The Enigmatic City: Lights and Shadows of the Strategic Enviromental Assesment

Authors

  • Joaquín Romano Velasco

Keywords:

Evaluación ambiental, planificación urbana, gestión administrativa

Abstract

The author feels that concern over widespread dwelling- patterns in human populations (involving the concentration of people in urban centres stems from our ignorance of their potential long and mid-term
consequences in every respect, be it social, economic or enviromental. The present paper attempts therefore to establish a basic rule, namely that urban growth should ever entail systematic mode of environmental assessment. That which is known as Strategic Environmental Assessment purposes precisely this and , through the employing of the same, the risks involved in planning human settlement could be made apparent. As every rule is open to err towards the dogmatic, the paper considers some
unfortunate spin-offs of the adopting of this mode that lead to tax-inequalities when it is applied by the public sector in territorial management. It is here felt that the policies from this mode derived often tend to drain off resources required to meet local specific responsibilities. The paper ends with a call for a reassessment of the existing structuring for administrative co-ordination.

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Published

2001-03-28

How to Cite

Romano Velasco, J. (2001). The Enigmatic City: Lights and Shadows of the Strategic Enviromental Assesment. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, 33(127), 41–56. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CyTET/article/view/74983

Issue

Vol. XXXIII, núm. 127 (2001)

Section

Articles

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Copyright (c) 2001 Juan Romano Velasco

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