SPEAK – Sustainable Planning and Environmental Assessment Knowledge
The general aim of the research program is to generate knowledge on and identify measures for an effective spatial planning for sustainable development that could be used to strengthen the planning system in order to attain the environmental quality objectives.
More specifically the project is designed:
- To identify and analyze obstacles and deficiencies of environmental assessments in contemporary planning practice.
- To identify pathways that can support spatial planning that meets the provisions of the Swedish Environmental Code regarding the promotion of environmental considerations in projects, plans and programs.
- To generate proposals that could be used in developing the planning system and its applications in strategic environmental
assessment of plans and programmes and in environmental impact assessment of projects.