Rafzer Feld with Gravel Pit
The Rafzer Feld is located in the northern part of Switzerland between the Rhine valley and the German border. The name 'Feld' = Field implies that this landscape at least in the past was important for agriculture. Today three large separate depressions of approximately 50m depth covering an area of nearly two km2 dominate the once homogeneous flat landscape. The arrangement and the location of the gravel pits give evidence that so far no comprehensive landscape planning for the whole region exists. After decades of digging, citizens of the communities and the state now have a strong interest to develop this landscape as a unity. The simulation shows what the population of the Rafzer Feld prefers: a broad plain to be restored after completion of gravel extraction used again as agricultural land.
Rafzer Feld with Gravel Pit
Gravel Pit..........Restored (25kb)
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