T 3.2 Questionnaire Survey
Analysis of the Responses by TURAS cities and regions
Part A: Sustainability and Resilience as Objectives of Urban Development
1. Which meaning has the objective of “sustainable settlement development” in the current policy documents and planning concepts of your
city/municipality?
2. Which meaning has the objective of “promotion of resilience” in your city´s policy documents and planning concepts?
City or Region (in
alphabetical order)
Brussels
Dublin
1. objective of sustainable settlement
development
Regional Sustainable Development Plan (PRD)
aims to structure all regional policies towards a
sustainable city. It places the environment at
the heart of the regional development strategy
by linking the various sector plans. This
dynamic is also reflected across the entire
metropolitan area, beyond the regional
boundaries, which reinforces the synergies
between the territories. It also allows
monitoring of the sustainability of the public
policies via the publication of an annual report
and of multi-year reports relating to the impact
of certain strategies.
2. objective of promoting resilience
Related Public Documents
The word resilience appears in no policy document for
the moment but is being discussed for the upcoming
new “Nature Plan” (resilience of the ecosystems).
Regional Sustainable Development Plan (PRD)
http://urbanisme.irisnet.be/lesreglesdujeu/lesplans-de-developpement/le-plan-regional-dedeveloppement-prd
 blueprint for sustainable settlement
development in Dublin city;
 Framework for Sustainable Dublin (FSD) as a
planning toolkit to prioritise actions and
connect short-term measures to the longterm vision of a sustainable society;
 sustainability and quality of life as the overarching philosophies, informed all the
policies and objectives of the Development
Plan;
 creation of a shared vision of success with
an emphasis on community engagement
The promotion of resilience underlies all strands of the
core strategy;
 emphasis on a clean healthy city with
improvements in air and water quality and biodiversity value, the use of renewable energy
sources, green technologies, the active pursuit of
flood risk management and sustainable urban
drainage systems;
 Reduce the city’s reliance on unsustainable energy
and fuel sources and its contribution to climate
change in order to secure a sustainable, lowcarbon future
Regarding soil pollution management, all the
regulations take into account that the Brussels soils
are very deteriorated and all the relative obligations
are aimed at trying to enhance the soils to recover
their initial functionalities.
1
The PRD will be replaced by the Regional
Sustainable Development Plan (PRDD) in 2013.
http://www.prdd.be/news/planr%C3%A9gional-de-d%C3%A9veloppementdurable
Nature Plan (upcoming)
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/53386966/AteliersRa
pportSynthese_20121211_FR.pdf
Dublin City Development Plan 2011- 2017:
www.dublincitydevelopmentplan.ie/
http://www.dublincitydevelopmentplan.ie/deli
veryS3.php
Sustainable Residential Development in Urban
Areas 2009:
http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/Develo
pmentandHousing/Planning/FileDownLoad,191
64,en.pdf
Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities
(2007):
http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/Develo
T 3.2 Questionnaire Survey
Analysis of the Responses by TURAS cities and regions
City or Region (in
alphabetical order)
Ljubljana
1. objective of sustainable settlement
development
and open governance;
 core strategy incl. 3 main components:
Compact quality, green, clean, connected
city; real economic recovery, creative
networks, smart innovative city and creative
sustainable neighbourhoods.
 important policies are adopted by the
National Assembly or the Government
(weak regional level);
 objective of sustainable settlement
development is presented in Spatial
Development Strategy (principal policy
2. objective of promoting resilience
Related Public Documents
 Ensuring an adequate and resilient supply of
wholesome and clean drinking water in compliance
with EU and Irish National Legislation (Drinking
Water Regulations 2007 and future amendments)
 Providing necessary infrastructure and the securing
of corridors for utility infrastructure to match the
compact spatial pattern of development
 Achieving the efficient use of natural resources,
such as water
 Encouraging sustainable production, delivery and
consumption of drinking water
 Reducing dependency on fossil fuels and improve
energy efficiency in new and existing buildings and
promote the use of renewable energy in the city's
building stock
 Minimizing waste, with an emphasis on maximum
recycling
 Using Flood Risk Assessment techniques,
identification and management of these Risks to be
put in place through the identification and
protection of existing and proposed flood defences
and the need for flood resilient urban and building
design and construction.
