How Sustainable Are Land Use Tools? A Europe-Wide Typological Investigation

Alys Solly, Erblin Berisha, Giancarlo Cotella and Umberto Janin Rivolin
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Alys Solly: Interuniversity Department of Regional, Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino, 10125 Turin, Italy
Erblin Berisha: Interuniversity Department of Regional, Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino, 10125 Turin, Italy
Giancarlo Cotella: Interuniversity Department of Regional, Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino, 10125 Turin, Italy
Umberto Janin Rivolin: Interuniversity Department of Regional, Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino, 10125 Turin, Italy

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 3, 1-21

Abstract: Sustainable land use depends on both the socio-economic processes that trigger spatial development and the effectiveness of spatial governance tools that aim to regulate these processes. The ESPON Sustainable Urbanization and land-use Practices in European Regions (SUPER) research project aims to analyze the main land-use dynamics in Europe, looking at and comparing the interventions implemented in the various countries in order to promote sustainability. In particular, a sample of 227 interventions was chosen from a total of 39 European countries. This paper analyzes them on the basis of four different variables: (i) the scale at which the interventions are conceived; (ii) the type of territories subject to them; (iii) the type of interventions; (iv) the type of instruments behind these interventions. On this basis, it develops a number of considerations concerning the effectiveness of the interventions implemented in Europe to promote more sustainable use of land.

Keywords: sustainability; urbanization; land use; spatial governance; spatial planning; ESPON (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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