Streamline democratic values in planning systems: A study of participatory practices in European strategic spatial planning

Hossu, Constantina-Alina; Oliveira, Eduardo; Niţă, Andreea

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2022.102675

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“…Environmental planning must be changed to "participatory" planning that takes stakeholder demands into account. Such planning can make use of the public policy aspects of planning and offer a forum for dialogue and consensus-building between the public, businesses, and the government [71][72][73]. For the different types of city mentioned in this article, formulating appropriate plans is quite necessary.…”

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Consistency between Environmental Performance and Public Satisfaction and Their Planning Intervention Strategies: A Policy Text Analysis of Urban Environmental Planning

Bao

2023

Sustainability

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The Chinese government has been working hard to improve environmental performance. However, considering that public feedback is not always complimentary, there is still room for improvement in its protection work. In China, environmental planning is the dominant direction of the government’s environmental governance. Therefore, an analysis of environmental planning could explain the policy incentives that lead to inconsistent performance and satisfaction, and could enable us to explore how to improve planning to more effectively achieve environmental governance goals. This study classified 37 Chinese cities into four types based on consistency in performance and satisfaction. Taking environmental planning policy as the research object, the planning work arrangements of different cities to improve environmental performance and public satisfaction were analyzed through hand-coding. Our study found that environmental planning in these cities puts more emphasis on basic and engineering arrangements that can effectively improve environmental performance, while work arrangements that involve improving public environmental satisfaction are relatively few. Moreover, (1) cities with high environmental performance and high public satisfaction have made relatively substantial arrangements in improving environmental performance and satisfaction during environmental planning; (2) cities with high environmental performance and low public satisfaction have a certain foundation for environmental governance, but tough governance or high public expectations weaken environmental satisfaction; (3) cities with low environmental performance and high public environmental satisfaction have low environmental performance values due to the huge energy consumption of resources or a lack of pollution disposal capacity; and (4) most of the cities with low environmental performance and low public environmental satisfaction share common geographical and historical environmental problems that make it challenging to considerably enhance public satisfaction and environmental performance in the short term. Based on the above findings, this paper believes that greater environmental governance can be achieved by promoting a change in environmental planning from the existing “elite” planning paradigm to a “participatory” planning model.

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Consistency between Environmental Performance and Public Satisfaction and Their Planning Intervention Strategies: A Policy Text Analysis of Urban Environmental Planning

Bao

2023

Sustainability

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“…Spatial planning systems are complexly linked to the socio-economic, political, and cultural contexts of individual countries [33,34]. They include two key phases: preparation and plan implementation [35,36]. In European Union (EU) countries, four distinct spatial planning system models have emerged: regional-economic, comprehensive integrated, land use management, and urbanism traditions [37,38].…”

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The Evaluation of Territorial Spatial Planning from the Perspective of Sustainable Development Goals

Hu,

Zhang,

Wang

et al. 2024

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Territorial spatial planning is crucial for fostering green production and lifestyles, contributing to ecological civilization, and shaping a beautiful China. However, evaluations of China’s territorial spatial planning at a global level are scant. This study constructs a self-assessment tool for territorial spatial planning, anchored in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Initially, it develops an indicator system to assess provincial territorial spatial planning, tailored to the specificities of Chinese provinces. Subsequently, this study formulates problem guidance and performs a match analysis. The tool is then applied to assess the preparation of territorial spatial planning in Shaanxi Province, yielding visualized results. These results correlate the content of planning documents with the questions in the tool, ensuring alignment. Findings indicate that Shaanxi Provincial Territorial Spatial Planning (2021–2035) largely aligns with the SDGs’ framework, while Shaanxi Province Land Space Ecological Restoration Planning (2021–2035) shows partial alignment. Discrepancies with global and national sustainability trends are noted, potentially linked to the unique role of ecological restoration in national spatial planning. By integrating SDGs, this study evaluates the rationality and potential for optimization in China’s provincial territorial spatial planning. This approach aims to enhance public well-being and offers actionable recommendations for incorporating sustainable development into provincial spatial planning strategies.

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“…Seyfang and Smith [11] recommend to differentiate civic actors based on the "value niche," which unites and permeates the entire community of the non-governmental organization. Third sector actors usually disseminate information about economic, sociocultural or environmental challenges and identified solutions through the formation of rich networks of cooperation with government and corporate organizations [12], or through active participation in spatial planning [13].…”

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The ability of non-governmental organizations to overcome crises: the case of NGOs in Slovakia during the Covid-19 pandemic

Hrivnák,

Moritz,

Chreneková

2024

Non-Governmental Organizations - Role and Performance in Turbulent Times

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The COVID-19 pandemic also significantly affected civic activities and third sector actors. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) had to quickly adapt to the consequences of the pandemic and strengthen their resilience in times of increased uncertainty. Despite the significant limitation of the possibilities to carry out their own activities and implement ongoing projects, the actors of the third sector were able to re-focus their innovative action and utilize emerging opportunities to open new activities and programs to support both institutions’ resilience toward crisis and support their own communities through tailor-made social innovation. The aim of the chapter is to conceptualize strategies of NGOs in Slovakia aimed at strengthening the resilience toward negative impacts of the pandemic on both managements of NGOs and well-being and health of the own communities. Using data on the activities of 106 community-led NGOs in Slovakia, we will demonstrate the ability of third sector actors to adapt to rapidly changing conditions.

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Streamline democratic values in planning systems: A study of participatory practices in European strategic spatial planning

Cited by 16 publications

References 58 publications

Consistency between Environmental Performance and Public Satisfaction and Their Planning Intervention Strategies: A Policy Text Analysis of Urban Environmental Planning

Consistency between Environmental Performance and Public Satisfaction and Their Planning Intervention Strategies: A Policy Text Analysis of Urban Environmental Planning

The Evaluation of Territorial Spatial Planning from the Perspective of Sustainable Development Goals

The ability of non-governmental organizations to overcome crises: the case of NGOs in Slovakia during the Covid-19 pandemic

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