<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Ukraine faces a number of challenges including rapid deterioration of the environment. Shift to the sustainable development requires a radical change in governance and legislation. It is obvious the lack of strategic documents, which would define the approaches to integration of certain objectives into sectoral policies. It is strongly related to the system of spatial planning, which should be improved according to European standards, including those concerning environmental protection. This publication reveals approaches to “greening” of the planning process on the basis of German methodology of landscape planning. This methodology was adapted in Ukraine in the framework of joint projects. Particular attention has been given to rural development under decentralisation process. Efficient ways towards the improvement of spatial planning and development have been considered on the case of Ukrainian local community.</p></abstract>

Ukraine faces a number of challenges including rapid deterioration of the environment. Shift to the sustainable development requires a radical change in governance and legislation. It is obvious the lack of strategic documents, which would define the approaches to integration of certain objectives into sectoral policies. It is strongly related to the system of spatial planning, which should be improved according to European standards, including those concerning environmental protection. This publication reveals approaches to “greening” of the planning process on the basis of German methodology of landscape planning. This methodology was adapted in Ukraine in the framework of joint projects. Particular attention has been given to rural development under decentralisation process. Efficient ways towards the improvement of spatial planning and development have been considered on the case of Ukrainian local community.

Reshaping Rural Communities and Spatial Planning in Ukraine

Director of the Institute, Head of Cartography Department

Scientific Secretary of the Institute, Head of Sustainable Development and Environmental Assessment Section

Deputy Director of the Institute, Head of Human Geography Department

Senior Research Fellow of Cartography Department

Research Fellow of Landscape Science Department

European Countryside

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Ukraine faces a number of challenges including rapid deterioration of the environment. Shift to the sustainable development requires a radical change in...

Reshaping Rural Communities and Spatial Planning in Ukraine

Published Online: Oct 07, 2017

Page range: 594 - 616

Received: Feb 05, 2017

Accepted: Jul 10, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/euco-2017-0035

Keywords
spatial development, spatial planning, landscape planning, local community, decentralisation, rural areas, Ukraine

© 2017 Leonid Rudenko et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Reshaping Rural Communities and Spatial Planning in Ukraine

Published Online: Oct 07, 2017

Page range: 594 - 616

Received: Feb 05, 2017

Accepted: Jul 10, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/euco-2017-0035

Keywordsspatial development, spatial planning, landscape planning, local community, decentralisation, rural areas, Ukraine

© 2017 Leonid Rudenko et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
spatial development, spatial planning, landscape planning, local community, decentralisation, rural areas, Ukraine