Reducing land use: UBA launches pilot project
Newly-built quarter away from any infrastructure: bad for inner cities and the landscape
Quelle: Kaarsten / Fotolia.com
An area the size of 113 football pitches is designated for new settlements and transport areas every day in Germany. A solution to this problem might be the introduction of a system of supraregional trade in land area certificates whereby every city and municipality has a limited amount of land area outside of existing settlements on which new building is allowed.
