- Landscape, open space & environmental planning
- Regional development & management
- Spatial & state & regional planning
Introduction
- Provides an independent platform for the transnational knowledge exchange on good practices and future solutions for sustainable land-use and territorial development
- Brings together practitioners and scientists from the entire Alpine region with an interest and expertise in spatial planning
AlpPlan (alpine spatial planning network) is a European Working Group (EWG) in the Alpine region, resulting from a cooperation of the Interreg Alpine Space project OpenSpaceAlps and the Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL). The realisation of the objectives set by the Alpine Convention and their coordination by means of spatial planning form an important framework for the activities of the network.
The overall objective of AlpPlan is to promote cooperation and coordination in the field of spatial planning in the Alpine region, especially from a cross-border perspective. Through mutual exchange and cooperation, the network is committed to contributing to sustainable territorial development from an ecological, economic and social perspective. The benefit of the network is seen particularly in the fact that AlpPlan brings together both scientific expertise and practice-oriented application perspectives. In doing so, the network takes on a role that accompanies political strategies and processes in an advisory function, but generally offers an independent and open exchange between the members.
AlpPlan is committed to ensuring close cooperation with appropriate institutions. This includes in particular the working bodies of the Alpine Convention and the action groups of the EU Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP).
The activities of the network include for instance:
- Conferences and workshops, targeted at current topics of alpine territorial development
- Elaboration of scientific and application-oriented publications
- Cooperation with European Cooperation projects (e.g. within the Interreg Alpine Space programme)
The AlpPlan Steering Committee (SC) consists of:
- Chairperson: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hubert Job (Chair of Geography and Regional Science, Julius-Maximilians-University, DE)
- Deputy Chairpersons: Sergeja Praper Gulič (Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, SI), Philipp Vesely (Salzburg Institute for Regional Planning and Housing, AT)
- Secretary/organisational assistant: Constantin Meyer (ARL – Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association)
- ARL Headquarter: Prof. Dr. Andreas Klee (ARL – Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association, Head of the Central Department)
For any requests about the AlpPlan network, please get in touch with us via e-mail: alpplan@arl-net.de
The following Focal Persons have been appointed to advise the Steering Committee and act as a link to the planning and research community as well as international networks:
- Quentin Drouet (Researcher, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, FR)
- Živa Novljan (Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention)
- Luisa Pedrazzini (Researcher and consultant, Italian Insitute for Urban Planning, IT)
- PD Dr. Marco Pütz (Research Group Regional Economics and Development, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, CH)
- Dr. Arthur Schindelegger (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Institute for Landscape Planning, AT
Downloads
- Strategic Framework (PDF file)
- Rules of Procedure for ARL European Working Groups (EWG) (PDF file)
Title Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash
„Current cooperation with the Interreg Alpine Space project PlanToConnect (2022-2025)
AlpPlan/PlanToConnect Expert Platform on Green Infrastructure, Ecological Connectivity and Spatial Planning
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Timeline
Results

AlpPlan Doctoral Colloquium 2024
New Thematic Collection: Spatial planning for open spaces and Green Infrastructure in the Alpine region
New position paper: Safeguarding open spaces in the Alpine region
Open Space Planning in the Alpine Region
How the Alpenplan regulates the spatial development of the Bavarian alps
Updates

Transformation of rural mountain areas in the Alps

Challenges of Governance and Research on Second Homes in the Alps

High tension in the Alps: How spatial planning can manage new land use conflicts

Alpine Ecological Networks: Integrating Connectivity into Spatial Planning

Save the date: 25-28 November 2024 - Joint AlpPlan/PlanToConnect workshop in Obergurgl (AT)

AlpPlan at Alpine Biodiversity Conference & Forum Alpinum 2024

Lunch Talk #3: Renewable energy projects in the Alps

Ecological connectivity and spatial planning: From concepts to implementation

Plan To Connect Alpine Spaces - An Augmented Reality Sandbox As Communication Tool

AlpPlan at DKG‘23

"Ecological connectivity and spatial planning: From concepts to implementation" & general assembly of the AlpPlan network

AlpPlan Summer Course 2023 – discussing territorial development on the fringe of the Alps

