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National Urban Farming Strategy: a strategy to boost urban farming activities in Luxembourg
Production and consumption in today’s food systems are spatially separated with transport often being long and resource-intensive. Bringing production closer to consumers can help reduce the environmental impact of food production. In Luxembourg, agricultural land is under pressure. To safeguard the ecosystem and biodiversity more and more agricultural areas are under environmental protection. In addition, …
Conventions for territorial cooperation: an instrument enhancing inter-municipal and multilevel cooperation
Conventions are contractual agreements that foster cooperation between municipalities and the State in Luxembourg. Conventions can cover a multitude of topics in the field of spatial planning and urban development.
Luxembourg City “Baulückenprogramm”: a city taking action against vacant lots
About 30% of land in the city of Luxembourg is owned by the municipality. Only about 246 of the publicly owned 1 600 hectares are classified in the local land use plan as building land, being connected to infrastructure and available for construction. With continuously increasing pressure on the housing market, the municipality is creating …
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Fonds du Logement: a public agency as residential development company
Fonds du Logement is the national fund for housing. It was established in 1979 and acts as a residential development company for Luxembourg. Rationale for action Housing prices in Luxembourg have increased steadily over the past 20 years. Among other reasons this is caused by a mismatch in supply and demand. High demand and limited …
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Géoportail: An online platform for geographic information
Public administrations are usually more reluctant to adopt processes based on new and innovative technologies than private actors. This is because these processes can have shortcomings or pitfalls that are not immediately apparent. Also, new processes can raise new questions and challenges for public decision-makers such as data security and protection against hacking. Public actors …
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LENOZ – A sustainability certification system for residential buildings
LENOZ (Luxembourgish: ‘Lëtzebuerger Nohaltegkeets Zertifizéierung fir Wunngebaier’, English: Luxembourg residential building sustainability certification) was introduced in 2016. Through LENOZ, the Ministry of Housing is following the recent trend of establishing sustainability certification systems for buildings and building techniques. LENOZ targets official and comparable certification of good practices, to make them more popular. At the same …
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The “Planungshandbuch”: A planning manual from Luxembourg on how to develop high-quality urban districts
In the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, 2 + 3 = 1! The cities of Ettelbruck and Diekirch, both located in the North of the Grand Duchy, are not far from another. The borders of the two cities are only 2 kilometres apart. Their settlement structure and those of the three neighbouring municipalities form a nearly …
Project presentation: ‘PAP Molter’ or municipalities issuing specific implementation plans
Mondercange is the gateway to the former mining district in the industrial south of the country. As other municialities in Luxembourg, Mondercange has relatively high costs for living. The municipality has identified and implemented a special way of developing affordable housing for its residents. Rationale for action Mondercange lies in the densely populated southern part …
Project presentation: Developing the new urban district “Nonnewisen” in Esch-sur-Alzette
Nonnewisen is a development in Esch-sur-Alzette, the second biggest city of Luxembourg, in the South of the country. The development covers 30 hectares of previously agricultural and horticultural land at the northern outskirts of the municipality. Rationale for action In Esch-sur-Alzette, prices for housing increased continuously in recent years following the national trend. This has …
The role and potential of climate change adaptation and climate action in urban planning and municipal development in Luxembourg: An interview with Luxembourg City Mayor Lydie Polfer.
Late 2020, we interviewed Ms Lydie Polfer, Mayor of Luxembourg City on the role and potential of climate change adaptation in urban planning and municipal development. The interview also addressed questions on climate action in the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Interviewer: Ms Polfer, measures addressing climate change can be for climate action, …
Project presentation: Master plan ‘Wunne mat der Wooltz’ in Wiltz
Wiltz is a city in the north of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The city is the only urban centre with more than 7 000 inhabitants in the sparsely populated north and is therefore classified as a national centre of attraction. Until 2030, the municipality and the state would like to see an increase of …
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Project presentation: ‘am Duerf’ a housing development project and a shared space in Dudelange
The urban development ‘am Duerf’ was inaugurated in 2017 to revive and increase theattractiveness of an area next to Dudelange city centre. Development of housing, parking and commercial areas in an area previously used as open-air parking started in 2005. Themunicipality of Dudelange has developed an adjacent shared space to create a lively urban area. …