02.Environmental-Planning-and-Management

1EnvironmentalPlanning&Management2EnvironmentalPlanningElementsofEnvironmentalPlanningEnvironmentalManagementElementsofEnvironmentalManagementContent3EnvironmentalPlanning(1/3)EnvironmentalPlanningistheprocessoffacilitatingdecision-makingtocarryoutdevelopmentwithdueconsiderationgiventothenaturalenvironmental,social,political,economicandgovernancefactorsandprovidesaholisticframeworktoachievesustainableoutcomes.Itissometimesusedasasynonymforspatialplanning.4EnvironmentalPlanning(2/3)EnvironmentalPlanningplaysavitalroleinbalancingtheneedsofsociety,asenvironmentalplannersmusthaveabroadunderstandingofenvironmental,social,political,andeconomicfactors.Theaimofenvironmentalplanningistointegratethepublicsectorurbanplanningwiththeconcernsofenvironmentalismtoensuresustainabledevelopmentofnaturalresources,suchasair,water,forest,soilandrock.5EnvironmentalPlanning(3/3)Theprimaryconcernofenvironmentalplanningisexpressedintheassessmentofthreespheresofenvironmentalimpactbyhumaneconomicactivityandtechnologicaloutput:1)biophysicalenvironment;2)socio-economicenvironment;and3)builtenvironment.6EnvironmentalPlanningconcernsitselfwiththedecision-makingprocesseswheretheyarerequiredformanagingrelationshipsthatexistwithinandbetweennaturalsystemsandhumansystems.EnvironmentalPlanningendeavorstomanagetheseprocessesinaneffective,orderly,transparentandequitablemannerforthebenefitofallconstituentswithinsuchsystemsforthepresentandforthefuture.ElementsofEnvironmentalPlanning(1/3)7PresentdayEnvironmentalPlanningpracticesaretheresultofcontinuousrefinementandexpansionofthescopeofsuchdecision-makingprocesses.Someofthemainelementsofpresentdayenvironmentalplanningare:Social&economicdevelopmentUrbandevelopmentRegionaldevelopmentNaturalresourcemanagement&integratedlanduseInfrastructuresystemsGovernanceframeworksElementsofEnvironmentalPlanning(2/3)8Theenvironmentalplanningassessmentsencompassareassuchaslanduse,socio-economics,transportation,economicandhousingcharacteristics,airpollution,noisepollution,thewetlands,habitatoftheendangeredspecies,floodzonessusceptibility,coastalzoneserosion,andvisualstudiesamongothers,andisreferredtoasanintegratedenvironmentalplanningassessment.ElementsofEnvironmentalPlanning(3/3)9Environmentalmanagementistheprocessbywhichenvironmentalhealthisregulated.Itdoesnotinvolvemanagingtheenvironmentitself,butitistheprocessoftakingstepsandbehaviorstohaveapositiveeffectontheenvironment.Hence,environmentalmanagementisthemanagementofinteractionbythemodernhumansocietieswith,andimpactupontheenvironment.EnvironmentalManagement(1/4)10Environmentalmanagementinvolvesthemanagementofallcomponentsofthebiophysicalenvironment,bothlivingandnonliving.Theenvironmentmanagementalsoinvolvestherelationshipsofthehumanenvironment,suchasthesocial,culturalandeconomicenvironmentwiththebiophysicalenvironment.Threemainissuesarepolitics(networking),programs(projects),andresources(money,facilities,etc.).EnvironmentalManagement(2/4)11Environmentalmanagementisnottheconservationoftheenvironmentsolelyfortheenvironment'ssake,butrathertheconservationoftheenvironmentforhumankind'ssake.Environmentalmanagementdoesnotcomewithoutcosts.Itiswidelybelievedthatthebenefitsofanenvironmentalmanagementplanfaroutweighthecosts.EnvironmentalManagement(3/4)12Theseincludethepreventionofpollutionandtheconservationofnaturalresources,increasedenergyefficiency,strongerenvironmentalperformanceandanattentiontoandresponsibilityfortakingcareoftheEarth.EnvironmentalManagement(4/4)13Environmentalmanagementsystem(EMS)referstothemanagementofanorganization'senvironmentalprogramsinacomprehensive,systematic,plannedanddocumentedmanner.Itincludestheorganizationalstructure,planningandresourcesfordeveloping,implementingandmaintainingpolicyforenvironmentalprotection.Thetermcanalsorefertosoftwaresystemsfororganizationalenvironmentalmanagement.ElementsofEnvironmentalManagement(1/8)14AnEnvironmentalManagementSystem:servesasatooltoimproveenvironmentalperformance;providesasystematicwayofmanagingtheenvironmentalaffairs;istheaspectoftheorganization’soverallmanagementstructurethataddressesimmediateandlong-termimpactsofitsproducts,servicesandprocessesontheenvironment;givesorderandconsistencyfororganizationstoaddressenvironmentalconcernsthroughtheallocationofresources,assignmentofresponsibilityandongoingevaluationofpractices,proceduresandprocesses;andfocusesoncontinualimprovementofthesystem.ElementsofEnvironmentalManagement(2/8)15Manyorganizationsdevelopamanagementplanorsystemtoimplement,manageandmaintainenvironmentalgoals.ElementsofEnvironmentalManagement(3/8)16ThemostsuccessfulplansarebuiltonaPDCA(Plan-Do-Check-Act)model,knownalsoasDemingCycle.ElementsofEnvironmentalManagement(4/8)17Plan:Establishanenvironmentalpolicyincludingobjectivesandtargets.ElementsofEnvironmentalManagement(5/8)18Do:Implementorganizationalstructure,allocateresourcesandassignresponsibilitiestoachievesetobjectivesandtargets,establishtrainingandcommunicationmeasurestoimplementsetobjectivesandtargetss