Learning through EC directive based SEA in spatial planning? Evidence from the Brunswick Region in Germany |
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Authors: | Thomas B Fischer Sue Kidd Urmila Jha-Thakur Paola Gazzola Deborah Peel |
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Institution: | aDepartment of Civic Design, University of Liverpool, 74 Bedford Street South, Liverpool L69 7ZQ, UK;bSchool of the Built Environment, University of Ulster, Jordanstown campus, Shore Road, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim BT37 0QB, UK;cSchool of Architecture, Planning & Landscape, Newcastle University, Claremont Tower, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK |
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Abstract: | This paper presents results of an international comparative research project, funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Academy for Sustainable Communities (ASC) on the ‘learning potential of appraisal (strategic environmental assessment — SEA) in spatial planning’. In this context, aspects of ‘single-loop’ and ‘double-loop’ learning, as well as of individual, organisational and social learning are discussed for emerging post-EC Directive German practice in the planning region (Zweckverband) of Brunswick (Braunschweig), focusing on four spatial plan SEAs from various administrative levels in the region. It is found that whilst SEA is able to lead to plan SEA specific knowledge acquisition, comprehension, application and analysis (‘single-loop learning’), it is currently resulting only occasionally in wider synthesis and evaluation (‘double-loop learning’). Furthermore, whilst there is evidence that individual and occasionally organisational learning may be enhanced through SEA, most notably in small municipalities, social learning appears to be happening only sporadically. |
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Keywords: | Strategic environmental assessment Learning potential SEA directive Spatial planning |
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