RSA hard spine

Summary: The s-RSA proposes a future spatial policy for the city based on a general vision. The strategic map is the synthesis of the active policy to be pursued by the S-RSA. This map is structured as follows: The strategic map consists of 5 strategic areas: hard spine, soft spine, green girth, vivid canal and bearing mesh. A strategic space plays a key role in the active policy of the S-RSA. It is in these spaces that the city wishes to invest with people and resources as a priority for the next 15 years. Within each strategic space, the s-RSA has defined strategic programmes. A strategic programme gives a more specific and pragmatic content to the strategic space. For each programme, the S-RSA has also identified strategic projects: these are the proposed actions with which the structural plan aims to achieve the vision and area-based objectives. Some strategic projects are priorities: These are the so-called leverage actions. The "hard spine" is one of the five strategic spaces of the s-RSA. The "hard spine" largely follows the geographical course of the Scheldt and includes the surroundings of the Noorderlaan, the Eilandje, the Kaaien, the core city, the station area of Antwerp Central, the South and New South, the Petroleum South Investment Zone, the industrial area in Hoboken and the main axes on the Left Bank that are the spatial connection with the Right Bank. This strategic space is the core of the urban area, the "backbone" of the city. It is the main structuring element of the big city, where high-rise buildings, offices and shopping centers merge with the historic core. The spatial development and growth of the city takes place along this axis. The intention here is to strengthen the relationship between the Scheldt and the city (among other things by reconstructing the quays) and to strengthen the metropolitan character of the city through metropolitan functions and culture (e.g. museums). Purpose: Visualization and demarcation of the "hard spine" for the city of Antwerp. The demarcations are not hard limits, and can be further specified in the implementation process. In general, the strategic map is not a zoning plan or a land use plan. The card does not confirm or deny building rights Creation: The map layer is the result of the conversion of the strategic spaces to shape format. The autocad maps and the corresponding grids were used as a basis for this. The drawing was done using the large-scale basic map of the city of Antwerp. The map layer indicates where the "hard backbone" and the corresponding programmes, projects and leverage actions are delineated.