Bridging the Gap Between Strategic Environmental Assessment and Planning: A Geodesign Perspective

Current planning practices in Europe are affected by new regulations aiming at environmental protection and risk reduction, however, planning professionals often face difficulties in properly implementing the principles given by the norms. This paper discusses the influence of the introduction of St...

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Published inInternational journal of e-planning research Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 34 - 52
Main Authors Campagna, Michele, Di Cesare, Elisabetta Anna, Matta, Andrea, Serra, Matteo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hershey IGI Global 01.01.2018
Subjects
Case studies
Citizen participation
Collaboration
Cooperation
Decision making
Environmental assessment
Environmental impact analysis
Environmental law
Environmental protection
Environmental sustainability
Geospatial data
Innovations
Laws, regulations and rules
Planning
Regional planning
Regulations
Risk management
Risk reduction
Spatial data
Support systems
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Summary:Current planning practices in Europe are affected by new regulations aiming at environmental protection and risk reduction, however, planning professionals often face difficulties in properly implementing the principles given by the norms. This paper discusses the influence of the introduction of Strategic Environmental Assessment and of Spatial Data Infrastructures in the EU, highlighting innovation potential and implementation shortcomings and pitfalls. To address these issues, the Geodesign approach is proposed, firstly analysing its relationships with the current planning regulations at the regional level in Italy, and then its opportunities for application in practice with regard to the Sardinian case study (Italy); secondly an integrated Planning Support System is proposed and tested to implement the core phases of the Geodesign approach. The paper concludes suggesting that Geodesign may fruitfully address some of the major issues in the current planning and SEA practice, taking full advantage of the newly available resources of SDI.
ISSN:2160-9918
2160-9926
DOI:10.4018/IJEPR.2018010103