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Hur hushållas det med mark och vatten? en studie av tillämpningen av hushållningsbestämmelserna i 3 och 4 kap MB


The national spatial planning guidelines and the subsequent legal regulation in the Natural Resources Act and the Environmental Code has been a part of the Swedish planning system for almost 40 years. In the recent years, critics have claimed that the regulations are outdated and does not work the way it was intended. This paper examines closer why it is perceived that the regulations does not work, with a focus on how the national interests are managed in the municipal planning. Why is the national interests not applied in the municipal planning as intended? Is the error in the system or in the implementation of it? The aim of this essay is to study the gap between theory and practice by studying how the land management provisions in the Environmental Code is applied in five selected municipalities. The aim is also to find interesting issues for futher studies of the topic. The problem is specified as the differense between how the legal clauses are applied and how they were intended to be applied. Amongst other aspects, the essay studies how the organisation of the municipality and the political governing affects the practice. Three methods is used. Intervention theory is used to interpret the the Environmental Code?s land management provisions, comparative analysis to identify factors which are likely to affect the municipal planning and qualitative inteview to attain deeper knowledge about how the planning is implemented in the municipalities. The land management provisions of the Environmental Code?s 3 and 4 chapters can be traced directly to the national spatial planning during the 70?s and 80?s. Since the national spatial planning until today, several system models have been used to visualize the procedure and coordination between different public agencies. In chapter 5 an intervention theory is summarized and two new models are created. Chapter 6 descibes how the five selected municipalities have specially accounted for the national interest in the comprehensive plan. Three factors are studied; how the national interests are accounted for in the comprehensive plan; if all land management provisions are accounted for; and if the municipality describes how they intend to protect the national intresets from palpable damage. The study shows that three of the municipalities specially account for the national interests in a seperated chapter or annex. Two of the municipalities acount for all management provisions and three of the municipalites descibes at least one of the protection of the national intrerest in detail. Thus, two of the municipalities are assessed to have a complete knowledge base in the comprehensive plan for continuing working with the national intrerest in detailed planning and building permit processing. (94) 7 In chapter 7 a number of factors which are believed to affect the municipalities way of account for the national interests are compared through comparative analysis. Factors such as population, access to enhanced knowledge base from a national agency and political governance is studied and compared between the municipalities. Chapter 8 presents interviews with officals and politicians in the selected municipalities and county administration. From the interviews a number of interesting topics are detected. A good knowledge and planning base is very important for the municipal planning, and the comprehensive plan is important for the land management provisions to work the way they were intended. Chapter 9 presents the conclusion of the essay. The first conclusion is that there are a lack of guidelines in the municipalities? comprehensive plans for how to process detailed plans and building permits in areas of national interest. The second conclusion is that some national interests are descibed better than others in the comprehensive plan. The third conclusion is that the couty board is affecting the way the municipalities view the national interests.

Författare

Anna Bergkvist

Lärosäte och institution

Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Inst. för fysisk planering, TIFP

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