Towards sustainable landscapes: planning processes for transport and ecological infrastructures in Poland

Małgorzata Blicharska, Per Angelstam

Uppsala, 7 October 2008

FUNCTIONALITY OF HABITAT NETWORKS

DEVELOPMENT OF ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE

LANDSCAPE

LANDSCAPEIS A SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM

POLAND

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METHODOLOGY

• Transdisciplinary approach

• Social and natural science methods

• Two dimensional gap analyses approach

• Semi-structured interviews – qualitative analysis

• Content analysis of literature and documents

CASE STUDIES

• General results from both cases:– Different groups of actors in conflict– Different attitudes influencing behaviour– Strong conflict between economy and ecology– Lack of dialogue and trust

REASONS FOR CONFLICT

• Different knowledge

• Different perception scale

• Different attitudes

Biodiversity maintenance ambition(knowledge and scale)

• The occupancy of species within patches of suitable habitat set aside

• Long-term population viability

• Integrity and health of ecosystems

• Ecological resilience

• Local scale planning

• Low level ambitions to maintain biodiversity

• Functional habitat networks of different habitats

• Landscape approach

NOT ENOUGH

NEED FOR

Planning and scale

APPROACH TO PLANNING

• Education of planners and society

• Transparent, objective knowledge

• Dialogue: communication and learning

• Landscape concept

• Fora for integration

Traditional top-down or participatory bottom-up approach to planning?

Mixed approach

Challenge for planners and policy makers

• Balance traditional and participatory approaches to planning (case dependent)

– Communication between science and practice– Learning about important ecological matters– Local and regional governance arrangements

FUTURE RESEARCH

• Planners understanding of sustainability policies and capacity to implement them

• Interview studies in Poland, Sweden and Russia

THANK YOU!

MALGORZATA.BLICHARSKA@SMSK.SLU.SE