Ecophysiographic study for more environmental spatial planning.

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Ecophysiographic study for more environmental
spatial planning.

• Jaroslaw Kowalczyk
• Ecoplan, 45-010 Opole, ul. Szpitalna 3/9
• tel. [phone] mob. [phone]
• jkowalczyk_at_ecoplan.pl, www.ecoplan.pl

www.ecoplan.pl
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Plan
Place in the planning proces
Ecophysiographic study
Ecophysiographic study - contents
Case study Opole
Conclusions
Map of environmental threats in Opole
continuation (Legend)
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Place in the planning process
Place in the planning proces
Ecophysiography
Ecophysiography contents
Case study Opole
Opole Map of environmental threats
Local Spatial Plan (draft)
Conclusions
Public consultations
SEA
Local Spatial Plan (final)
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Contents
Place in the planning proces
DIAGNOSIS
Ecophysiography contents
Case study Opole

• geomorphology map
• soils and habitats map
• climate map
• soils and geology map

Opole Map of environmental threats
Conclusions

• Diagnosis
• Evaluation
• Prognosis

• environmental threats

• ecophysiographic evaluation map

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Case study Opole
Place in the planning proces
Ecophysiography contents
Case study Opole
Opole Map of environmental threats
Conclusions
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Case study Opole Env
Place in the planning proces
Ecophysiography contents
Case study Opole
Opole Map of environmental threats
Source of energetic pollutants
Conclusions
Source of odours
Road air pollution
Road noise
Industrial noise sources
E-M fields
Railway noise
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Case study Opole Env Legend
Place in the planning proces
Ecophysiography contents
Case study Opole
Opole Map of environmental threats
Area characteristics
Prefferences and limitations for different land
uses
Remarks and advices to spatial plan
Conclusions

• zones with acoustic climate (6 zones) along roads
• railway noise zones (affected areas)
• sources and buffering zones for e-m radiation
  from GSM antennas
• e-m radiation and buffer zones for high voltage
  transmission lines
• degraded areas that require earlier clearence
• industrial areas with high noise emission level,
  areas with quiet industry

• industrial emergency zones (established e.g. due
  to large quantities of volatile and danger
  chemicals in storage tanks)
• proposed offset distances in case of sites that
  may cause nuisance to the vincinity
• sources of industial air pollution in several
  categories (sources od VOC, odours, heavy metals,
  products of fossil fuels combustion, etc) and
  Smm zones

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Conclusions

• ecophysiographic study is a response to growing
  need to take care about environment of the urban
  areas as early as possible in the development
  process
• ecophysiographic study is a first and necessary
  step in order to correctly assess environmental
  consequences of the proposed spatial plan
• ecophysiographic study shows the reference
  condition of the environment which can be
  compared to SEA outcomes
• comparison between ecophysiographic study and SEA
  outcomes can tell a planner if the proposed plan
  is the right way to improve environment and
  living conditions
• it is necessary to establish environmental
  indicators at the begining (in ecophysiographic
  study) and use it throught all planning process
  including SEA
• there are still obstacles that make our work
  difficoult

Place in the planning proces
Ecophysiography contents
Case study Opole
Opole Map of an environmental threats
Conclusions

1. need for more integrated spatial environmental
   information system, lack of centralized and
   publically available database of environmental
   information
2. need for new methodologies that can be used in
   ecophysiographic studies and especially in
   evaluation of environmental threats
3. need for more environmentaly aware spatial
   planners
4. need for more environmentaly aware society