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Part II - Planning and Decision-making
Michael Schmidt, Dmytro Palekhov
Department of Environmental Planning, Brandenburg University of Technology
(BTU), Cottbus, Germany
Part II of this volume presents various research results and opinions on how
decision-making and planning can contribute to sustainability in the energy sector.
In Chapter 13 the requirements of and issues with implementation of Strategic
Environmental Assessment (SEA) as a tool for promoting Sustainable
Development in Ukraine, are presented. A variety of internal and external factors
determine the necessity of implementing the principles of sustainable development
in Ukraine. It is argued that the Ukrainian system lacks a process for integrating
environmental concerns into development policies, plans and programmes, hence
the need for an additional law that would provide for efficient implementation of
SEA as a sustainable development instrument. The national SEA procedure must
consolidate transparency, accountability and justice in the work of administrative
institutions and public authorities.
Chapter 14 shows how planning for efficient electricity in Turkey can benefit
from spatial analysis. The chapter presents decision-making criteria for planning
for effective energy management and policy-making. The study revealed that
population distribution, industrialization level of provinces and type of the
industries, factories holdings and service sectors comprise the main determinants
affecting the observed consumption patterns. Therefore, projection of future
generation and consumption figures should be done using a model that uses
consumption and generation data as well as population and GDP of provinces,
life-time of current facilities and consideration of the facilities planned and under-
construction. If such a projection could be developed then the result of this study
would be very effective tool for energy management and decision-making on
energy policies in Turkey.
In Chapter 15, research results from a US case study show How Risk Based
Decision Making improves energy efficiency in Oil and Gas industry. Reducing
the risk to personnel, assets and environment to As Low as Reasonably Practicable
(ALARP) in Oil and Gas Safety studies resulted in energy efficiency based on a
Cost-Benefit analysis. In Chapter 16 a critical appraisal of government forestry
polices from a sustainability standpoint in Cameroon, is presented. It concludes
that conservation and sustainable management of forest resources will be more
feasible if government policies and especially the forestry laws are more rational,
equitable, transparent and streamlined, improving monitoring and information
gathering, strengthening capacities to enforce compliance and ensuring that
policies take account of the economy and social dynamics that underlie illegal