Does landscape play a role in strategic spatial planning of European urban regions?

Hersperger, Anna M.; Bürgi, Matthias; Wende, Wolfgang; Bacău, Simona; Grădinaru, Simona R.

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103702

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“…As we collected information on explicit integration into the planning steps, a less conservative approach than ours could lead to different results. Regular planning and project evaluation studies could be useful to observe how effectively landscape ecological concepts have been integrated into planning (see e.g., Hersperger et al 2020).…”

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“…It focuses often on rural areas or open landscapes, where conflicts between urban sprawl and recreational landscape values, agricultural production and nature conservation, and renewable energy production and aesthetics dominate (Mann et al 2018). Landscape planning greatly varies from place to place and can be integrated into the institutions (e.g., in Germany), provide an input into strategic spatial planning (e.g., in Switzerland), be conducted as an ad hoc initiative (e.g., in the USA) or be largely missing (e.g., in Romania) (Hersperger et al 2020).…”

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Landscape ecological concepts in planning: review of recent developments

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Context Landscape ecology as an interdisciplinary science has great potential to inform landscape planning, an integrated, collaborative practice on a regional scale. It is commonly assumed that landscape ecological concepts play a key role in this quest. Objectives The aim of the paper is to identify landscape ecological concepts that are currently receiving attention in the scientific literature, analyze the prevalence of these concepts and understand how these concepts can inform the steps of the planning processes, from goal establishment to monitoring. Methods We analyzed all empirical and overview papers that have been published in four key academic journals in the field of landscape ecology and landscape planning in the years 2015–2019 (n = 1918). Title, abstract and keywords of all papers were read in order to identify landscape ecological concepts. A keyword search was applied to identify the use of these and previously mentioned concepts in common steps of the planning cycle. Results The concepts Structure, Function, Change, Scale, Landscape as human experience, Land use, Landscape and ecosystem services, Green infrastructure, and Landscape resilience were prominently represented in the analyzed literature. Landscape ecological concepts were most often mentioned in context of the landscape analysis steps and least in context of goal establishment and monitoring. Conclusions The current literature spots landscape ecological concepts with great potential to support landscape planning. However, future studies need to address directly how these concepts can inform all steps in the planning process.

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“…The proposed procedure deliberately concentrated on nature-based criteria and provided less details concerning communication with stakeholders and authorities since these issues is a constant focus in literature (Brandt et al 2000, Selman 2006, Sayer et al 2013, Carlsson et al 2017, Trovato and Ali 2019. Unlike most planning methodologies (Dramstad et al 1996, Izakovičova 2006, Özyavuz 2012, Turner and Gardner 2015, Serrano Gine 2018, Hersperger et al 2020 to make planning proposal we applied several theoretical models of landscape pattern depending on the objective. The genetic-morphological model was helpful to identify natural units with internal uniformity of properties and resources providing the opportunity for uniform land use and technology, The paragenetical model allowed identifying the pathways of pollutants from the anthropogenic sources along water streams, the accumulation sites in the lower topographic positions, and the degree of danger for the natural soils and communities.…”

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Context-Based Spatial Decisions in Landscape-Ecological Planning

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ContextThe vital challenge for the context-based landscape planning is integrating assessments of for both intrinsic properties of a unit and its value in a broad spatial context.ObjectivesThe purpose is to develop the procedure which provides context-based criteria at relevant scales, considers matter flows and dynamic events.MethodsThe methodology involves identification of landscape patterns, revealing mechanisms of radial and lateral relationships, considering changes of landscape patterns, and revealing functioning mechanisms causing directed changes. The proposals proceed from multiplicity of patterns and integrate knowledge of processes in biophysical units, catenas, basins, and matrix elements. The plan was elaborated for the taiga landscape in northern European Russia.ResultsDevelopment of ecological network is aimed at increase of forest cover in basins up to 35% to enhance runoff regulation, prevent soil erosion, and stabilize the riparian biocorridor. The highest significance was assigned to the units that have intrinsic ecological values and contribute to lateral transportation of matter over vast areas. Width of buffer strips intercepting input of pollutants to rivers was adapted to proportions of elements and neighborhoods in catenas. Outside the ecological network, we identified priorities for the multifunctional use of units based on the assessment of drainage conditions, soil quality, and risk of erosion. ConclusionsThe procedure takes into consideration landscape hierarchy and multiplicity of spatial patterns. Integrating multiple models is in compliance with the systemic essence of a landscape ensuring understanding of geodiversity, lateral connections, and the emergent effects that ensure the landscape services for society.

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“…The horizontal, cross-sectoral need at federal level for data on the environment, nature conservation and landscapes is accompanied vertically by demands at the level of Germany's Länder and regions. It is becoming increasingly clear that nationwide standardized data on landscapes are also required at the regional planning level [7] or even local level [8]; for example, in order to better compare the development of tourism or recreation-related qualities in different areas (with their specific landscape conditions) for regional or landscape planning. This can help establish a benchmark for tourist regions.…”

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Large-Area Empirically Based Visual Landscape Quality Assessment for Spatial Planning—A Validation Approach by Method Triangulation

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Large area visual landscape quality assessment, especially at the national level is needed to answer the demand from strategic planning. In our paper, we describe and compare two recent modelling approaches for this task regarding their theoretical and empirical basis, resolution, model configuration and results. To compare the outcomes of the two methods, both correlation measures and a visual overlay analysing the inversions are used. The results show, that despite the different methodological approaches, in over 90% of the area of Germany there are only minor deviations between the resulting scenic quality maps (less or equal one step on a five-step scale). The main differences occur due to a different relative weight given to terrain and water indicators in the respective methods. We conclude that a methodologically valid scenic quality evaluation using geodata of homogenous quality is possible also at the national level. By triangulating between different methods, for both, the validity could be proven. The datasets elaborated can also be used as a benchmark for regional landscape assessments and for an upcoming monitoring of changes in visual landscape quality.

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Does landscape play a role in strategic spatial planning of European urban regions?

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