Landscape Role in European Urban Strategic Spatial Plans

Content analysis of strategic spatial plans from 18 European urban regions, conducted by researchers Hersperger et al. and published in 2020. The dataset includes a protocol of 28 assessment items used to evaluate the role of landscape in planning. It was made available in 2022 via ENVIDAT.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlations between the 28 protocol items to identify common planning priorities across European urban regions.
• Classify urban regions based on their scores for items related to landscape's integrative power, knowledge of landscape systems, and contribution to human well-being.
• Train models to predict a plan's overall landscape integration score from a subset of the coded item results.
• Compare the frequency and emphasis of specific protocol items, such as those detailing ecosystem services or green infrastructure, across different regions.

Strengths

• Analysis based on a defined protocol of 28 specific assessment items.
• Covers a comparative set of 18 distinct European urban regions.
• Data underpins multiple published figures (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) in a peer-reviewed journal article.

Limitations

• Sample size is limited to 18 regions, restricting statistical generalizability.
• Primary data file (Coding results.xlsx) is noted as 'available on request', not directly downloadable.
• Data reflects a specific point in time (contemporary plans), not a longitudinal series.

Provenance

Source

ENVIDAT, associated with the published research of Hersperger et al., 2020.

Collection Method

Content analysis of strategic spatial plans retrieved from planning authorities' websites.

Time Range

Contemporary plans (timeframe not further specified in input).

Freshness

Dataset was last updated in 2022.

Geography

18 European urban regions.