Freising Waterscapes Team 2 2022
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| Area | River Moosach | |
| Place | Freising | |
| Country | Deutschland | |
| Topics | please enter the main topics of your living lab | |
| Author(s) | Vulnet Abazi, Boglárka Bartus, Brent van der Brug, Dino Jozic and Niusha Vedadi Moghadam | |
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Rationale
- Why do you think this case is relevant? What is your hypothesis considering the landscape challenges?
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Location and scope
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Water as a natural system
Geomorphology, typologies and dynamics of water areas
Context
- Describe the water areas of your area in the context of the wider water system?
As a tributary of Isar and Amper, the river Moosach is part of the Danube river Basin. It's course runs in the north of Munich, in parallel with the suthern parts of tertiary sloping land and through a gravel plain which had paludified over time. As it runs through the gravel plain, it drains the large peatland areas ‘Freisinger Moos’ and ‘Dachauer Moos’, eventually transitioning through the unpaludified parts of the plain. The Moosach is characterized by the occurrence of several aquatic plants such as Juncus subnodulosus, Potamogeton coloratus, and Groenlandia densa, which clearly indicate that the Moosach is olygothropic and fed by calcareous-rich groundwater. (Poschlod, et al., 2010)
Water areas
- How does water appear in the landscape of your living lab? What types of water areas are common?
From almost everwhere you can see the Weihenstephanerberg.
In Freising the Moosach is canalized in concrete.
People have a personal garden at the Moosach.
The Moosach flows next to the Lower Bavarian hills.
The Moosach flows next to agricultural lands.
The Moosach flows through open fields.
Both river Isar and Moosach have changed a lot in relatively recent times, thus they have a very artificial appearance due to human impact and exploitation of these two rivers as natural resources over the past centuries. The river Moosach in particular has several specific cathegories of appearance. From south to north the river morphs from a highly channeled water stream into the damp Freisenger Moos area. After that it's appearance transforms into a more natural one as it enters the city of Freising through the forest area beneath the Weihenstephan hill. From there on it splits into several very different parts which run through Freising. One part which was until recenly completely ducted is now resurfacing through a large scale infrastructural intervention. The other parts are respectfully either surrounded by buildings or green areas. As these several parts exit Freising they reuinte into a single riverbed.
Flood plains
- Please identify the water bodies' catchment areas, tributaries and floodplains
The river Moosach is a tributary to river Isar, but since the stream Mühlbach splits away from it carrying 30% of the water to river Apmer, Moosach can also be considered a tributary to Amper aswell. The foodplains of river Isar are contained by a natural buffer zone arround it, but due to the highly artificial waterway management of Moosach before and after it enters Freising and a lack of apropriate buffering from the urban tissue of the city, the region beneath the Weihenstephan hill is in a risk of potential floods which could cause substanial damages. One of the recent examples has proven this risk has be substantial, as several streets in Freising were under water in the night of June 3, 2013, when the Schleifer-Moosach suddenly overflowed its banks. (Eser, 2021)
- Which dynamics do these water areas have?
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- Have there been any flood events in the past?
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Risks and potentials
Water as a living space
Habitats
- Which habitats can be found in and along the water areas of your area?
There are several important habitats in the project which are closely tied to water bodies and need to stay protected, potentially expanded and even connected. These habitats are: Ampertal habitat, Kammolch habitat, Heideflächen und Lohwälder habitat, Freisinger Moos habitat, and Isarauen habitat. The Isarauen habitat is the largest and best preserved habitat, as the natural buffer zone around river Isar provides the best conditions for preservation of uniform environmental conditions which the biotope essentially requires. However, the Freisinger Moos habitat is as biediverse as the Isiarauen, but due to systematic neglection of the area and overexploitation of the natural resources of river Moosach and the areas around it, the once large Freisinger Moos has shrunk to the size it now has. Due to this fact many of the species that inhabit this biotope are endangered today and the Freisinger Moos became an important area of natural protection and preservation. (FORM, 2021)
Water quality
- How is the water quality in your water areas?
Essentially none of the water areas in the project area are natural, but some of them appear more natural and appealing. For example, the part of river Moosach between the Freisinger Moos and the foot of the Weihenstephan hill that runs in dull straight lines is less appealing than the part where Moosach enters Freising and the spatial configurations and visual narratives of the river become more dynamic and interesting.
- Which areas are still natural, which are urbanized/artificial?
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Blue and Green Infrastructure
Blue and Green infrastructure
- What are the major potential elements of a green/blue infrastructure network? Are these likely to change/disappear? Why is that?
The difference between the BGI focus placement between the rivers Moosach and Isar is more than obvious. The BGI of the larger river Isar is established much better, as the natural buffer zone arround the river allows for a homogenous continuity of ecosystem services along the riverbed. On the other hand, the discontinuous zoning of river Moosach, along with a general disregard towards the rivers natural identity in the past, has led to a BGI which encapsulates the ecosystem services of the Freisenger Moos to a fraction of the surface it once covered and endangers the existance of the weakest stakeholders of the ecosystem.