 Developing greater co-ordination with the other
planning authorities and EPA in the Greater Dublin
Region with regard to infrastructural and climate
change issues.

pmentandHousing/Housing/FileDownLoad,209
1,en.pdf
Spatial Framework - main context documents:
National Spatial Strategy 2002 - 2020
www.irishspatialstrategy.ie
National Climate Change Strategy 2007- 2012
(Currently under review)
http://www.environ.ie/en/Environment/Atmos
phere/ClimateChange/PublicationsDocuments/
FileDownLoad,1861,en.pdf
Smarter Travel - A Sustainable Transport Future
2009-2020 http://www.smartertravel.ie/
Regional Planning Guidelines for the Greater
Dublin Area
www.rpg.ie/
Transport 21
www.transport21.ie
National Level:
Spatial Development Strategy in Slovenia (SPRS,
2004)
Decree of the Spatial Order in Slovenia
2
T 3.2 Questionnaire Survey
Analysis of the Responses by TURAS cities and regions
City or Region (in
alphabetical order)
1. objective of sustainable settlement
development
document for spatial and settlement
development), guiding the spatial
development across the entire national
territory and setting guidelines for
development within the European space
(concept of spatial planning and
management, land use and spatial
protection);
 aim to resolve the existing and expected
spatial issues in Slovenia, to redirect
negative trends, and thus achieve a higher
degree of spatial order;
 to enable coherent spatial development by
the consideration and harmonization of
different development needs and interests
with public benefits in the areas of
environmental protection, the conservation
of nature and cultural heritage, the
protection of natural resources, defense
and protection against natural and other
disasters.
 Ljubljana urban region’s objectives: (1)
functioning conurbation – on average, more
than 80% of people will have access to
public areas and public transport within 300
meters of air distance by 2013, (2) creative
people and successful companies –the
added value per employee in the region will
increase by 10% by the end of 2013 and (3)
to become a region with a European capital,
with the highest quality of life in Europe.
2. objective of promoting resilience
Related Public Documents
(executive document for the SPRS, 2004),
available only in Slovene language;
Spatial Planning Act (ZPNačrt, Official Gazette
of RS, no. 33/2007, Validity: since 28/04/2007):
diverse types of physical planning documents,
their content and mutual relations, and
procedures for their drafting and adoption;
Environmental Agency of the Republic of
Slovenia is a body of the Ministry of the
Agriculture and Environment:
http://www.arso.gov.si/en/
 Environmental Atlas of Slovenia,
 Eionet in Slovenia,
 Environmental Indicators in Slovenia,
 Catalogue of Data Sources on the
Environment,
 SOKOL - Eco-pics gallery
Environmental Atlas of Slovenia, including the
flooding waters and water protected areas
http://gis.arso.gov.si/atlasokolja/profile.aspx?i
d=Atlas_Okolja_AXL@ARSO& culture=en-US
Regional Level:
Regional Development Programme of the
Ljubljana Urban Region 2007 - 2013:
Osrednjeslovenska statistical region or so called
Ljubljana urban region – LUR
Expert Groundwork for the Preparation of the
Regional Spatial Plan of Ljubljana Urban Region
3
T 3.2 Questionnaire Survey
Analysis of the Responses by TURAS cities and regions
City or Region (in
alphabetical order)
1. objective of sustainable settlement
development
2. objective of promoting resilience
Related Public Documents
(LUR) (2009):
http://www.rralur.si/en/koncaniprojekti/spatial-plans/
Regional Development Programme of Ljubljana
Urban Region 2007 - 2013 (pdf):
http://www.rralur.si/fileadmin/user_upload/ra
zvojni_dokumenti/prevedeni_RRP_LUR_20_04
_07_1_10_07.pdf
Local Level:
Municipality Spatial Plan for the Municipality of
Ljubljana, adopted in 2010, changed in 2012
https://urbanizem.ljubljana.si/index3/,
including goals for the sustainable settlement
development in Ljubljana and wider Ljubljana
urban region, available only in Slovene
language but on this webpage some maps are
also available in English language;
Regulatory documents in regard to resilience,
national level:
 water management
 drinking water supply acts (Pravilnik o
spremembah in dopolnitvah Pravilnika o
oskrbi s pitno vodo Ur. l. št. 41/2008);
 safe waste management act (Odredba o
ravnanju z ločeno zbranimi frakcijami pri
opravljanju javne službe ravnanja s
komunalnimi odpadki Ur.l. RS, št.
