The Compendium of Urban and Regional Development

1. Requirements and binding effects
2. Requirements of spatial planning
3. Objectives of spatial planning
4. Principles of spatial planning
5. Other requirements of spatial planning

Objectives, principles and other requirements of spatial planning (Raumordnung) are key terms of spatial planning law, which are defined in section 3 of the Federal Spatial Planning Act (Raumordnungsgesetz, ROG) and linked to the legal consequences stipulated in section 4 of the Act vis-à-vis public bodies and private persons equivalent to them.

1. Significance within spatial planning
2. Term and definition
3. Functions and qualities of open space
4. Past and current state of open spaces
5. Conserving and developing open spaces in the context of sustainable spatial development
6. Open space planning at the municipal level
7. Current fields of action and need for development
8. Outlook

Given its diverse functions, open space plays a central role in the development of cities and regions. In times of dynamic transformation processes, the potential of open space and the possibility to shape it in a flexible, multifunctional are of particular interest. Open space planning can draw on a variety of proven instruments. Nevertheless, there are flaws and deficits in planning practice at all levels, hence it remains a challenge going forward.