Ukraine faces a number of challenges including rapid deterioration of the environment.Shift to the sustainable development requires a radical change in governance and legislation. It is obvious the lack of strategic documents, which would define the approaches to integration of certain objectives into sectoral policies. It is strongly related to the system of spatial planning, which should be improved according to European standards, including those concerning environmental protection. This publication reveals approaches to "greening" of the planning process on the basis of German methodology of landscape planning. This methodology was adapted in Ukraine in the framework of joint projects. Particular attention has been given to rural development under decentralisation process. Efficient ways towards the improvement of spatial planning and development have been considered on the case of Ukrainian local community.Key words: spatial development, spatial planning, landscape planning, local community, decentralisation, rural areas, Ukraine.Анотація: Україна стикається з низкою проблем, зокрема щодо швидкого погіршення стану навколишнього середовища. Зрушення до сталого розвитку вимагає радикальних змін в сфері управління і законодавства. Очевидною є відсутність стратегічних документів, які б визначали підходи до інтеграції певних цілей в галузеву політику. Це тісно пов'язано з системою просторового планування, яка повинна бути поліпшена відповідно до європейських стандартів, в тому числі щодо охорони навколишнього середовища. Ця публікація розкриває підходи до "екологізації" процесу планування на основі німецької методології ландшафтного планування. Вона була адаптована в Україні в рамках спільних проектів. Особливу увагу було приділено розвитку сільських районів в ході процесу децентралізації. Ефективні напрями вдосконалення системи просторового
ABSTRACT. The paper presents the results of the first, in Ukraine; project on landscape planning widely accepted in European countries. Under the project implemented in 2010-2013, a landscape-planning program has been developed for the Cherkassy oblast. This is the first document of this kind in Ukraine. The program is mainly based on the experience of the German and Russian schools of landscape planning and on research and assessment conducted by the authors, which allowed identifying approaches to landscape planning, principles of the national policy, and characteristics and potential of environmentally friendly planning in Ukraine. The paper discusses the main phases of the work on the development of the landscape program for the oblast. It also identifies the main stages and key concepts and principles of landscape planning. The paper presents the results of integrated research on the identification and classification of conflicts in land use and the integral concept of the developmental goals for the oblast. The results can be the foundation for adopting management decisions and development of action plans for the lower hierarchal branches.
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