Precautionary soil protection endeavours to protect the inherent qualities of soils and their functions while also averting any detrimental impacts on them. The presentation of the individual soil functions in Maps 01.12.1 through 01.12.5 and the efficacy of soils in Map along with the soil capacity depicted in Map 01.12.6 (Faensen-Thiebes et al. 2006, SenStadtWohn 2018) forms the technical groundwork for understanding the requirements and strategies pertinent to soil protection within spatial planning processes and regulations (Faensen-Thiebes and Goedecke 2007).
For planning purposes, it is useful to provide guidance on how to assess differences in soil capacity and what should be implemented from a soil protection perspective as a result (Gerstenberg et al. 2007, 2015 and 2017).
In the present Map 01.13, information on individual soil functions is overlaid and weighted to represent the level of protection needed for Berlin’s soils in relation to interventions by planning and construction projects. The map ‘Planning Advice for Soil Protection’, along with its accompanying guide outlining the underlying vision and measures for precautionary soil protection ( Map Planning Advice for Soil Protection and the associated Tool Catalogue of models and measures for precautionary soil protection in Berlin (Leitbild und Maßnahmenkatalog, (Catalogue of models and measures), 2021, only in German) assists soil-protection authorities in carefully evaluating interventions within environmental impact assessments or urban development planning. They aid in the efficient classification and assessment of each case and guide the formulation of potentially necessary measures to safeguard the soil. Planning decisions and processes can therefore be improved from a soil protection standpoint.
The Planning Advice Map is built on the digital data display of the FIS Broker. This platform displays detailed data, evaluations and suggested measures for the selected areas