Umweltgerechtigkeit als neue ressortübergreifende sozialräumliche Strategie im Land Berlin

Abstract

There are hardly any studies in Germany which have examined the link between socio-economic status and health risks in the residential environment. The pilot project "Environmental justice in the State of Berlin" is the first study in Germany to have determined the link between social structure and environmental quality on a small spatial scale. This provides the substantive basis for the development of a new cross-cutting topic area at the interface of health, urban development and design, and the environment. The project focused on the health-related aspects of air pollution, noise, bio-climate, provision of green spaces, and urban development. The environmental data from these fields were related to "living environment areas" ("Lebensweltlich orientierte Räume", 447 planning areas). They represent the current spatial basis for planning, forecasting and monitoring demographic and socio-spatial developments in Berlin. As the last step, the spatially related findings were combined on a single (spatial) level of analysis. These initial investigations created the basis for an environmental urban monitoring system which complements the established monitoring systems by generating health-related information.