6.	Recommendations for Planning

A climate-friendly urban land use planning requires the systematic practical implementation of the knowledge on interactions between various factors. The implementation is limited to the legal instruments laid down in the Federal Building Code and restricted to the particular designated area, including the representations of the land-use plan, the legally binding designations of the development plan, the project completion plan and the agreements of the urban development contract. Not binding but helpful strategic instruments are framework plans, which allow to consider and develop climatically connected areas, or the deliberate consideration of existing building areas, which are fallow land or assigned to a different use for other reasons.

As there is no designation which, on its own, could guarantee a healthy urban climate, it is essential that the sum of representations and designations accounts for the climatic requirements. What needs to be considered, however, is the principle laid down in § 9 (1) of the Federal Building Code, claiming that all designations need to be based on urban development requirements.

The following goals for climate-friendly spatial planning should be pursued:

• Improvement of habitat conditions with regard to comfort/bioclimate
  
• Improved aeration of settlement areas
  
• Increase of fresh air supply through local wind systems
  
• Reduced emission of air pollutants and greenhouse gases
  
• Determination and appropriate evaluation of existing and expected pollution
  
• Appropriate reaction to pollution situations through adaptation of use concepts