Assessing impacts of public policies towards environmental sustainability in an EU region: North of Portugal

IF 2.6 3区经济学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

European Planning Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-23 DOI:10.1080/09654313.2023.2169068

Eduardo Medeiros, Bernardo Valente

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Abstract

Environmental sustainability has been a key policy goal of the European Union (EU), particularly under recent EU Cohesion Policy strategic frameworks. This paper contributes to the analysis of the relevance of EU Cohesion Policy-related environmental sustainability investments, by assessing the impacts of the Operational Programme for Sustainability and Use of Resources (POSEUR 2014–2020), in the Portuguese North NUTS II. In detail, the impact scores of the following five analytical dimensions related to this programme were obtained: (i) low-emissions economy, (ii) adaptation to climate change, (iii) risk prevention and management, (iv) environmental protection and (v) resource efficiency. The analysis was supported by a territorial impact assessment methodology (TARGET_TIA) which was complemented by an online analytic geographic information system (GIS) policy evaluation platform (Impact-WEB_GIS). The results showed that the POSEUR's regional implementation efficiency fell short of the stakeholders' expectations. This can be explained by factors such as the obstacles posed by the prior underdeveloped infrastructural conditions, coupled with the panorama created by the Covid-19 outbreak. Nonetheless, the risk prevention and management dimension had a solid positive impact score that reflected the efficacy of POSEUR in tackling environmental threats, mostly in rural ecosystems. [ FROM AUTHOR]

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评估公共政策对欧盟地区环境可持续性的影响:葡萄牙北部

环境可持续性一直是欧洲联盟（欧盟）的一个关键政策目标，特别是在最近的欧盟凝聚力政策战略框架下。本文通过评估葡萄牙北部NUTS II的可持续性和资源利用运营计划（POSEUR 2014–2020）的影响，有助于分析欧盟凝聚力政策相关环境可持续性投资的相关性。详细而言，获得了与该方案相关的以下五个分析维度的影响分数：（i）低排放经济，（ii）适应气候变化，（iii）风险预防和管理，（iv）环境保护和（v）资源效率。该分析得到了领土影响评估方法（TARGET_TIA）的支持，该方法得到了在线分析地理信息系统政策评估平台（impact-WEB_GIS）的补充。结果表明，POSEUR的区域实施效率低于利益相关者的预期。这可以通过一些因素来解释，例如先前基础设施条件不发达所造成的障碍，再加上新冠肺炎疫情造成的全景。尽管如此，风险预防和管理方面的积极影响得分很高，反映了POSEUR在应对环境威胁方面的效力，主要是在农村生态系统中。[来自作者]

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European Planning Studies Multiple-

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7.20

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10.70%

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109

期刊介绍： European Planning Studies provides a forum for ideas and information about spatial development processes and policies in Europe. The journal publishes articles of a theoretical, empirical and policy-relevant nature and is particularly concerned to integrate knowledge of processes with practical policy proposals, implementation and evaluation. Articles of particular interest to the journal focus upon specific spatial development problems, as well as emerging explanations of new urban, regional, national or supranational developmental tendencies. Country-specific, region-specific or locality-specific issues are focused upon, although comparative analysis is of especial value.