scholarly journals The Method of Planning Green Infrastructure System with the Use of Landscape-Functional Units (Method LaFU) and its Implementation in the Wrocław Functional Area (Poland)

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irena Niedźwiecka-Filipiak ◽  
Justyna Rubaszek ◽  
Jerzy Potyrała ◽  
Paweł Filipiak
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Functional Area ◽  
City Regions ◽  
Infrastructure System ◽  
Functional Units ◽  
The City

Green infrastructure (GI) is planned at various scales, including a regional one: city-regions. Strategic GI planning included in the city-regions spatial development policy can contribute to their sustainable development through, among others, providing a range of ecosystem services. In order to meet the challenge of planning GI on a regional scale, the authors present the Method of Landscape-Functional Units (Method LaFU), which is used for the planning and evaluation of such systems. This method was tested in the Wrocław Functional Area (WFA), which is characterized by many negative processes, primarily uncontrolled development of built-up areas, fragmentation of landscape, and declining natural and semi-natural areas. The presented results show the effectiveness of the Method LaFU in GI planning and, above all, in its assessment, which makes it possible to identify problem areas that are at risk but still important for the functioning of the GI system. This allows for quick decision making by entities responsible for spatial planning in the region. The proposed method can also be used in other city-regions.

A regional spatial planning model for multifunctional green infrastructure

2021 ◽  
pp. 239980832110336
Author(s):  
Robert Goodspeed ◽  
Ruoshui Liu ◽  
Dimitrios Gounaridis ◽  
Camilla Lizundia ◽  
Joshua Newell
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
The City

There is a growing interest in planning for green infrastructure, as well as a growing recognition of the multifunctional nature of green infrastructure, since it provides many social and environmental benefits to cities and regions. However, there is a lack of appropriate methods for prioritizing the locations for green infrastructure interventions. In response, this article proposes a spatial multi-criteria analysis for green infrastructure. We demonstrate the method at the regional scale for Southeast Michigan, as well as through two embedded case studies within this region. We show how the method can be adapted for rural parks and conservation planning, as well as for urban green infrastructure planning within the City of Detroit. Although lacking the analytical structure needed for some planning questions, and limited by data and access to appropriate technical skills, we argue the spatial planning approach strikes an appropriate balance between technical rigor and transparency required for collaborative planning practice. The described GIS-based analysis technique can be used as part of a planning process to identify locations for green infrastructure expansion or improvement in a way that acknowledges and balances their social and environmental benefits.

scholarly journals Integrating regional development and planning into “spatial planning” in Finland: The untapped potential of the Kainuu experiment

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Purkarthofer ◽  
Hanna Merikki Mattila
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Regional Governance ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Spatial Impacts

With Finland’s accession to the European Union in 1995, a regional level of administration responsible for regulation-based land-use planning and incentive-driven regional development policy was introduced. The administration of both policies on the same spatial scale and within the same organisation suggests increased coordination of spatial impacts and a move towards an integrated conception of spatial planning. In practice, however, the relationship of these two fields remains ambiguous. In the Finnish case, one potential explanation for this detachment lies in the de facto weakness of the regional scale. In the Kainuu region in Northeastern Finland, ambitions to strengthen the regional scale resulted in a self-government experiment between 2005 and 2012. This article addresses the implementation of this experiment, its implications for integrated regional governance and the lessons to be learned for the upcoming regional reform in Finland.

scholarly journals Spatial Planning of Green Infrastructure for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change at a Regional Scale

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10525
Author(s):  
Andrés M. García ◽  
Inés Santé ◽  
Xurxo Loureiro ◽  
David Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Infrastructure Planning ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Multi Criteria Evaluation ◽  
Protected Natural Areas

Green infrastructure has acquired greater importance in recent years in relation to climate change adaptation. Green infrastructure planning has been identified as a new and innovative means of land planning that can contribute to preventing the impacts of climate change. However, this has been explored more thoroughly in urban areas than at the regional scale. The present study proposes a methodology including multi-criteria evaluation techniques for assessing the ESS involved in the fight against climate change and for the spatial planning of multifunctional green infrastructure areas based on the results of this assessment. Application of the methodology for green infrastructure planning aimed at confronting climate change at landscape level in the region of Galicia (NW Spain) successfully delimited multifunctional green infrastructure zones. Results show that delimited zones have a higher provision potential for more ESS than protected natural areas and areas that are not part of the green infrastructure.

scholarly journals Governance in an emerging suburban world

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (37) ◽  
pp. 647-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Hamel ◽  
Roger Keil
Keyword(s):  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
City Region ◽  
City Regions ◽  
Settler Societies ◽  
State Capital ◽  
Suburban Development ◽  
Urban Issues ◽  
The City

