Evaluation of Formal and Informal Spatial Coastal Area Planning Process in Baltic Sea Region

Edgars Pudzis, Sanda Geipele, Armands Auzins, Andrejs Lazdins, Jevgenija Butnicka, Krista Krumina, Indra Ciuksa, Maris Kalinka, Una Krutova, Mark Grimitliht, Marii Prii-Pärn, Charlotta Björklund, Susanne Vävare, Johanna Hagström, Ingela Granqvist and Malin Josefina Hallor
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Edgars Pudzis: Institute of the Civil Engineering and Real Estate Economics, Riga Technical University, 1048 Riga, Latvia
Sanda Geipele: Institute of the Civil Engineering and Real Estate Economics, Riga Technical University, 1048 Riga, Latvia
Armands Auzins: Institute of the Civil Engineering and Real Estate Economics, Riga Technical University, 1048 Riga, Latvia
Andrejs Lazdins: Institute of the Civil Engineering and Real Estate Economics, Riga Technical University, 1048 Riga, Latvia
Jevgenija Butnicka: The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, 1494 Riga, Latvia
Krista Krumina: The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, 1494 Riga, Latvia
Indra Ciuksa: The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, 1494 Riga, Latvia
Maris Kalinka: Institute of the Civil Engineering and Real Estate Economics, Riga Technical University, 1048 Riga, Latvia
Una Krutova: Institute of the Civil Engineering and Real Estate Economics, Riga Technical University, 1048 Riga, Latvia
Mark Grimitliht: Saaremaa Municipality, 93819 Kuressaare, Estonia
Marii Prii-Pärn: Saaremaa Municipality, 93819 Kuressaare, Estonia
Charlotta Björklund: The Government of Åland, 22 100 Mariehamn, Finland
Susanne Vävare: The Government of Åland, 22 100 Mariehamn, Finland
Johanna Hagström: Mariehamn Municipality, 22 101 Mariehamn, Finland
Ingela Granqvist: Norrköping Municipality, 601 81 Norrköping, Sweden
Malin Josefina Hallor: Norrköping Municipality, 601 81 Norrköping, Sweden

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 9, 1-19

Abstract: Many shared views of both scholars and practitioners reflect spatial planning as a place-creating process that must be understood from a multi-level perspective. Formal and informal planning modes have variations in planning practices in different countries. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the interaction of formal and informal spatial planning in the frame of the spatial planning system in the Baltic Sea region. We were searching to highlight the involvement possibilities of territorial communities in the spatial planning process around the Baltic Sea region, focusing on coastal areas and their specific features in Latvia, Estonia, the Åland Islands of Finland, and Sweden. Involved experts expressed views based on a pre-developed model to identify how institutionalized formal spatial planning relates with informal interventions. This allowed the development and proposal of a model for coastal area spatial planning and implementation. We concluded that in the spatial planning approach, the governance works differently in different countries, and coastal area spatial planning differs from regular spatial planning. The information base is sufficient to initiate spatial planning at the municipal level, but municipalities should be more active, involving territorial communities in the planning, implementation, and control of municipal spatial planning, as this ensures a greater interest in the use of planning outcome.

Keywords: formal planning; informal planning; spatial planning process; coastal area spatial planning; planning levels; community involvement; territorial community; coastal communities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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