Strategic Environmental Assessment: Integrating Landscape and Urban Planning

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Focusing on Strategic Environmental Assessment, this book highlights its potential to integrate landscape considerations into urban planning, moving beyond rigid, sector-specific regulations. It critically evaluates various proposals for landscape indicators, offering a systematic comparison and guidelines for their application. After discussing the historical context and European regulations, the author presents two case studies and a model for assessing urban plans' impacts on landscape, emphasizing the role of Strategic Environmental Assessment in promoting sustainability across environmental, economic, and social dimensions.