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Landscape Issues in EU Development/Conservation Policies

Spatial planning within European context has limited powers. EU member states are still very much responsible for their national territories. Two documents European Spatial Development Perspectives (ESDP) adopted by EU and Guiding Principles for Sustainable Spatial Development of the European Continent adopted by Council of Europe intend to influence the European spatial development indirectly. Both of them are based on rather conservative philosophy and the EU member states are allowed to interpret them appropriately at the local level. On the other side, the EU legislation on nature conservation, which has much greater influence on spatial planning within national territories, is even more conservative by its nature. Although it was not meant as a control of spatial development, there is real fear that the importance of innovative approaches within spatial development and environmental conservation will be diminished. There is also a serious fear that the influence of public participation within planning process will be reduced and substituted by expert decisions.

Environmental planning; Innovation; European Union; Nature Conservation; Natura 2000

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