- You find my background material on green infrastructure in our reading list
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Water as a cultural space
Land use and water
Land-use
- map the land uses along your water areas: settlements, infrastructure, agriculture, resource extraction, natural areas, energy production...
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- describe in particular the historical evolution of land use pattern, please make use of historical maps
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- description evolution, status quo and driving forces, is the land use likely to change? Why is that? (approx 200 signs)
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Cultural and spatial typologies of water areas
Spatial patterns
- Which spatial patterns have evolved in relation to your water areas?
The Moosach as a ditch next to the road (Pulling to München).
The Moosach in the open (in between Pulling and Freising).
The Moosach in Freising (above- or undergound).
In the historical cultural context, the rivers were one of the most important aspects for existance, mobility, transport of resources and trading. Due to this reason all human settlements of the inlands tend to be close or directly next to streaming water bodies. In the context of contemporary cultural landscape of Freising, the rivers upon which the city evolved play a major role for preservation of culture. This implies that the society in Freising has a strong tendency to restore the river Moosach to it's natural state to the extent that is possible. Moosach has various spatial patterns along the course of its stream, patterns which have shaped the urban morphology of the rural and urban areas, as well as the cultural landscape of Freising. Even though Moosach is severely altered due to human needs, it still represents the main artery of the cultural bloodflow in the city, since some of the most beutiful places of Freising, both natural and artificial in terms of visual appearance, are directly tied to the river branches.
- What is the role of water areas within the overall urban morphology? (approx 200 signs)
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Sacred spaces and heritage
Sacred places
- Which places/elements hold cultural value and to whom?
The history of Freising County has been organically linked to religion since the first centuries. The religious central role of Freising associated with the name of Corbinian Bishop. This spiritual life left its landmarks, which even nowdays are highly identity-forming for the ones who live here. Also the smaller marks, as the wayside crosses are important, because most of the time they were set up by the inhabitants of the villages and show the trail of the former road network. They also help with orientation.
The two sacral spaces which hold cultural value for the locals, especially for the catholic religious community, are the Freising Cathedral located on the Domberg and the former Corbinian chapel located on the Weihenstephanerberg. The Freising Cathedral holds value since it is still being used as one the important spaces for everyday prayer in Freising, and the Corbinian chapel is important because it serves as a memorial preserving the memory of a centuries-old local legend which shapes the identity of Freising to this day. Other than the important sacral heritage, Freising cherrishes it's brewing tradition, as the worlds oldest brewewry located on Weihenstephanerberg operates to this day.
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Visual appearance and landscape narrative
Visual appearance
- Which elements are essential for the landscape character?
View of the Weihenstephanerberg.
Open spaces.
Next to the forest.
City park.
City park 2.
In between buildings.
In between buildings.
In between buildings.
Next to the mountain.
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- Has the landscape been painted or otherwise depicted, when and whom? Which elements are essential?
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- Which narratives exist? Who has written about this landscape or depicted it in some way?
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Water and People
Accessibility and usability
Accessibility
- Where are your water areas accessible, and where not? How strong are spatial obstacles preventing access?
Road and waternetwork for the whole plan area.
The road and waternetwork, zoomed in at the Freisinger Moos.
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- Who is using the spaces and how?
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Community Mapping
Social groups
- 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
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Local stakeholders
- 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
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External stakeholders
- 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.
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Needs, objectives, power and capacities
- For each group, you may identify their needs, objectives, power and capacities
The community needs.
The community power mapping.
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Power conflicts
- You may also identify gaps and power conflicts
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- 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 (WIP)
SWOT analysis
- You can summarize your findings with a SWOT diagram and a DPSI(R) Model
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DPSIR
- Link back to the Sustainable Development Goals: Which goals are at risk?
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Worst case scenario (WIP)
- What is your worst case scenario for this landscape?
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Best case scenario (WIP)
- What is your best case scenario for this landscape?
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Scenarios (WIP)
- Present your scenarios in the form of a collage or sketch
Green renaissance, spider diagram
Wild west, spider diagram
Urban Sprawl, spider diagram
Parasite cities, spider diagram
All spider diagrams combined.
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Visualizations (WIP)
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Collaborative Goal Setting
- Define strategic planning objectives based on the evaluation findings from your analysis
- Ideally, involve the community of your living labs into this process
- Link back to your original targets from section one and the Development Goals
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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
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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
- Eser, M., 2021. merkur.de. [Online]. Available at: https://www.merkur.de/lokales/freising/freising-ort28692/freising-starkregen-welche-regionen-im-landkreis-gefaehrdet-sind-90893333.html. [Accessed 20 May 2022].
- FORM, N. 2. -. S. D., 2021. Kammmolch-Habitate im Kranzberger Forst. [Online]. Available at: https://natura2000.eea.europa.eu/Natura2000/SDF.aspx?site=DE7535371. [Accessed 20 May 2022].
- Poschlod, P. et al., 2010. Long-Term Monitoring in Rivers of South Germany Since the 1970s – Macrophytes as Indicators for the Assessment of Water Quality and Its Implications for the Conservation of Rivers. In: Long-Term Ecological Research. London: Springer Dordrecht, pp. 189-199.
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?
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