KITCASP Key Indicators for Territorial Cohesion and Spatial Planning ESPON targeted analysis Based on User Demand (ESPON 2013 program) LAND PLANNING GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY Alfonso Sanz Araujo Donostia 13 December 2012 Basque Country Region Content a. b. c. d. e. f. g. Overview of the participating regions Stakeholders motivation for participating Concepts and approaches to key indicators for territorial cohesion and spatial planning in the participating regions Key indicators and instruments in the participating regions Specific stakeholders´ needs and expectations with regard to the project theme Potential for the integration of key indicators into spatial planning and territorial cohesion towards a more sustainable territorial development Relevant sources of information and data availability The Basque Country in numbers The Basque Country Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoa POPULATION SURFACE DENSITY inhabitants km² inh/km² ALAVA BIZKAIA GIPUZKOA GLOBAL 300.000 3.268 94 1.150.000 2.217 506 700.000 1.977 340 2.150.000 7.462 287 Unemployment rate: 12,5% 18,2% of the population > 65 years old Migration rate: Fuente de la imagen: Taller de Ideas (Reestudio de las DOT) 3,00% THE DIFFERENT SCALES OF THE PLANNING (1) THE BASQUE COUNTRY HAS LEGISLATIVE CAPACITY REGARDING SPATIAL PLANNING LOT 4/1990 15 Functional areas SPATIAL PLANNING GUIDELINES DOT 28/1997 SECTORIAL TERRITORIAL PLANS Natural Resources, Energy, Roads, etcetera PARTIAL TERRITORIAL PLANS TOWN URBAN PLANNING THE DIFFERENT SCALES OF THE PLANNING (2) General Guidelines for the territorial planning Directrices de Ordenación Territorial de la CAPV 15 Territorial Planning Areas: -6 Areas in Biscay -6 Areas in Gipuzkoa -3 Areas in Alava Sectorial Territorial Planning: a) For the protection of: Rivers and streams Wetlands Coast b) For the basic planning of infrastructures: -Railway infrastructures -Road infrastructures -Wind power energy -Industry Territorial Planning Local planning of each of the 251 towns of the Basque Country TERRITORIAL MODEL AND KEY INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM OF INDICATORS MEASURING AND MAPPING Interventions (Actual) Territorial model (Planning) Process A.- Definition of a territorial model B.- Definition of key indicators C.- Monitoring instruments and validation of these indicators A. Definition of a territorial model - Holistic approach that takes into account both the system and its context, in all its complexity. - Sustainability criteria. - Directrices de Ordenación del Territorio (Basque Planning Guidelines) - Planeamiento territorial Parcial (Partial Territorial Planning, by functional areas) - Planeamiento territorial Sectorial (Sectorial Planning) Sectorial Planning for the protection of rivers and streams Plan Territorial Sectorial de ordenación de márgenes de los ríos y arroyos - This is one example of the territorial planning that already has been approved to protect the natural values of the land. Sectorial Planning of wetlands Plan Territorial Sectorial de Zonas Húmedas - The first aim of this territorial planning is to protect the wetlands that we have on our land, according to the value that each place has. Sectorial Planning for the protection of the coast Zumaia Plan Territorial Sectorial de protección y ordenación del litoral - This planning establishes the conditions to guarantee the protection of the territory situated closer than 500 metres from the coast line. Zarautz Sectorial Planning for Wind Energy Plan Territorial Sectorial de Energía Eólica B. Indicators Definition _ Guiding Framework: I. EUSKAL HIRIA. BASQUE REGION-CITY. Integration of the three capitals. - Metabolism: efficiency of the organizing system, procedures,… II. SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS - Compactness: physical reality, density,… - Human complexity: organization, mixture of uses,… - Natural complexity: biodiversity, habitats, fragmentation, species,… - Social balance: social cohesion, equipments, services, shopping centers,… C. Instruments for monitoring and validation of the indicators METHODOLOGY FRAMEWORK OF THE PRESENTATION (approximation) ISSUES (approximation) - Ground and landscape - Natural Heritage - Cultural Heritage - Society and economy … X - Description - Measurement unit -Necessary information to calculate it - Related indicators - Analysis and representation … METHODOLOGY INDICATORS PANEL I. Indicators for EUSKAL HIRIA • Integration between capitals and medium size towns, complementing each other. • Transportation • Relationship between residence and employment • Rural and urban areas II. Indicators for Sustainability • Sustainability Economic, Social, Environmental (…) • Rural areas and landscape • Compactness, complexity and social cohesion Relevant sources of information and data Spatial Planning Guidelines http://www.ingurumena.ejgv.euskadi.net/r49565/es/contenidos/informacion/dots/es_1165/indice_c.html Territorial Partial Plans http://www.ingurumena.ejgv.euskadi.net/r49565/es/contenidos/informacion/ptp/es_1167/indice_c.html Territorial Sector Plans http://www.ingurumena.ejgv.euskadi.net/r49565/es/contenidos/informacion/pts/es_1161/pts_c.html Geo Euskadi Spatial Data Website http://www.geo.euskadi.net Sustainable development Strategy EcoEuskadi 2020 http://www.ecoeuskadi2020.net/ Environmental Framework programme 20011-2014 http://www.ingurumena.ejgv.euskadi.net/r495832/es/contenidos/plan_programa_proyecto/3pma/es_pma/3pma.html Eustat Regional Statistic information http://www.eustat.es