Abstract Cities are increasingly defined through their peripheries. This observation is the result of what has been explored by urban researchers worldwide. Suburban development, with diverse modalities of governance – through the state, capital accumulation and private authoritarianism – is transforming city regions in an unexpected way. The diversity of spatial forms shaping urban/suburban development is part of a peripheral growth bringing in a new scale for understanding urban issues, the metropolis or the city region. The paper is subdivided in four parts. First, we take into account the expansion of suburban spaces in order to highlight the new urban issues emerging at a city regional scale. Second, we look at framing the mechanisms of suburban governance. Then, after paying attention to the Canadian situation, we compare the model of suburban governance in Anglo Saxon settler societies to other forms and/or models of suburbanization prevailing in other parts of the world.

scholarly journals Efektivitas Pelaksanaan Kajian Lingkungan Hidup Strategis (KLHS) dalam Perencanaan Tata Ruang Kota Salatiga

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-182
Author(s):  
Paulus Bimo Wijayanto ◽  
Maryono Maryono
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Effective Manner ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City ◽  
Spatial Plan

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a process by evaluating environmental impacts and ensuring that the principles of sustainability are integrated in decision making. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in Indonesia is regulated in a law stipulated by the government which stipulates that it is the duty of both the government and local governments to carry out both development planning and spatial planning. Salatiga City in spatial planning in accordance with the existing guidelines implements SEA, namely in making the Regional Spatial Plan and Detailed Spatial Plan. The rules and policies that are continuously updated by the government regarding the procedures for implementing SEA require understanding from stakeholders who have an interest in Policies, Plans and Programs (KRP) in spatial planning in Salatiga City, with good quality understanding by stakeholders can ensure that the stages of implementing SEA running well and integrating SEA into the KRP spatial planning that ensures environmental damage can be minimized. The purpose of this research is to examine the effectiveness of the implementation of SEA in spatial planning in the city of Salatiga and it is hoped that it can provide alternative steps for implementing SEA which can be used as a direction in the implementation of SEA based on existing facts and conditions. The data used in this study consist of primary data and secondary data which refer to the SEA implementation tools, namely Rules and Policies, Documents and Reports, Institutional Tools, Implementation Standard Operating Procedures, Monitoring, Evaluation and Feedback. The research method used is a mixed method research by combining qualitative and quantitative analysis. From the results of the analysis, it can be seen that the implementation of SEA in the City of Salatiga in spatial planning still needs to be considered in order to run effectively, even though the resulting SEA process has adjusted to the existing regulations but still in activities such as monitoring, evaluation and feedback still need to be carried out in an effective manner. maximum because these activities constitute control over decision making in Activities, Plans and Programs in the resulting spatial planning and stakeholder understanding of the institutional instruments of SEA in Salatiga City still need to be improved because not all existing instruments are understood and are still in a category that is not all in categories really understand evenly so that steps are needed that are adjusted to the existing conditions in an effort to increase the effectiveness of the implementation of SEA so that the resulting SEA can run effectively and maximally.

Analysing City-Regions in a Vietnamese Context: An Overview of Concepts, Definitions and Development Policy Implications

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Son Minh Le
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
City Region ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
City Regions ◽  
Collection Practice ◽  
The City ◽  
Formal Recognition

In recent years, Vietnam has made forward-looking steps in endorsing and promoting City-region development with appropriate vision and leadership. However, there appears to be rather limited literature on the city-region as well as a gap between how the ‘city-region’ is understood conceptually and the relevant policies being advocated. To have a more thorough consideration of whether such advocacy is appropriate, a more thorough comprehension of concepts, definitions and implications is necessary. This paper aims to contribute to this literature gap, firstly by demonstrating how city-regions are functional economic areas which can be empirically studied. Secondly, by analyzing the Vietnamese legal framework using the Hanoi Capital Region and the Ho Chi Minh City Region as case studies, this paper presents arguments that City-region development in Vietnam is highly normative and politically guided. Some major identified challenges come from poor data collection and lack of formal recognition. Urgent changes in perspective, as well as data collection practice, are needed to enable a unified approach to city-regions, which is of interest to both academics and policy-makers.

scholarly journals DYNAMICS OF URBAN REGIMES IN CITY SPATIAL (CASE STUDY OF RECLAMATION IN JAKARTA)

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-69
Author(s):  
Zainul Abidin ◽  
Chusnul Mar'iyah
Keyword(s):  
Development Policy ◽  
Urban Politics ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
The Political ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Urban Regime ◽  
Urban Regimes ◽  
Reclamation Area ◽  
The City