21/2001);
 efficient use of energy and renewable
energy resources
4
T 3.2 Questionnaire Survey
Analysis of the Responses by TURAS cities and regions
City or Region (in
alphabetical order)
1. objective of sustainable settlement
development
2. objective of promoting resilience
Related Public Documents
 Resolucija o Nacionalnem energetskem
programu /ReNEP/ (Ur.l. RS, št. 57/2004);
 Operativni program zmanjševanja emisij
toplogrednih plinov do leta 2012 /OP-TGP/;
 Operativni program razvoja okoljske in
prometne infrastrukture za obdobje 20072013 /OP-ROPI/;
 Nacionalni akcijski načrt za energetsko
učinkovitost za obdobje 2008-2016 /ANURE/;
 Akcijski načrt za obnovljivo energijo 20102020 /AN OVE/);
 active protection of flood risk
 Water Law - Zakon o vodah, Uradni list RS,
št. 67/02, 110/02, Zakon o spremembah in
dopolnitvah Zakona o vodah (ZV-1A, Uradni
list RS, št. 57/08, Pravilnik o metodologiji za
določanje območij, ogroženih zaradi poplav
in z njimi povezane erozije celinskih voda in
morja, ter o načinu razvrščanja zemljišč v
razrede ogroženosti, Uradni list RS, št.
60/07, Uredba o pogojih in omejitvah za
izvajanje dejavnosti in posegov v prostor na
območjih, ogroženih zaradi poplav in z njimi
povezane erozije celinskih voda in morja,
Uradni list RS, št. 89/08, Uredba o vsebini in
načinu priprave podrobnejšega načrta
zmanjševanja ogroženosti pred poplavami,
Uradni list RS, št. 7/2010).
All above mentioned documents related to
resiliency matters are only available in Slovene
language.
5
T 3.2 Questionnaire Survey
Analysis of the Responses by TURAS cities and regions
City or Region (in
alphabetical order)
London
(municipality of
Barking &
Dagenham)
1. objective of sustainable settlement
development
Definition of sustainable development is
contained in the municipality’s Local
Development Framework (LDF), document is
required by English law and sets out the broad
principles of spatial development; key
principles as follows:
 Better engaging with the community in the
planning of the borough early on, and
throughout the preparation of planning
policies
 Moving development plans from purely
land use to a broader 'spatial planning
approach' - reflecting a broader range of
strategies
 Assessing policies against the principles of
achieving sustainable communities to
ensure that social, economic and
environmental considerations are taken into
account in the preparation of planning
policies
 Ensuring that the Local Development
Framework reflects the aspirations
identified in the Barking and Dagenham
Partnership Community Strategy.
2. objective of promoting resilience
Related Public Documents
 The meaning of resilience within the municipality
depends on the service being offered;
 However, it broadly means ensuring that
communities are enabled to handle change
without adverse effect.
