Location of the Sports Facility General

Location of the Sports Facility

General

The location selected for a sports facility depends upon the demand as described under Sections 1.6.2 and 1.6.3,the population density within the catchment area and above all, upon the availabillity of adequately large areas of land.It is precisely these relatively large spaces reguired for sports facilities which make the choice of location considerably more difficult in view of the overall shortage of available land in areas with hiah population densiies. An eary deve oment of aims within the framework of area and reqional planning and early securing of suitable space is therefore necessary Only in this way will it be possible to supply sports facilities which both meet demand and are suitably located.

SIZE OF LAND

The size of the land shall be at least twice as large and if possiblethree times as large as the required net sports area in order to be able to accommodate suitabl landscaped areas between the sports spaces. Only in this way can the desired integration of the sports facility into housing developments and the surrounding natural environment be guaranteed.

SOIL CONDITIONS

Prerequisites for economic construction, operating and maintenance costs are adequate load-bearing soil conditions with maximum possible permeability and a topography which is as level as possible because of the need for large horizontal areas for sport.Filled ground can be very expensive to excavate and recompact to meet the required foundation conditions for a facility.For the foregoing reasons, a geotechnica investigation of the site is recommended.

MICROCLIMATE

A favourable microclimate free of troublesome wind, fog and temperature extremes is particularly important for the optimal use of outdoor facilities for sports.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

The environmental conditions, which are of special importance for outdoor sports facilities, shall be balanced to ensure either that no troublesome smells, noises vibrations or dust nuisances will occur, or that measures of protection can be implemented to prevent them. Neighbourhoods sensitive to the effects of lights and noise(vehicles, spectators, sports apparatus, floodlightingshould be avoided or only accepted if suitable measures for protection are implemented. The impairment to, or destruction of. natural or typical elements of the landscape (including biotypes) must be precluded or suitable measures must be implemented to compensate for this.

TRANSPORT NETWORK

An adequate and economically justifiable transport network,including necessary parking spaces, must be feasible. Consideration must be given to the parking requirements of both private and public transport and sufficient spaces should be allocated to each.

The extent of the provision of public transport(e.g.busestrains)will determine the area needed for parking for private vehiclese.g.private buses, cars, motorcycles)

In addition to parking spaces for VIPs,pressathletescompetition officials auxiliary personnel and attendants, there should be one car parking space,approx25m2) for every four spectator spaces or, in the case of an optimal public transport network, 25 spectator spaces and one bus park(approx.50m2 for every 500 spectatol spaces.

SUPPLY AND WASTE DISPOSAL

Adequate and economically justifiable systems of supply for water,energy telecommunications and waste disposal must be feasible.