Energy Sensitive Spatial Planning as a Public Sector Tool Towards Sustainable Economic and Territorial Development

2018 ◽  
pp. 59-82
Author(s):  
Elena Dimitrova ◽  
Milena Tasheva-Petrova ◽  
Angel Burov ◽  
Irina Mutafchiiska
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Territorial Development

scholarly journals Governing a just future: what and how to govern? – commentary to Jones

2019 ◽  
Vol 197 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-140
Author(s):  
Pia Bäcklund
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Planning Theory ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Careful Scrutiny ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
Societal Decision

In dealing with the topic of “governing the future”, it is fundamental to understand how different practices define justice in content as well as in processual sense. Premises of justification can be seen as essential indicators of the future direction of societal decision-making in governance networks, as well as in determining whose realities play a part when defining future imaginaries. We are dealing with a complex entity and we need to ask whether a future as such can be distinguished from how it is produced in different governing practices? I would also like to emphasize that the concept of ‘governance’ needs to be taken under careful scrutiny. Governance has not replaced government, as most often both of these management logics are present simultaneously. This is creating tensions within the public sector. My comments to the issues presented in Rhys Jones’ article (in this issue) are grounded in planning theory and my ongoing research concerning justification of new spatial planning practices in the Nordic countries.

scholarly journals Management of sustainable development of territories through the reproduction structure of large investment construction projects

2020 ◽  
Vol 208 ◽  
pp. 08022
Author(s):  
Elena Stupnikova ◽  
Tatyana Sukhadolets
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Reproductive Structure ◽  
Investment Planning ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Infrastructure Project ◽  
Large Investment

The infrastructure spatial planning is at the heart of modern sustainable development issues. The methods for selecting an infrastructure project for construction are an important conceptual basis for sustainable development, which provide effective assistance to the development of territories. The study is aimed at finding and analyzing existing approaches and tools for assessing territorial development in the reproductive structure of the economy, as well as developing a methodological and procedural assessment of large infrastructure projects to solve socio-economic problems. The methods of analysis of causes and effects, as well as methods of investment planning are used. At the same time, according to the authors, the main conceptual and methodological prerequisite that distinguishes the proposed approach should take into account the effects of intersectoral interaction. It is necessary to assess the contribution to the sustainable development of territories “with a project” and “without a project”.

scholarly journals Towards More Balanced Territorial Relations—The Role (and Limitations) of Spatial Planning as a Governance Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5308
Author(s):  
Karlheinz Knickel ◽  
Alexandra Almeida ◽  
Lisa Bauchinger ◽  
Maria Pia Casini ◽  
Bernd Gassler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Integrated Development ◽  
Plan Implementation ◽  
Governance Arrangements

Decision-makers, planners and administrators involved in different policy domains at different governance levels face the important challenge of fostering more balanced, sustainable and territorially integrated development. Well-designed, multi-level, multi-sector and multi-actor governance arrangements can play a key role in this process through orchestrating the interplay between different spheres, activities, actors and interests. In this paper, we examine the role of spatial planning in improving the relations between rural, peri-urban and urban areas. We analyse the strengths and limitations of spatial planning and explore the connections with territorial development. The methodology used for this analysis combines regional case studies in seven European locations—Ede, Frankfurt/Rhein-Main, Styria/Graz, Helsinki, Lisbon, Lucca and Mid Wales, with rapid appraisals, the analysis of published data, expert judgement and triangulation. We ask under which conditions spatial planning can induce more balanced, sustainable territorial relations, and look at the contribution planning can make to achieving sustainable development goals. The problem of ineffective (or toothless) plan implementation provides the entry point into the analysis and discussion. We illustrate why mutually beneficial relations between urban, peri-urban and rural communities (and territories) cannot simply be planned. Instead, these relationships need to be supported by strategies, policy instruments and governance arrangements that foster synergies between different actors and activities. The planning process itself needs to become more transparent and participatory. We conclude that the questions addressed in this article in an exploratory fashion merit further research especially as a more sustainable and territorially integrated development is becoming increasingly important in European policy making.

Delimitating functional zones at municipal or county level in China based on a spatial optimization and simulation coupling approach

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Li ◽  
Jigang Qiao ◽  
Yihan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Spatial Optimization ◽  
County Level ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Ecological Protection ◽  
Functional Zones ◽  
Coupling Approach ◽  
Optimization And Simulation ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Level

<p>Territory spatial planning is a guide and blueprint for future territorial development in China. It means to form a scientific, rational, intensive, and efficient spatial protection and development pattern in territory space. The first task according to the government is to delimitate the functional zones of ecology, agriculture, urban zones, and delineation of ecological protection red lines, permanent basic farmland boundaries, and urban development boundaries ("three zones and three lines"). Currently China used a resource and environment carrying capacity and land space development suitability evaluation ("double evaluations") to complete the delimitation task. However, the process of these evaluations and demarcation is relatively complicated, high-level human intervention, and the operability is not strong, therefore it is not practically at municipal or county level. We proposed a new delineation framework, methods, and software tools for the delimitation work, based on a spatial optimization and simulation coupling approach, and is verified by an example in Guangzhou, a super metropolis city in China. It shows that this method can rapidly and efficiently delimit urban ecological and agricultural zones based on regional geographic background conditions, by using an ant colony intelligent optimization algorithm, and using a cellular automata model to delineate compact urban zones. Compared with the "three zones" division plan in the "Guangzhou Land and Space Master Plan (2018-2035) Draft" which is published by local government, the delimitated functional zones by proposed method can meet the quantitative requirements of the draft, while providing more detailed and realistic spatial pattern of the three functional zones, which can be very useful for municipal and county level territory spatial planning work.</p>

scholarly journals Spatial Planning, Territorial Development, and Territorial Impact Assessment

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Medeiros
Keyword(s):  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Policy Evaluation ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Evaluation Methodologies ◽  
Analytical Goals ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Evaluation Matrix

This article debates the possibilities and advantages of using territorial impact assessment (TIA) policy evaluation methodologies to assess the implementation of spatial planning instruments. It builds on existing literature to define key analytical goals, dimensions, and respective components to monitor and evaluate the implementation of spatial plans, at all territorial levels, to be used as a TIA evaluation matrix. It concludes that, despite the inherent complexity associated with the process of evaluating spatial planning processes, there are manifest advantages to using TIA tools to evaluate them, mostly at the ex post phase.

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