 The concept of resilience is applied both to people
and to the environment. It is a key component of
sustainability.
municipality’s Local Development Framework
(LDF):
http://www.lbbd.gov.uk/environment/planning
policy/localdevelopmentframework/pages/ho
me.aspx
The LDF consists of the following documents:
a) Development Plan Documents
 A Core Strategy setting out the general
spatial vision, objectives and core policies
for future development
 Proposals Map
 Borough Wide Development Policies setting
out detailed policies to control
development and deliver the vision,
objectives and policies of the core strategy
 Site Specific Allocations showing all sites
that have been identified for development
or which will be protected from
development
 Barking Town Centre Area Action Plan
shows how we plan to develop and improve
Barking Town Centre over the coming years
 A Joint Waste Development Plan Document
setting out a planning strategy to 2020 for
sustainable waste management. This has
been developed in conjunction with
neighbouring municipalities
 A Statement of Community Involvement
setting out how we will involve the
community in producing the Local
Development Framework.
b) Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs)
 Saturation Point - Addressing the health
6
T 3.2 Questionnaire Survey
Analysis of the Responses by TURAS cities and regions
City or Region (in
alphabetical order)
Nottingham
1. objective of sustainable settlement
development
 fundamental part of the city’s spatial
strategy and plans for regeneration,
transport and climate change;
 interpreted as something which concerns
the long-term, re-use, social inclusion,
development and public transport,
accessibility to homes, jobs, amenities and
services.
2. objective of promoting resilience
 important part of regeneration, transport and
climate change;
 more specifically used as matters of business,
economics, environmental risks, water usage,
energy efficiency, low carbon, decentralized power
generation and air quality.
7
Related Public Documents
impacts of hot food takeaways, provides
guidance on the location of hot food
takeaways.
 Biodiversity - Provides guidance to
developers, householders and planners on
protecting, creating and improving
biodiversity during the development
process.
 Trees and Development - Guides developers
and householders on legislation, planning
requirements and the protection of trees.
 Residential Extensions and Alterations Provides guidance for people who want to
extend and improve their home.
 Barking Station Masterplan - Provides
further detail on the Barking Station area,
Site Allocation BTCSSA3.
 Draft Urban Design Framework
Nottingham City Council Aligned Core Strategy:
http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/index.aspx?
articleid=722
The Nottingham Local Plan (also New Local Plan
LAP out soon – includes regeneration sites
data):
http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/CHttpHandl
er.ashx?id=536&p=0
Nottingham Community Climate Change
Strategy:
http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/CHttpHandl
er.ashx?id=33519&p%20v
Nottingham Green Partnership:
http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/onenotting
ham/index.aspx?articleid=12834
T 3.2 Questionnaire Survey
Analysis of the Responses by TURAS cities and regions
City or Region (in
alphabetical order)
Rotterdam
1. objective of sustainable settlement
development
 to become an attractive residential city with
quality residential environments and high
standard public space
2. objective of promoting resilience
Related Public Documents
 aims to climate proof the city and to reduce CO2
emissions by 50% in 2025
Sofia
The main strategic objective of Sofia
Municipality formulated in the Development
Plan is:
 To achieve accelerated economic growth,
higher living standards, sustainable and
balanced development; enhancing urban
development while preserving the natural
environment.
Following this objective, the main documents
formulate practically identical sets of priorities
and specific targets, completed further with
programs for implementation.
 Priority axis 1 - Increasing competitiveness
through promotion of knowledge based
economy and information society:
 Priority axis 2 - Development and
modernization of transport and engineering
infrastructure
 Priority axis 3 - Improving living conditions
and quality of the living environment
 Priority axis 4 - Development of
international cooperation for European
territorial cohesion, deepening partnerships
Promotion of urban resilience is provided in all
composing parts of the main planning documents and
is considered as guiding principle and basic horizontal
policy, as it is with preservation of natural resources,
“green” policy, energy efficiency improvement, social
cohesion policy etc. Moreover, there is now a new
requirement for all municipal districts and
administration structures to be provided with special
contingency plans for risk and hazard management.
