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David Counsell - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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attitudes to sustainable development in Planning policy integration participation and local agenda 21 a case study of the hertfordshire Structure Plan
Local Environment, 1999Co-Authors: David CounsellAbstract:Abstract This paper explores the debate about the pursuit of an integrated and participatory approach to sustainable development within the UK Planning system, using the Examination in Public (EiP) of the Hertfordshire Structure Plan as a case‐study. The Hertfordshire Structure Plan incorporated a concept called ‘whole settlement strategies’, requiring that the major settlements in the county were Planned holistically to assess their potential to meet development needs. The debate at the EiP sheds light on issues associated with the operationalism of key themes of sustainable development in Planning, and on the relationship between emerging approaches to Local Agenda 21 and the development Plan system. It also highlights the contested meanings of sustainable development between those promoting a strong approach and those holding to a weak definition based on meeting development needs.
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Attitudes to Sustainable Development in Planning: Policy integration, participation and Local Agenda 21, a case‐study of the Hertfordshire Structure Plan
Local Environment, 1999Co-Authors: David CounsellAbstract:Abstract This paper explores the debate about the pursuit of an integrated and participatory approach to sustainable development within the UK Planning system, using the Examination in Public (EiP) of the Hertfordshire Structure Plan as a case‐study. The Hertfordshire Structure Plan incorporated a concept called ‘whole settlement strategies’, requiring that the major settlements in the county were Planned holistically to assess their potential to meet development needs. The debate at the EiP sheds light on issues associated with the operationalism of key themes of sustainable development in Planning, and on the relationship between emerging approaches to Local Agenda 21 and the development Plan system. It also highlights the contested meanings of sustainable development between those promoting a strong approach and those holding to a weak definition based on meeting development needs.
Florence Delmotte - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The ‘Structure Plans’ in Brussels: from participatory Planning to urban governance, a first assessment about a new tool
Urban Research & Practice, 2010Co-Authors: Ludivine Damay, Florence DelmotteAbstract:This paper analyses the changes resulting from the use of a new tool in urban policies in Brussels, the schema directeur (Structure Plan). We especially examine whether the new procedure has concretely achieved some of its major objectives: firstly, improving coordination of public action at different levels of authority; secondly, building real consensus with private partners; and thirdly, reinforcing democratic participation. Based on a collective empirical study devoted to the first implementations of the new procedure in the cases of four urban projects, this article also integrates some major elements of the theoretical debates about new modes of governance and the development of participatory and deliberative democracy, in order to clarify the meanings of some fuzzy notions frequently used either by researchers or actors. The authors argue that the new practices that characterize the Structure Plan, including promises of increased participation in a new type of governance, do not actually enhance pe...
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New town Planning instruments: Participation or governance? the case of Brussels through the 'Botanique Structure Plan'
Planning Perspectives, 2010Co-Authors: Ludivine Damay, Florence DelmotteAbstract:This paper presents an analysis of some of the socio‐political stakes riding on the recent implementation of a ‘Structure Plan’ (or schema directeur) for the ‘Botanique’ area in Brussels. The aim is to build a bridge between the discussions about the new modes of governance and the development of participatory or deliberative democracy, on the one hand, and an empirical study of a public policy that borrows from these categories, on the other hand. The innovative practices that characterise the ‘Structure Plan’ are often labelled ‘participatory’. In this text, we intend to determine to what extent they participate more in a new type of urban governance without truly helping to enhance the people’s involvement.
Birgit Kleinschmit - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Contribution of landscape metrics to the assessment of scenic quality - the example of the landscape Structure Plan Havelland/Germany
Landscape Online, 2009Co-Authors: Helge Herbst, Michael Förster, Birgit KleinschmitAbstract:The scenic quality of a landscape is a natural resource that is to be preserved according to German and international law. One important indicator for the evaluation of this value is the structural diversity of the landscape. Although Landscape Metrics (LM) represent a well-known instrument for the quantification of landscape patterns, they are hardly used in applied landscape and environmental Planning. This study shows possibilities for the integration of LM into a commonly used method to assess scenic quality by the example of a Landscape Structure Plan. First results indicate that especially Shannon's Diversity Index and Edge Density are suitable to achieve an objective evaluation of the structural diversity as indicator for scenic quality. The addition of qualitative parameters to the objective structural analysis is discussed. Moreover, the use of landscape scenery units and raster cells as basic geometry has been compared. It shows that LM can support the evaluation of the aesthetic quality in environmental Planning, especially when integrated into commonly used evaluation methods.
