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Housing submitted to the FEMP the first barometer of urban sustainability
The Minister of Housing, Beatriz Corredor, has submitted to the President of the FEMP, Pedro Castro, the White Paper on Sustainability Spanish Urban Planning, a document "unprecedented" which represents the first barometer of urban sustainability in our country.
The book provides 112 criteria to achieve more sustainable development, an analysis of all existing legislation on urban planning and includes a Decalogue with key proposals to reduce unsustainability. The work has been coordinated by the Ministry of Housing and developed by the School of Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, in collaboration with the Autonomous Communities and of academics and professionals.
The document is addressed to those who must make decisions at the municipal level, "as efficiently as possible" and in line with government objectives, such as rehabilitation and integrated urban regeneration, explained the Minister. Beatriz Corredor said that it is time to "do more with less" in a time when the world imposes a return to austerity, seeking the maximum efficiency of public resources.
Pedro Castro said that the White Paper contains much of the work that the FEMP and the Ministry had outlined the implementation of a common strategy to intervene in the territory since a new urban culture and affirmed that the recommendations, strategies and indicators picks up this book, we are closer to realizing the principle of sustainable urban development. "
The President of the FEMP also said to look for ways to reduce the impact on our environment or, put another way, what it is to "grow less, grow better," according to the principles of the Charter Leipzig on Sustainable European Cities. "
Local governments, as noted, are committed to the rehabilitation and urban recycling as the main instrument of transformation of the city to build a new model that enhances the proximity and quality of life.
In this way forward, he said, can count on local governments, for their great responsibility in the implementation of agreed policies with the Regional Administration and the State.
Sustainability Criteria
The White Paper identify gaps and deficiencies that are limiting a more sustainable urban development and provides a set of sustainability criteria and indicators, grouped into seven major blocks that have to do with the planning: the city environment, urban land transportation, resources, waste, social cohesion and participation and governance.
In light of these criteria, the White Paper examines his reflection in the current regulations developed by the urban planning in Spain to find several strategies to reduce unsustainable and encourage their translation into specific areas for action. In this study, we can draw the following conclusions:
• Highlights vast treatment by all the autonomous regions of the criteria relating to the proceedings on the city environment (preservation of ecosystems, respect the landscape and the reduction in the consumption of soil). They also excel related criteria promoting administrative transparency and access to information, although notably absent is the active participation of citizens in making strategic decisions or the adoption of urban plans.
• By contrast, legislatures are occasional references in other sections:
◦ social cohesion. Block is a largely unregulated. Legislation is about the time of access to housing and the identification of the population with its environment (by heritage), but aspects such as improving the supply of equipment and services in every neighborhood and enhance the mix of uses in each of them, allowing what is called "the activities of proximity to neighbors, are almost nonexistent in most regional standards.
◦ Criteria for action on urban land. Despite being made in Europe, a compact city model complex, the ACs do not reflect this idea in its legislation, except as regards sub-specific criteria such as promoting the rehabilitation, removal of architectural barriers and the requirement of minimum standards of green space, public facilities and services.
◦ Criteria for action in transport issues. The regional legislation emphasizes the reduction of private motorized traffic to promote the use of public transport. However, they are less regulated important aspects such as the construction of pedestrian and cycle networks, increased space for pedestrians or reduce the speed of private motor traffic.
◦ Performance criteria in terms of natural resources. The highest legislative references relate to optimize and reduce energy consumption and natural resources (mainly water) and promote the use of renewable energy. However, it is developed with the same intensity as the need to adapt to conditions bioclimatic buildings, using recycled materials in construction or to encourage the sharing of the galleries of services (gas, electricity, telephones.) Reduce energy losses in distribution networks, etc.
◦ Waste treatment. This block is more developed legislatively, mainly emphasizing the reduction of polluting emissions and waste through its management and the promotion of recycling and reuse.
Decalogue for a sustainable urban
The White Paper includes a decalogue, which brings together the key proposals to achieve a more sustainable urban planning. These are general recommendations on the following fronts:
• Promote the efficient use of an oversized real estate homes without facing homeless use. It is necessary to promote balance in the housing sector by encouraging the rehabilitation and using part of the stock of buildings to increase affordable housing stock
• Linking planning with environmental legislation, that is, urban planning and environmental perspective.
• Breaking the link that unites urban planning with the right of ownership. The Plan is not an instrument to distribute the monetary values of the soil, but to set future strategies in the cities. This will help fight against speculation and corruption.
• Relying management plans not only the strict territorial (regional or local), but from all socioeconomic and environmental conditions, as well as administrative areas acquire much more flexible than we have.
• Relate really the territorial and urban planning and get a real citizen involvement and participation.
• Change certain characteristics of the plans, including such a short time horizon of eight to ten years to achieve global goals of long-term sustainability, including climate change.
• Make a real monitor the implementation of plans in relation to changes in the territory. Territorial observatories should be crucial here, and in addition to its analytical and descriptive content, they should add some power of decision.