Spatial Development Strategy 2030:
http://www.rotterdam.nl/DSV/Document/Stad
svisie/432312_Leaflet.pdf
Waterplan:
http://www.rotterdam.nl/GW/Document/Wat
erloket/Waterplan%202%20samenvatting%20E
ngels.pdf
RCP publications:
http://www.rotterdamclimateinitiative.nl/en/e
nglish_2011_design/publications
Spatial planning in Bulgaria is regulated in two
laws – the Territorial Planning Act and the
Regional Development Act. First of them
defines the rules for longer term planning and
the main construction regulations, second –
the rules for medium and short term strategic
planning and programming, with accent on the
financial and organizational aspects for the
implementation. All these planning documents
are to be interrelated horizontally and
vertically, with common priority basis. These
documents are also correlated with sectoral
strategic documents covering specific
development goals. Their adoption is to be
based on extensive public consultations, which
is the way to achieve the needed social balance
of interests and to provide for implementation
partnerships.
The main strategic documents for the socioeconomic and spatial development of Sofia
Municipality are:
 Master Plan of Sofia City and Sofia
Municipality with time scale 2030 and
beyond
8
T 3.2 Questionnaire Survey
Analysis of the Responses by TURAS cities and regions
City or Region (in
alphabetical order)
Stuttgart
1. objective of sustainable settlement
development
and European integration
 Priority axis 5 – Promotion of institutional
capacity for effective management and
development of Sofia
2. objective of promoting resilience
Sustainable settlement development is a very
important issue. The aim is to warrant
 diversity,
 high quality of life,
 mobility;
 economic strength in the long term;
 other aspects such as the enhancement of
public transport (expansion of the urban rail
network=S-Bahn), the support of intermunicipal industrial areas and the energyand climate protection concept.
This is on the one hand documented in the
mandatory “Regional Plan” by the general
principles and several aims of regional
planning, which the municipalities have to
obey. Apart from the direct effects of the
Regional plan on the municipalities, the VRS-as
representative of public concerns- examines
their land use plans whether they respect the
goals and restrictions.
The term “resilience” isn’t yet included in the
mandatory region’s policy documents, but the
objectives connected to it, are part of several planning
principles. Apart from that several research projects
and best-practice projects deal with the aspect of
resilience, with an emphasis on climate change.
Especially the Energy and Climate Protection Concept
(Energie- und Klimaschutzkonzept Region Stuttgart)
amends the Regional Plan concerning this topic.
Examples from Regional Plan 2009:
 1.4.1.1 1) Durable protection and improvement of
the natural environment and its capacity to
provide and to regenerate natural goods for men
as well as to treat and to balance pollution;
 (2) Protection and development of public spaces in
the region according to their natural potential for
the protection of biodiversity and as natural
habitat for flora and fauna, for recreation,
agriculture and forestry, and for the preservation
of natural balance and climatic functions.
Examples for general principles in the Regional
Plan 2009:
 1.1.1.(G) aim of regional development is to
open up opportunities for continuing high
9
Related Public Documents
 District (Oblast) Sofia 2007 - 2015
Development Strategy
 Development Plan of Sofia Municipality
2007 - 2013,
A new type for our national practice is under
preparation now – an Integrated Plan for Urban
Regeneration and Development of Sofia City
2014-2020.
Mandatory “Regional Plan”:
http://www.region-stuttgart.org/aufgabenund-projekte/regionalplanung/regionalplan/
http://www.regionstuttgart.org/fileadmin/regionstuttgart/04_Info
rmationen_und_Download/04_01_Veroeffentli
chungen/04_04_02_Berichte/regionalplan_200
9_text.pdf
 general principles and several aims of
regional planning, which the municipalities
have to obey;
 the VRS -as representative of public
concerns - examines the municipalities´ land
use plans whether they respect the goals
and restrictions.