Call for Applications: AlpPlan Summer Course 2023
AlpPlan workshop & general assembly
AlpPlan workshop & general assembly: Register now!
Promoting cross-border open space protection in the Alps
OpenSpaceAlps & ALpPlan Network Conference
Analysing, assessing and safeguarding Alpine open spaces through spatial planning
AlpPlan network international conference 2021 in collaboration with StMWi
Strategic online workshop (in collaboration with StMWi)
Kick-off-meeting of the alpine spatial planning “AlpPlan” network
- Blanka Bartol, Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning, Ljubljana
- Univ.-Prof. Susanne Becken, Griffith University, Gold Coast
- Maxime Bernard, EUSALP Youth Council, Innsbruck
- Dominik Bertram, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen
- Uni.-Prof. Dr. phil. Ludger Brenner, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City
- Dipl.-Ing. Jernej Červek, ,
- Claudio Chiapparini, Regione del Veneto, Venezia
- Prof. Dr. Tobias Chilla, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen
- Juliette Conrad, Agence nationale de la cohesion des territoires, Paris
- Oriana Coronado, ALPARC - The Alpine Network of Protected Areas, Chambéry
- PhD Francesca Dal Cin, Prince mohammad bin fahd university, Al Khobar
- PhD Serena D'ambrogi, Istituto superiore per la protezione e la ricerca ambientale, Roma
- Marco Del Fiore, Politecnico di Torino, Torino
- Viola Maria Dosi, ,
- Mag. rer. nat., Mag. (FH) Christian Drechsler, Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung, Innsbruck
- PhD Quentin Drouet, University of Savoie Mont Blanc, Le Bourget-du-Lac Cedex
- Benoit Fanjeau, Conseil départemental de l'Hérault, Monpellier
- Dr. Elisa Frank, Akademie der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz, Bern
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gesa Geißler, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin
- Prof. Maddelena Gioia Gibelli, Studio Gioia Gibelli, Milano
- Anne-Sophie Hofmann, Regierung von Oberbayern, München
- Nusa Hudoklin, Development Center Novo mesto, Novo mesto
- Leila Izard, Université de Genève, Geneva
- Dr. Annika Keeley, Center for Large Landscape Conservation, Bozeman
- Mag. Paul Kuncio, CIPRA Österreich, Wien
- Ph. D. Alice Labadini, Autonome Provinz Bozen - Südtirol, Bozen
- Markus Lambracht, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen
- Peter Laner, Eurac Research, Bozen
- Dipl.-Geogr. Florian Lintzmeyer, ifuplan - Institut für Umweltplanung und Raumentwicklung GmbH & Co. KG, München
- Katja Martinčič, ,
- PhD Marcello Modica, University of Udine, Udine
- PhD Gabriella Negrini, ,
- Assist. Prof. Dr. Matej Nikšič, Urbanistični inštitut Republike Slovenije, Ljubljana
- Živa Novljan, Ständiges Sekretariat der Alpenkonvention, Innsbruck
- Dr. Hermann Öggl, Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung, Innsbruck
- Dr. Arch. Luisa Pedrazzini, Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica, Roma
- Arch. Claudio Perin, ,
- Pina Klara Petrović Jesenovec, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana
- Dr. Guido Plassmann, ALPARC - Le Réseau Alpin des Espaces Protégés, Chambéry
- Dipl.-Ing. Walther Pohl, ,
- Sergeja Praper Gulič, Urbanistični inštitut Republike Slovenije, Ljubljana
- Matevž Premelč, ZaVita d.o.o., Ljubljana
- Dipl.-Ing. Catarina Proidl, Fürstentum Liechtenstein, Vaduz
- Dr. Marco Pütz, Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft, Birmensdorf
- Oberregierungsrat Niklas Scheder, Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie, München
- Dr. Arthur Schindelegger, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Wien
- Mag. Richard Schossleitner, Büro für Geografie & Raumforschung, Salzburg
- Dr. Ahmed Shams, University of Reading, Reading
- Marc Stannartz, ,
- Elisabeth Stix, Rosinak & Partner ZT GmbH, Wien
- Kerstin Ströbel, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg
- Dr. Thomas Thaler, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Wien
- Philipp Vesely, Salzburger Institut für Raumordnung und Wohnen GmbH, Salzburg
- Dipl.-Ing. Sylvie Vigneron, French National Agency for Territorial Cohesion, Grenoble
- PhD Angioletta Voghera, ,
- Dr. Sabine Weizenegger, Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Kempten, Kempten (Allgäu)
- Thomas Wimmer, EUSALP Youth Council,
- Dipl.-Ing. Katharina Zwettler, Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie, Wien