• Retrieve the loss of civic consciousness and their interest in participating in the design and the future of cities, rather than specific urban operations. Help you with information, education, campaigns and incentives for participation.
• Use sustainability indicators and criteria commonly accepted in urban planning.
• Need to change the Spanish property model is clearly unsustainable and not very habitable. Achieve the necessary agreement of all the government to achieve
The document is addressed to those who must make decisions at the municipal level, "as efficiently as possible" and in line with government objectives, such as rehabilitation and integrated urban regeneration, explained the Minister. Beatriz Corredor said that it is time to "do more with less" in a time when the world imposes a return to austerity, seeking the maximum efficiency of public resources.
Pedro Castro said that the White Paper contains much of the work that the FEMP and the Ministry had outlined the implementation of a common strategy to intervene in the territory since a new urban culture and affirmed that the recommendations, strategies and indicators picks up this book, we are closer to realizing the principle of sustainable urban development. "
The President of the FEMP also said to look for ways to reduce the impact on our environment or, put another way, what it is to "grow less, grow better," according to the principles of the Charter Leipzig on Sustainable European Cities. "
Local governments, as noted, are committed to the rehabilitation and urban recycling as the main instrument of transformation of the city to build a new model that enhances the proximity and quality of life.
In this way forward, he said, can count on local governments, for their great responsibility in the implementation of agreed policies with the Regional Administration and the State.
Sustainability Criteria
The White Paper identify gaps and deficiencies that are limiting a more sustainable urban development and provides a set of sustainability criteria and indicators, grouped into seven major blocks that have to do with the planning: the city environment, urban land transportation, resources, waste, social cohesion and participation and governance.
In light of these criteria, the White Paper examines his reflection in the current regulations developed by the urban planning in Spain to find several strategies to reduce unsustainable and encourage their translation into specific areas for action. In this study, we can draw the following conclusions:
• Highlights vast treatment by all the autonomous regions of the criteria relating to the proceedings on the city environment (preservation of ecosystems, respect the landscape and the reduction in the consumption of soil). They also excel related criteria promoting administrative transparency and access to information, although notably absent is the active participation of citizens in making strategic decisions or the adoption of urban plans.
• By contrast, legislatures are occasional references in other sections:
◦ social cohesion. Block is a largely unregulated. Legislation is about the time of access to housing and the identification of the population with its environment (by heritage), but aspects such as improving the supply of equipment and services in every neighborhood and enhance the mix of uses in each of them, allowing what is called "the activities of proximity to neighbors, are almost nonexistent in most regional standards.
◦ Criteria for action on urban land. Despite being made in Europe, a compact city model complex, the ACs do not reflect this idea in its legislation, except as regards sub-specific criteria such as promoting the rehabilitation, removal of architectural barriers and the requirement of minimum standards of green space, public facilities and services.
◦ Criteria for action in transport issues. The regional legislation emphasizes the reduction of private motorized traffic to promote the use of public transport. However, they are less regulated important aspects such as the construction of pedestrian and cycle networks, increased space for pedestrians or reduce the speed of private motor traffic.
◦ Performance criteria in terms of natural resources. The highest legislative references relate to optimize and reduce energy consumption and natural resources (mainly water) and promote the use of renewable energy. However, it is developed with the same intensity as the need to adapt to conditions bioclimatic buildings, using recycled materials in construction or to encourage the sharing of the galleries of services (gas, electricity, telephones.) Reduce energy losses in distribution networks, etc.
◦ Waste treatment. This block is more developed legislatively, mainly emphasizing the reduction of polluting emissions and waste through its management and the promotion of recycling and reuse.
Decalogue for a sustainable urban
The White Paper includes a decalogue, which brings together the key proposals to achieve a more sustainable urban planning. These are general recommendations on the following fronts:
• Promote the efficient use of an oversized real estate homes without facing homeless use. It is necessary to promote balance in the housing sector by encouraging the rehabilitation and using part of the stock of buildings to increase affordable housing stock
• Linking planning with environmental legislation, that is, urban planning and environmental perspective.
• Breaking the link that unites urban planning with the right of ownership. The Plan is not an instrument to distribute the monetary values of the soil, but to set future strategies in the cities. This will help fight against speculation and corruption.
• Relying management plans not only the strict territorial (regional or local), but from all socioeconomic and environmental conditions, as well as administrative areas acquire much more flexible than we have.
• Relate really the territorial and urban planning and get a real citizen involvement and participation.
• Change certain characteristics of the plans, including such a short time horizon of eight to ten years to achieve global goals of long-term sustainability, including climate change.
• Make a real monitor the implementation of plans in relation to changes in the territory. Territorial observatories should be crucial here, and in addition to its analytical and descriptive content, they should add some power of decision.
• Retrieve the loss of civic consciousness and their interest in participating in the design and the future of cities, rather than specific urban operations. Help you with information, education, campaigns and incentives for participation.
• Use sustainability indicators and criteria commonly accepted in urban planning.
• Need to change the Spanish property model is clearly unsustainable and not very habitable. Achieve the necessary agreement of all the government to achieve
