Die Strategische Umweltprüfung—Ein Planungsinstrument zur Qualitätssicherung in der Raumordnung?

Stöglehner, Gernot; Wegerer, Gerald

doi:10.1080/02513625.2004.10556899

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“…The reports and publications gathered from these activities were used as sources and newly interpreted with respect to planning quality. One group of studies revolves around the implementation of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) in Austria and include research on how the relevant EU-Directive would change the planning system (Weber/Stöglehner 2001) and how strategic environmental assessment would be best implemented in Austria (Stöglehner 2004;Stöglehner/Wegerer 2004); consultation for the Province of Lower Austria concerning the amendment of the Spatial Planning Act (2005); and studies on strategic environmental assessment effectiveness after several years of practice, including proposals to increase its effectiveness (Stöglehner/ Brown/Kørnøv 2009;Stöglehner 2010). These studies shed light on issues of planning quality like content, process and legal compliance.…”

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Conceptualising Quality in Spatial Planning

Stöglehner

2019

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Quality discourses help to legitimate professions. This article therefore addresses the crucial question of how quality can be framed in spatial planning. Based on the context of spatial planning in Austria, this article introduces a normative framework for quality in spatial planning that considers the four dimensions of content, planning methodology, planning process and legal compliance, and shows how these four dimensions are interlinked. Furthermore, it discusses how quality can be enhanced by concerted governmental action and further education for planners. It is argued that planners might need to adopt a new role as 'teachers' in planning processes to facilitate societal learning processes in order to raise the quality of planning. Finally, it is concluded that the quality debate in spatial planning can be useful to calibrate expectations of planners and society to directly influence sustainable spatial development through spatial planning, to communicate achievements in planning, to raise awareness for sustainable spatial development, and to improve legal frameworks, planning methodology, and planners' training and further education. Zusammenfassung: Qualitätsdiskurse tragen dazu bei, Fachdisziplinen zu legitimieren. Dieser Artikel wirft die Frage auf, wie Planungsqualität im Kontext von Raumplanung und Raumordnung definiert werden kann. Das vorgestellte Konzept von Planungsqualität, das aus den vier Dimensionen Planungsinhalt, Planungsmethodik, Planungsprozess und Rechtssicherheit besteht, wird am Beispiel Österreichs erläutert. Des Weiteren wird diskutiert, wie diese Aspekte von Planungsqualität durch abgestimmte politisch-administrative Steuerung sowie durch Weiterbildung von Planerinnen und Planern weiterentwickelt werden kann. Dadurch wird deutlich, dass zur Erzielung einer hohen Planungsqualität das Rollenverständnis von Planerinnen und Planern um die Facette der/des ‚Lehrenden' in Planungsprozessen erweitert werden sollte, um soziales Lernen in Planungsprozessen zu unterstützen. Als Schlussfolgerung wird herausgearbeitet, dass eine Planungsqualitätsdebatte die Erwartungen der Gesellschaft an Planung zur Unterstützung nachhaltiger Entwicklung kalibrieren, Planungserfolge sichtbar machen, Bewusstseinsbildung für nachhaltige Raumentwicklung betreiben und Beiträge zur Weiterentwicklung von Rechtsrahmen, Planungsmethodik sowie Bildung und Weiterbildung für Planerinnen und Planer leisten kann. Schlagworte: Planungsqualität, Planungsinhalt, Planungsmethodik, Planungsprozess, Rechtssicherheit, Raumplanung, Rolle von Planerinnen und Planern Planungsqualität in der Raumplanung

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2019

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“…On the other, in the Austrian system the Provincial Government who acts as environmental authority has to approve all local spatial plans according to criteria laid out in the various Spatial Planning Acts. Therefore, the statements of the environmental authority collected during the SEA-consultation phase carry more weight than the SEA-Directive apparently gives them (Stöglehner and Wegerer, 2004). The national legislation is triggered only for matters of 'national environmental significance' and is typically applied in tandem with a State or Territory assessment process; specifically the EPBC Act establishes a mechanism for the accreditation of State and Territory procedures in order to avoid duplication.…”

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Comparing Legislative Mechanisms for Sea Screening and Decision-Making: Austrian and Australian Experiences

Stoeglehner

Morrison‐Saunders

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2010

J. Env. Assmt. Pol. Mgmt.

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Austrian and Australian approaches to strategic environmental assessment (SEA) are compared with particular emphasis upon the legal basis for the initial phase of agreement/screening and the final stage of SEA decision-making and implementation. In Austrian SEA, screening is compulsory and the outcome leads only to recommendations, meaning that the SEA results have to be considered, but are not binding for the approval decision. In Australia engagement in SEA is voluntary but the process results in legally binding conditions of approval that can be applied to relevant actions arising from an assessed policy, plan or program; the incentive for proponents to participate voluntarily is that subsequent project level activities may be exempt from further assessment processes. Examples of SEAs are provided to demonstrate the operation of the respective stages in the two countries. In Austria compulsory screening results in a lot of energy being spent avoiding triggering a full SEA. Although Australian proponents have been somewhat cautious in volunteering for SEA of their activities, there are signs that this is changing. We argue that the regulatory framework characteristics are a key determinant of the behaviour of proponents and the competent authority in practice and subsequently of SEA potential and outcomes. Consideration of the construct of the regulatory framework for SEA screening and decisionmaking provides a useful point of reflection for practitioners attempting to understand the effectiveness of SEA processes in a given jurisdiction.

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Grundsätzliches zu Maßnahmen und Vorgehensweise des Amtssachverständigen für Raumplanung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Praxis in Vorarlberg

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Springers Handbücher Der Rechtswissenschaft

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Die Strategische Umweltprüfung—Ein Planungsinstrument zur Qualitätssicherung in der Raumordnung?

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Conceptualising Quality in Spatial Planning

Conceptualising Quality in Spatial Planning

Comparing Legislative Mechanisms for Sea Screening and Decision-Making: Austrian and Australian Experiences

Grundsätzliches zu Maßnahmen und Vorgehensweise des Amtssachverständigen für Raumplanung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Praxis in Vorarlberg

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