacredspace1.jpg
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- Your case sacredspace2.jpg
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- Your case sacredspace3.jpg
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Visual appearance and landscape narrative
- The water areas, Neckar and its tributary Steinach, formed the landscape of Nürtingen in the town it is today.
- Mark Twain, famous American writer, and Friedrich Hölderlin, German philosopher and poet, depicted the Neckar in rather idyllic way. Mark Twain explained and used Neckar as the inspiration for the A Tramp Abroad: "“Germany, in the summer, is the perfection of the beautiful, but nobody has understood, and realized, and enjoyed the utmost possibilities of this soft and peaceful beauty unless he has voyaged down the Neckar on a raft. The motion of a raft is the needful motion; it is gentle, and gliding, and smooth, and noiseless; it calms down all feverish activities, it soothes to sleep all nervous hurry and impatience; under its restful influence all the troubles and vexations and sorrows that harass the mind vanish away, and existence becomes a dream, a charm, a deep and tranquil ecstasy. How it contrasts with hot and perspiring pedestrianism, and dusty and deafening railroad rush, and tedious jolting behind tired horses over blinding white roads!”. Hölderlin wrote a poem that is called The Neckar: "...The sighs of the poor people into songs, When the pomegranate ripens, when the orange trees, Nod in a green night, and the gum trees drip, Resin, and drums and cymbals resound, To labyrinthine dances. Perhaps someday my guardian deity will bring me, To these islands, but even then my thoughts, Would remain loyal to the Neckar, With its lovely meadows and pastoral shores
- Famous cartographer, Andreas Kieser, made various maps and paintings trying to depict the landscape and Neckar in Nürtingen. There are also postcards dating from 1907 and later which try to show the character and what the landscape of Nürtingen consists (market, church, historical center, fountain)
Esslingen & Neckar - Floodplain & Natural meadows
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Water and People
Accessibility and usability
- Most of the focussed part has no direct access to the Steinach River, because of the excessive settlements and industries on both the sides
- These spaces are being used as in a private garden of the owner, where they plant, store, farm and etc
No Access from either side
Lacks Seating Areas
Access blocked by fences or Boundary walls
Community Mapping
What is to be mapped here?
- Social groups from within the community, for example the youth, kids, students, parents, the retired etc. Typically, these groups have specific needs, which you can also make explicit on the map. These people might not be organized in any way, but they are usually present in the context you are observing
- Local stakeholder groups: these groups are organized in one or the other way. They only exist within the community context you are observing. For example: the local community center, local churches, local interest groups, the landowners, small businesses and retailers
- External stakeholder groups are not necessarily present in the environment you are observing, but they may have strong stakes and interests. These can be local authorities, politicians, associations, care services etc.
- For each group, you may identify their needs, objectives, power and capacities
- You may also identify gaps and power conflicts
- Please try to redepict these elements in an integrated way and in relation to your water landscape. What is the relationship between these groups? Are they close or distanced from each other? Who is more powerful? Which voices are hardly heard? Do they have any shared concerns?
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Possible Futures
- You can summarize your findings with a SWOT diagram and a DPSI(R) Model
- Link back to the Sustainable Development Goals: Which goals are at risk?
- What is your worst case scenario for this landscape?
- What is your best case scenario for this landscape?
- Present your scenarios in the form of a collage or sketch
- Add text and visuals
Rsponses
Swot analysis
Scenario 1
Scenario 2
Scenario 3
Alternative scenario
Collaborative Goal Setting
- Developing the accessibility to the Steinach which allows the interaction of humans with the ecosystem, and the river body as well
- Cleaning the river sites to make it more inviting for the people around
- Biodiversity needs to be developed in a more natural system in order to make the habitat more regenerative
Spatial Strategy and Transect
- translate your strategic goals into a vision
- develop a spatial translation of your vision
- exemplify your vision in the form of a transect with concrete interventions
- add map(s) and visualizations
- Your case spatial translaton vision.jpg
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- Your case transect.jpg
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- Your case transect detail1.jpg
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- Your case transect detail2.jpg
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From Theory of Change to Implementation
- For implementing your vision: Which partnerships are needed? Which governance model is required?
- Who needs to act and how? Draw and explain a change/process model/timeline
- Which resources are needed? On which assets can you build?
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References
- give a full list of the references you have used for your case
Process Reflection
- Reflect in your intercultural and interdisciplinary team on the outcomes of your study
- Which limitations were you facing?
- What have you learnt from each other?
- What did you learn in the Living Labs?
- What would you do differently next time?
- You can also use diagrams/visuals
- 250 words text