Efficiency of strategic environmental assessment methods in municipality land use plans

Kolar-Planinšič, Vesna (author), Zavodnik Lamovšek, Alma (author)

The integration of environmental aspects in land use plans (LUPs) through SEA varies across Europe and their efficiency is still not well known, motivating the research of SEA implementation for LUPs. The main aim of the research is to evaluate the methods of integrating environmental aspects into LUPs, based on ten best practices, five from Slovenia and five from other EU Member States. The research methodology proceeds from the review of various literature and studies, on the basis of which we have developed fifty efficiency criteria and evaluated the methods used in the LUP for each step of the SEA: (I) scoping, (II) environmental report preparation, (III) consultations with ministries and public organizations responsible for specific environmental issues, (IV) public participation, (V) decision-making and (VI) monitoring. The research has shown that the methods used differ in scoping, consultations, public participation, and monitoring. We have identified the methods that are most effective in each SEA step. The research findings emphasise the importance of scoping and monitoring methods. The conclusion suggests further research of efficiency by questionnaire.

• Language: English
• Keywords: efficiency, land use plans (LUPs), planning, SEA directive, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FGG - Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 214-227
• Numbering: Vol. 32, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-166289
• UDC: 711.1:005.336.1
• ISSN on article: 1330-0652
• DOI: 10.31522/p.32.2(68).3
• COBISS.SI-ID: 220953091
• Publication date in RUL: 06.01.2025

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Prostor : znanstveni časopis za arhitekturu i urbanizam = a scholarly journal of architecture and urban planning
• Shortened title: Prostor
• Publisher: Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Arhitektonski fakultet
• ISSN: 1330-0652
• COBISS.SI-ID: 36744960

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Učinkovitost metod strateške presoje vplivov na okolje v občinskih prostorskih načrtih

Abstract

Vključevanje okoljskih vidikov v načrtovanje namenske rabe prostora (NRP) s SEA je po Evropi različna, njena učinkovitost pa še vedno ni dovolj dobro poznana, kar je spodbudilo raziskavo o izvajanju SEA za NRP. Glavni cilj raziskave je oceniti metode vključevanja okoljskih vidikov v NRP na podlagi desetih najboljših praks, petih iz Slovenije in petih iz drugih držav članic EU. Metodološki pristop k raziskavi temelji na pregledu različne literature in študij, na podlagi katerih smo razvili petdeset meril učinkovitosti in ovrednotili metode, uporabljene v NRP za vsak korak presoje vplivov na okolje: (I) določitev obsega, (II) priprava okoljskega poročila, (III) posvetovanja z ministrstvi in javnimi organizacijami, pristojnimi za posamezna okoljska vprašanja, (IV) sodelovanje javnosti, (V) odločanje in sprejemanje odločitev (VI) spremljanje. Raziskava je pokazala, da se uporabljene metode razlikujejo pri določanju obsega, posvetovanjih, udeležbi javnosti in spremljanju. V nadaljevanju smo opredelili metode, ki so najučinkovitejše v vsakem koraku analize SEA. Ugotovitve raziskave poudarjajo pomen določanja obsega in spremljanja metod. V zaključku so predlagane nadaljnje raziskave učinkovitosti s pomočjo anketnega vprašalnika.

• Keywords: učinkovitost, načrti namenske rabe prostora (NRP), načrtovanje, Direktiva SEA, strateška presoja vplivov na okolje

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P2-0227
• Name: Geoinformacijska infrastruktura in trajnostni prostorski razvoj Slovenije