Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: This article analyzes the legal frameworks of participatory planning in Alpine countries and assesses its role in achieving more sustainable spatial development in the Alps. Our research analyzed twenty-seven legal acts from seven Alpine countries and shows that the role of stakeholder participation in spatial planning has gradually increased. However, participation still remains at a rather unsatisfactory level, mainly because of its pro-forma character and practitioners’ insufficient knowledge on how to implement it. To increase the use of participatory processes, it is important 1) to convince planning stakeholders that participation is a key instrument in ensuring sustainable spatial development and 2) to inform practitioners about participatory methods and techniques.
Source: Acta geographica Slovenica
DOI: 10.3986/ags.1631
Institutions: Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Anton Melik Geographical Institute, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour l'Environnement et l'Agriculture, Eurac Research
Language: English
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1604495062