Background of the study: Urban politics in city spatial tends to be related to uniting the capacity of power between actors. Jakarta's pantura reclamation policy is an important part of Jakarta's city spatial. The city regime is responsible for carrying out the reclamation. In the development of its dynamics, the DKI Jakarta urban regime has a different political decision, that is, some reject or terminate and also support or continue the reclamation. However, in this study, non-governmental actors namely reclamation developers dominate the actions of the urban regime's power in reclamation development. The political and economic dominance of developers is likely to determine the policies and regulations for reclamation development. Methodology: This article uses a qualitative research approach by analyzing problems holistically. Because this article examines one case, the writer has used a single instrumental. This article focuses on just one issue, namely the problem of the dynamics of the urban regime in urban spatial planning on the development policy of the Jakarta pantura reclamation area. Therefore, this article outlines the patterns, context, and settings of the political dynamics of the urban regime. Main Findings: The conclusion is that the dominance of developers tends not to make the reclamation policy effective. In this study improve the theory of the urban regime of Clarence Stone. That after the unification of power capacities between actors, urban regimes tend to face the dynamics of new regimes, namely the dominance of political and economic capacity by one of the actors in the actions of the urban regime's power. Novelty/Originality of this study: This article explains the dynamics of the urban regime in urban spatial planning in the Jakarta pantura reclamation area development policy. The focus of his writings is on the urban regime. Therefore, in this article, we dig deep information from the dynamics of the urban regime on the Jakarta pantura reclamation policy.

scholarly journals Green and blue infrastructure as a tool to support decision-making in the spatial planning process. The case of Lake Trichonida, Greece

2021 ◽  
Vol 899 (1) ◽  
pp. 012054
Author(s):  
A Tasopoulou ◽  
G Pozoukidou
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Policy Tool ◽  
Balanced Approach ◽  
Rural Environments ◽  
Marine Areas ◽  
Physical Features ◽  
Core Features

Abstract Green infrastructure (GI) has gained high interest over the last two decades, as a policy tool to promote sustainable development and enhance the resilience of both the urban and rural environments. GI has the potential to offer multiple benefits through the services and functions performed within ecosystems, and thus its implementation requires an integrated and balanced approach that emphasizes the multifunctional nature of a territory. Multifunctionality along with connectivity and networking appear to be core features accepted by all disciplines using the term. GI incorporates green spaces, or/and blue if aquatic ecosystems are concerned, and other physical features in terrestrial and marine areas. This paper presents the development and application of a methodology to facilitate spatial planning choices, incorporating a green and blue infrastructure (GBI) approach, in a Greek case, the wider area of Lake Trichonida in Western Greece. The conceptual basis of the proposed approach embeds both natural and man-made features that could function as green or blue infrastructure. The methodology and its application facilitated the identification of planning priorities and the pursue of planning objectives, thus supporting the decision-making in the spatial planning process.

scholarly journals The Green Infrastructure Assessment System (GIAS) and Its Applications for Urban Development and Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 3798
Author(s):  
Dongwoo Lee ◽  
Kyushik Oh
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Landscape Indices ◽  
Micro Scale ◽  
Planning And Management ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Ecological Values ◽  
Landscape Ecological

Adverse changes of the landscape resulting from diverse human activities have consequently caused quality decline and functional degradation of the natural landscape, endangering the natural habitats of various species. Meanwhile, technical advancements in the area of spatial analysis including GIS and remote sensing enable many kinds of easy-to-quantify landscape indices. Although some systems were developed to support assess landscape indices, developing systems for practical decision-making in spatial planning was insufficient. In this study, the GIS-based Green Infrastructure Assessment System (GIAS) was developed for integrated assessment of diverse landscape ecological values to use in spatial planning and management based upon indices sets that are mainly represented as structure, function, and dynamics of the landscape. In order to verify the effectiveness of the system, two case studies involving the city of Namyangju, northeast of Seoul, were conducted by applying GIAS to the (1) macro scale and (2) micro scale. The study results demonstrate the capability of GIAS as a planning support tool to perform concrete assessment of landscape ecological values and performance both on the macro and micro scale, and its applicability to diverse stages in spatial planning. By utilizing GIAS, frequent human-induced impacts resulting from development projects can be examined in advance, and proactive alternatives can be prepared. In addition, effective decision-making for scientific and systematic planning and management of green infrastructure can be achieved.

scholarly journals Future of Allotment Gardens in the Context of City Spatial Policy – A Case Study of Poznań

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidia Poniży ◽  
Kamila Stachura
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Structure ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Policy Document ◽  
Allotment Gardens ◽  
Spatial Policy ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
The City

Abstract Multifunctional allotment gardens are an important part of the green infrastructure of cities. In spite of this, they are given little attention in the plans and policies of cities. One of the major threats to the existence of allotment gardens within the spatial structure of cities is the pressure of investment, which results from an underestimation of the role of gardens. The task of preserving allotment gardens in the ecosystems of cities rests with the local spatial planning. Urban spatial policy towards allotment gardening is exemplified by the case study of Poznan. The bases for the analysis include the study of the conditions and directions of spatial planning, as the spatial policy document that sets forth the city and local spatial development plans, which are Acts of local laws.

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