Sustainable settlement development is also
connected to other aspects of regional policy,
for example:
 the enhancement of public transport
(expansion of the urban rail network=SBahn),
 the support of inter-municipal industrial
areas and
 the energy-and climate protection concept
(Sitzungsvorlage 245/2012,
T 3.2 Questionnaire Survey
Analysis of the Responses by TURAS cities and regions
City or Region (in
alphabetical order)
1. objective of sustainable settlement
development
economic performance, based on
sustainable, socially balanced, ecological,
and economically efficient development of
the region that provides sufficient and
suitable housing and preserves and creates
working places;
 (2) maintenance of the diversity of
landscapes and promoting their natureoriented development, also for recreation
purposes, sustainable advancement of
infrastructure facilities in the municipalities.
The development of settlement, open
space, and transport should be aligned to
resource efficiency (natural and financial),
sustainability, social cooperation, and the
integration and (social) mobility of all
sections of the population.
 1.1.3 (G) For spatial development and
organization of the region the climate
protection is central. A reduction of climateeffective emissions and climate adaptation
should be implemented on local and
regional level.
2. objective of promoting resilience
Related Public Documents
Planungsausschuss):
http://www.regionstuttgart.org/i2ebridge/Suche
Examples for research and best-practise -> see
question no. 5
Examples for aims of sustainable settlement in
the Regional Plan 2009:
 1.2.2(G) In view of the dense
agglomeration, a sustainable and resource
saving spatial development should be
greatly aspired. This applies in particular to:
 the maintenance, protection, and
development of open spaces for livelihood
and recreation;
10
T 3.2 Questionnaire Survey
Analysis of the Responses by TURAS cities and regions
City or Region (in
alphabetical order)
Ludwigsburg (city
within the region
of Stuttgart)
1. objective of sustainable settlement
development
 safeguarding of a productive agriculture
and forestry and their natural basics for
production, especially soil;
 avoidance of emissions from private and
industrial activities as well as transport;
 hazard prevention in regard to flooding,
extreme weather and other natural
hazards;
 preservation, development, and reuse of
buildings and settlements as well as
technical and social infrastructure;
 protection of cultural heritage;
 reduction of land use for settlement and
transportation purposes;
 environmentally friendly processing of the
mobility and transportation needs of the
population and economy;
 Environmentally friendly extension of the
infrastructure for traffic and
communication.
 The objective of sustainable development is
very relevant in the planning concepts of
the city.
 Since 2004 integrated urban development
process that reclaims and updates 11
thematic fields on the level of the whole
city.
 On the level of the urban districts the
development plans (STEP „Stadtteilentwicklungspläne“) submit also a
spatial account.
 At the same time, sustainable settlement
development is a topic within town
2. objective of promoting resilience
Related Public Documents
 Resilience is considered within the guiding
principle of sustainable development.
 At present there are not yet concrete planning
concepts in regard to resilience.
 Within the framework of the project „KlimaMORO“ first analyses and action approaches have
been developed on regional level in close
cooperation with the VRS. However, these
approaches have not been implemented so far.
Documentation of the process:
http://www.ludwigsburg.de/,Lde/start/stadt_b
uerger/stadtentwicklung.html
11
All relevant documents are available on the
city´s homepage:
www.ludwigsburg.de
T 3.2 Questionnaire Survey
Analysis of the Responses by TURAS cities and regions
City or Region (in
alphabetical order)
1. objective of sustainable settlement
development
planning and urban land use planning
(“Bauleitplanung“, including local
development plans / master plans (“BPläne”), land-use plans (“Flächennutzungspläne”), and open space planning
(“Freiflächenentwicklungskonzept”,
“Grünleitplan”).
 The principle of “inner development”
previous to “outer development” is pursued
by the local administration and the
municipal council (“Gemeinderat”).
2. objective of promoting resilience
12
Related Public Documents