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IALE WG Landscape planning

Goal: The objective of the Landscape Planning working group is to provide a forum for a continuous debate and exchange of landscape planning scientists and practitioners concerning emerging challenges, topical issues as well as the further development of landscape planning theory and methods. The members of the working group meet regularly, share experiences, and jointly advance landscape planning for the benefit of people and nature. To achieve its objective, the working group undertakes the following activities:

- Regularly organizes symposia and workshops at IALE’s world or regional conferences,
- Identifies topical challenges, trends and current developments of landscape planning,
- Engages in joint publications, and
- Explores options for further collaboration in joint research projects.

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Dear colleagues,
you are warmly invited to submit an abstract proposal to the symposium 'Landscape Planning for Transformative Change' at the IALE World Conference 2023.
A symposium description is attached, abstracts can be submitted at this website, and the deadline for submissions is March 15, 2023:
Thanks and best wishes,
Christian
 
Jasper van Vliet
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To halt land take in Europe, the European Union set a "no net land take by 2050 ′′ target in 2011. However, land take continues to occur in European countries, with recent studies suggesting that local decision-making is playing a major role in these land-use conversions. In this study, we investigated how urban growth boundaries (UGBs) are used by local governments to manage urban growth in Romania. A mixed-method approach was adopted, combining analysis of UGB changes over the past decade in all Romanian cities (N = 319) with a survey among representatives of local governments involved in land-use decision-making (N = 91 cities). The results showed that many cities have expanded their UGBs, despite population loss and sufficient undeveloped land within UGBs, showing that local government decisions conflict with policy targets at the European level. This is even the case when there is no physical need for land-take limits to be exceeded. We show that population dynamics and the extent of nature conservation areas significantly contribute to UGB changes, though these explain just a small fraction of all UGB changes. Furthermore, we identified a wide range of motivations among decision-makers regarding changing UGBs, including not only the fiscal system but also cities' competitiveness and decisions about the long-term vision for development. We argue that policy innovations in urban containment should (i) aim to balance the interests of governments at different administrative levels, (ii) account for the particularities of each state member's planning system, and (iii) allow for integrated and strategic city planning.
Simona R. Gradinaru
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Dear Colleagues,
This paper on the process of public consultation for approval of urban plans might be of interest to you.
Best regards,
Simona
 
Simona R. Gradinaru
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Dear members of the Working Group on Landscape planning,
We are pleased to invite you to participate in our symposium
Planning and policy approaches for future landscapes: learning from past experiences to develop novel pathways (SYMPOSIUM F2) at the IALE 2022 European Landscape Ecology Congress in Warsaw, 11-15 July 2022.
This symposium is building upon the sessions held at the past IALE European Landscape Ecology Congress in Ghent (2017) and the IALE World Congress in Milan (2019)
The overall objective of this symposium is to assemble talks that present and discuss innovative approaches for integrating landscape ecology principles, concepts, methods into planning and policy for better addressing land transformations-related environmental challenges.
We invite papers that address various steps of the planning cycle, from goal setting to implementation and evaluation procedures. Presentations can address, for example, the role of the actors during the planning process, the efficacy of the planning instruments, or the impact of plans and policies on the landscapes. A focus on urban landscapes and the use of new tools for integrating the ecological and human dimensions within a spatial framework (e.g., digital plans) are particularly welcomed. We encourage contributions that present both theoretical endeavors and empirical results.
An online submission form is available on the congress` webpage https://www.iale2022.eu/programme/call-abstracts.html
Deadline for abstract submission is 28th of January 2022.
Looking forward to seeing you in Warsaw.
Warm regards,
Simona R. Gradinaru, Anna Hersperger and Beatriz Pierri-Daunt
 
Simona R. Gradinaru
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Dear members and friends of the IALE Working Group on Landscape Planning,
To be up to date with the WG`s activities, you can select one of the following options:
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Best regards and have a great summer!
Simona
 
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Dear colleagues,
we are happy to announce a call for contributions to a proposed special issue on 'Planning and Governing nature-based Solutions in River Landscapes' for the journal Ambio. The deadline for preliminary titles and abstracts is Sept. 5, 2019, and manuscripts will be due in March 2020. Please find all details in the attachment.
We look forward to your exciting submissions.
All the best
Christian
 
Simona R. Gradinaru
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The objective of the Landscape Planning working group is to provide a forum for a continuous debate and exchange of landscape planning scientists and practitioners concerning emerging challenges, topical issues as well as the further development of landscape planning theory and methods. The members of the working group meet regularly, share experiences, and jointly advance landscape planning for the benefit of people and nature. To achieve its objective, the working group undertakes the following activities:
- Regularly organizes symposia and workshops at IALE’s world or regional conferences,
- Identifies topical challenges, trends and current developments of landscape planning,
- Engages in joint publications, and
- Explores options for further collaboration in joint research projects.