Land use planning and the ecosystem approach: An evaluation of case study planning frameworks against the Malawi Principles |
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| Institution: | 1. Collingwood Environmental Planning Limited, c/o Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Level 5, James Weir Building, 75 Montrose Street, Glasgow, G1 1XJ, UK;2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Level 5, James Weir Building, 75 Montrose Street, Glasgow G1 1XJ, UK;1. MSc of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Water Science Engineering, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran;2. Faculty of Water Science Engineering, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran;3. Department of Environmental Education, Payame Noor University (PNU), Tehran, Iran;1. Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wroclaw, Kanonia 6/8, 50-328, Wroclaw, Poland;2. Institute of Environmental Biology, University of Wroclaw, Przybyszewskiego 63, 51-148, Wroclaw, Poland;1. Johns Hopkins University, United States;2. Renmin University of China, China;3. University of Arizona, United States;1. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C., United States;2. The University of Pretoria, South Africa;1. School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, The King?s Buildings, EH9 3BF, UK;2. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow Veterinary School, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK;1. Ronald Coase Centre for Property Rights Research, Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;2. Department of Real Estate & Construction, Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;3. Department of Building and Real Estate and Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong;4. Department of Architecture, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan |
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| Abstract: | Global land use change continues to undermine the capacity of ecosystems to sustain ecosystem service (ES) flows. Much attention in policy and research has therefore been given to concepts, tools and processes for sustainable land use planning, including consideration of ES and the ecosystem approach. However, there are limited empirical cases or evaluations of ecosystem approach based planning from which lessons can be drawn. The aim of this research therefore was to identify and evaluate existing case study planning frameworks that have the potential to operationalise the ecosystem approach. Based on the Malawi Principles, a new suite of evaluation criteria was developed. This was used to assess case study documentary evidence and evaluate the extent to which the 12 Malawi Principles had been considered. The evaluation also assessed the planning methods/approaches used by the case studies and their potential to help translate the Malawi Principles into land use planning outcomes. Finally, a SWOT analysis was used to structure the main findings. Our results show that the Malawi Principles have been considered across the case studies “fully” or “partially” in 64% of instances suggesting, therefore, that the case studies present a reasonable interpretation of the ecosystem approach. However, poor consideration of biodiversity and environmental limits across the cases highlights the risk of land use management decisions continuing to contribute to the degradation of natural capital. |
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| Keywords: | Land use planning Ecosystem approach Evaluation Malawi Principles Ecosystem services |
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