Lebensweltlich

“Lebensweltlich orientierten Räume” (LOR), also something roughly translated as “lifeworld-oriented spaces” are the smaller spatial units for spatial planning and official statistics in Berlin. These units aim to grasp a common living environment while at the same time maintaining the comparability between them.

Used since 2006, there were modified in 2020, and the new organisation is implemented since 2021.

Picture of the day

A Map made with r, sf and ggplot2 of Berlin showing the LOR units coloured by district (borough) since 2021.

plz <- read_sf("https://fbinter.stadt-berlin.de/fb/wfs/data/senstadt/s_plz?service=wfs&version=2.0.0&request=GetFeature&TYPENAMES=s_plz")
plz$plz_r <- as.character(trunc(plz$plz / 1000))
plz <- plz[plz$plz_r %in% 10:14,]
jpeg("2022-03-02_plz.jpg",
     width=1200, height=1000, quality=90,
     res=120)
plz %>%
  group_by(plz_r) %>%
  summarise() %>%
  ggplot() +
  geom_sf(aes(fill=plz_r)) +
  geom_sf_text(aes(label = plz_r))+
  scale_fill_brewer(palette ="Set3") +
  theme_void()
dev.off()

Belin’s LOR. Data: Lebensweltlich orientierte Räume (LOR) in Berlinn, CC-BY-3.0 Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg