ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de

ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010

Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca 1



Fuente de la imagen: Taller de Ideas (Reestudio de las DOT)

The Basque Country and the European regions

Content of the Presentation:

•Spatial Planning in the Basque Country.

•Spatial Planning outlook and challenges in The Basque Country.

•Interest of the ESPON program for the Basque Government.




The Basque Country

Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco

POPULATIO

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inhabitants km² inh/km²

ALAVA 300,000 3,268 94

BIZKAIA 1,150,000 2.217 506

GIPUZKOA 700,000 1,977 340

GLOBAL 2,150,000 7,462 287

18.2% of the population > 65 years old

Migration rate: 3.00%



THE DIFFERENT COMPETENCES

Basque Government

Provincial Council of BiscayDiputación Foral de Bizkaia

Provincial Council of GuipuzcoaDiputación Foral de Gipuzkoa

Provincial Council of AlavaDiputación Foral de Alava

111Town Councils 111 Municipios

88 Town Councils 88 Municipios

51 Town Councils 51 Municipios



THE DIFFERENT SCALES OF THE PLANNING

1. General Guidelines for the territorial planning Directrices de Ordenación Territorial de la CAPV

15 Territorial Planning Areas:

-6 Areas in Biscay-6 Areas in Guipuzcoa-3 Areas in AlavaSectorial Territorial Planning:

a) For the protection of: - Rivers and streams- Wetlands- Coast

-b) For the basic planning of infrastructures:

-Railway infrastructures-Roads infrastructures-Wind power energy-Industry Territorial Planning

Local planning of each of the 250 towns of the Basque Country

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General Guidelines for the territorial planning of the Basque Country

Las Directrices de Ordenación Territorial de la CAPV - Approved in 1997.

- They establish the basic model and criteria that have to be considered by the intermediate territorial planning of each region.




The document of the General Guidelines defines the basic connections between the main towns of the Basque Country, such as the new railway network (High speed railway)

Conexión básica entre las capitales de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco



Territorial Planning for the metropolitan area of Bilbao

Plan Territorial Parcial del Bilbao metropolitano-In this planning has been defined the criteria that have to be considered by all the town councils situated in the metropolitan area of Bilbao, in order to design their own local planning.



Territorial Planning for the region of San Sebastian: Categories for the land planning

Plan Territorial Parcial de Donostia-San Sebastián: Ordenación del medio físico

- As happens with Bilbao, in others metropolitan areas such as San Sebastian, we are working on territorial planning that will define a model of development for the planning of the 13 towns situated in the same metropolitan area



Territorial Planning for the region of Goierri (Guipuzcoa): Categories for the land planning

Plan Territorial Parcial de Goierri. Categorías de ordenación del medio físico



Sectorial Planning for the protection of rivers and streams

Plan Territorial Sectorial de ordenación de márgenes de los ríos y arroyos

- This is one 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 in our land, according to the value that each place has.



Sectorial Planning for the protection of the coast

Plan Territorial Sectorial de protección y ordenación del litoral

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- This planning establishes the conditions to guarantee the protection of the territory situated closer than 500 metres from the coast line.



Sectorial Planning for the promotion of land for industries and commercial equipment

Plan Territorial Sectorial de Creación Pública de Suelo para Actividades Económicas y de Equipamientos Comerciales

- This territorial planning defines the most suitable areas to promote the development of industries.



Sectorial Planning of the railways

Plan Territorial Sectorial de la red ferroviaria en la CAPV




Sectorial Planning for Wind Energy

Plan Territorial Sectorial de Energía Eólica



Sectorial Planning for cycle routes

Plan Territorial Sectorial de vías ciclistas de Gipuzkoa




The protection of environment, natural resources and landscape

Protección del medio natural del País Vasco



Project for the urban regeneration of the Bay of Pasaia

Regeneración de la bahía de Pasaia (Gipuzkoa)



Metropolitan area of Irun-Hondarribia-Hendaya

Ordenación del área metropolitana de Irun-Hondarribia-Hendaia



Interest of the ESPON program for the Basque Government

•Having reference indicators of European regions as a reference framework to help us define parameters that should be considered in our Spatial Development Strategy.

•Benchmarking with other European regions when defining objectives for our Spatial Development Strategy, and also when assessing results of spatial planning policies.

•Networking with other regional authorities, building synergies in the field of spatial planning policies (even with neighbor regions).

•Improving future possibilities of European funding returns, having a coherent spatial development strategy.

•Strengthening scientific capacities in the field of spatial planning through the participation of Basque research centers in ESPON projects.



Spatial Planning outlook and Challenges in the Basque Country

•Update of the Spatial Planning Guidelines.

•Train connection with Europe and other Spanish regions (and Sustainable Mobility Act).

•Integrating Landscape in planning system (future Landscape Act).

•Integrating Climate Change in planning system (future Climate Change Act).

•Sectorial Planning for agriculture and forestry.

•From polycentrism based on the three province capitals towards the Basque cities network (transformation axes).

•Urban retrofitting and perimeter limitations.

Documents

ESPON Evidence for Regional Policy-Making Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) June 2010 Ingurumen, Lurralde Plangintza, Nekazaritza eta Arrantza Saila / Dto. de