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(53-03) Spatial Issues of Urban Sustainable Development. Shkaruba, Anton*,1, 1 Geography Faculty, Belarus State University, av. Francyska Skaryny, 4, Minsk, Belarus ABSTRACT- The problem of the appropriate perception of the urban environment when municipal Sustainable Development (SD) agendas setting, working out and implementation (agenda making) is relevant to the global scale. In terms of spatial analysis, agenda making is a process of transition of one spatial dimension to another (spatialization). Roughly, it can be described as the following: space of the objective reality (space inspiring to create agenda); space depicted in the municipal SD agenda (mental model of the urban space reflected in the mirror of the SD concept); space described in the municipal legislation supporting local SD agenda (urban space of the SD agenda + system of the municipal legislation practice); space in the municipal managers decisions (space of legislation + management practice); space of SD concept practical implementing (management practice + objective reality). In Mogilev (Belarus) and Malmo (Sweden) case studies were carried out to support the above stated idea. A process of spatialization in the case of Mogilev is taking place under the conditions of the high level of chemical contamination, lack of laws supporting National SD concept, and politically passive population. In the case of Malmo the level of chemical contamination is much the same, but SD agenda making is far clearer. The distinctive feature of the spatialization both in the cases of Mogilev and Malmo is accumulation of deformations from the first level (urban space as the behavioural environment) up to the last one (space of the SD agenda practical implementing), so an increase of biases (for instance, different view on an environmental problem at the different levels) is only one example. Thus, in terms of precautionary principle we need spatial assessment of the all levels of the local SD agendas making. Key words: Sustainable Development, Urban environment, Precautionary principle, Project assessment |
