Ecophysiographic study for more environmental spatial planning .

1. Ecophysiographic study for more environmental spatial planning. Jarosław Kowalczyk Ecoplan, 45-010 Opole, ul. Szpitalna 3/9 tel. 0048 77 456 65 16 mob. 0048609617572 jkowalczyk@ecoplan.pl, www.ecoplan.pl www.ecoplan.pl

2. Plan Place in the planning proces Ecophysiographic study - contents Ecophysiographic study Case study: Opole Conclusions Map of environmental threats in Opole …continuation (Legend)

3. 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)

4. 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

5. Case study: Opole Place in the planning proces Ecophysiography contents Case study: Opole Opole – Map of environmental threats Conclusions

6. 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 noise Road air pollution Industrial noise sources E-M fields Railway noise

7. 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

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