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contribution of landscape metrics to the assessment of scenic quality the example of the landscape Structure Plan havelland germany
Landscape Online, 2009Co-Authors: Helge Herbst, Michael Förster, Birgit KleinschmitAbstract:The scenic quality of a landscape is a natural resource that is to be preserved according to German and international law. One important indicator for the evaluation of this value is the structural diversity of the landscape. Although Landscape Metrics (LM) represent a well-known instrument for the quantification of landscape patterns, they are hardly used in applied landscape and environmental Planning. This study shows possibilities for the integration of LM into a commonly used method to assess scenic quality by the example of a Landscape Structure Plan. First results indicate that especially Shannon's Diversity Index and Edge Density are suitable to achieve an objective evaluation of the structural diversity as indicator for scenic quality. The addition of qualitative parameters to the objective structural analysis is discussed. Moreover, the use of landscape scenery units and raster cells as basic geometry has been compared. It shows that LM can support the evaluation of the aesthetic quality in environmental Planning, especially when integrated into commonly used evaluation methods.
Ludivine Damay - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The ‘Structure Plans’ in Brussels: from participatory Planning to urban governance, a first assessment about a new tool
Urban Research & Practice, 2010Co-Authors: Ludivine Damay, Florence DelmotteAbstract:This paper analyses the changes resulting from the use of a new tool in urban policies in Brussels, the schema directeur (Structure Plan). We especially examine whether the new procedure has concretely achieved some of its major objectives: firstly, improving coordination of public action at different levels of authority; secondly, building real consensus with private partners; and thirdly, reinforcing democratic participation. Based on a collective empirical study devoted to the first implementations of the new procedure in the cases of four urban projects, this article also integrates some major elements of the theoretical debates about new modes of governance and the development of participatory and deliberative democracy, in order to clarify the meanings of some fuzzy notions frequently used either by researchers or actors. The authors argue that the new practices that characterize the Structure Plan, including promises of increased participation in a new type of governance, do not actually enhance pe...
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New town Planning instruments: Participation or governance? the case of Brussels through the 'Botanique Structure Plan'
Planning Perspectives, 2010Co-Authors: Ludivine Damay, Florence DelmotteAbstract:This paper presents an analysis of some of the socio‐political stakes riding on the recent implementation of a ‘Structure Plan’ (or schema directeur) for the ‘Botanique’ area in Brussels. The aim is to build a bridge between the discussions about the new modes of governance and the development of participatory or deliberative democracy, on the one hand, and an empirical study of a public policy that borrows from these categories, on the other hand. The innovative practices that characterise the ‘Structure Plan’ are often labelled ‘participatory’. In this text, we intend to determine to what extent they participate more in a new type of urban governance without truly helping to enhance the people’s involvement.
Helge Herbst - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Contribution of landscape metrics to the assessment of scenic quality - the example of the landscape Structure Plan Havelland/Germany
Landscape Online, 2009Co-Authors: Helge Herbst, Michael Förster, Birgit KleinschmitAbstract:The scenic quality of a landscape is a natural resource that is to be preserved according to German and international law. One important indicator for the evaluation of this value is the structural diversity of the landscape. Although Landscape Metrics (LM) represent a well-known instrument for the quantification of landscape patterns, they are hardly used in applied landscape and environmental Planning. This study shows possibilities for the integration of LM into a commonly used method to assess scenic quality by the example of a Landscape Structure Plan. First results indicate that especially Shannon's Diversity Index and Edge Density are suitable to achieve an objective evaluation of the structural diversity as indicator for scenic quality. The addition of qualitative parameters to the objective structural analysis is discussed. Moreover, the use of landscape scenery units and raster cells as basic geometry has been compared. It shows that LM can support the evaluation of the aesthetic quality in environmental Planning, especially when integrated into commonly used evaluation methods.
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contribution of landscape metrics to the assessment of scenic quality the example of the landscape Structure Plan havelland germany
Landscape Online, 2009Co-Authors: Helge Herbst, Michael Förster, Birgit KleinschmitAbstract:The scenic quality of a landscape is a natural resource that is to be preserved according to German and international law. One important indicator for the evaluation of this value is the structural diversity of the landscape. Although Landscape Metrics (LM) represent a well-known instrument for the quantification of landscape patterns, they are hardly used in applied landscape and environmental Planning. This study shows possibilities for the integration of LM into a commonly used method to assess scenic quality by the example of a Landscape Structure Plan. First results indicate that especially Shannon's Diversity Index and Edge Density are suitable to achieve an objective evaluation of the structural diversity as indicator for scenic quality. The addition of qualitative parameters to the objective structural analysis is discussed. Moreover, the use of landscape scenery units and raster cells as basic geometry has been compared. It shows that LM can support the evaluation of the aesthetic quality in environmental Planning, especially when integrated into commonly used evaluation methods.
