Effectiveness of EIAs in urban transport planning in Spain: implementation barriers by professional profiles

Authors

  • Julio A. Soria-Lara

Keywords:

Sustainability, mobility, land use planning, transport

Abstract

In recent years the effectiveness of environmental impact assessments (EIAs) in projects
related to urban-transport planning has increasingly been questioned by professionals, institutions
and academics. To mollify this, more attention has traditionally been paid in the scientific literature
to solving methodological or content issues in EIAs than any problems related to the actual process
of implementation and their role in decision-making. However, it makes little sense to think that
only through technical improvements to EIAs will we be able to increase their effectiveness in the
field of urban transport.
With a view to exploring this issue in more depth, this paper examines how EIAs are implemented
in the day-to-day planning of urban transport in Spain. Thus, an attempt is made to learn more
about problems related to their actual implementation process. Although the actors involved in EIAs
are many and varied, this paper focuses particularly on analysing any implementation problems
that may exist between the two dominant professional groups: environmental consultants and
transport planners. By means of a questionnaire, the nature and importance of these EIAimplementation
problems will be estimated with a view to enhancing their effectiveness.

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Published

2015-03-21

How to Cite

Soria-Lara, J. A. (2015). Effectiveness of EIAs in urban transport planning in Spain: implementation barriers by professional profiles. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, 47(183), 41–55. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CyTET/article/view/76393

Issue

Vol. XLVII, núm. 183 (2015)

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Copyright (c) 2015 Julio A. Soria-Lara

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