Planning Solutions

Developmental activities such as industry, transportation, housing, mining, tourism, agriculture, waste treatment and disposal installations etc. must be sited in accordance with the environmental sensitivity of the sites. Environmental considerations are to be incorporated into all developmental activities or sectors that are likely to pose impacts on the environment.

We support Land Use planning with the thrust to integrate sustainable development. Such plans are required not only for various sectors, but also for various levels such as national, state, district or local.

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

EIA is a tool to assess emerging conflicts within the natural and social context of projects, plans and programmes. It facilitates to bridge the link between technical, medial and spatial planning. Organisational and technical support of the EIA administrations is fundamental to fruitfully develop and apply this instrument within developmental strategies.
Our support goes far beyond the design, planning and realisation of Environmental Impact Studies. It includes Institutional Development and Capacity Building.

INTEGRATION is offering Environmental Planning Services in the following areas:

• Spatial Environmental Planning
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Training Cum Visit
• Desktop Mapping, GIS Applications
• Environmental Risk Analysis
• Human Resource Development
• Institutional Capacity Building

INTEGRATION project examples:

INDIA - Training Cum Visit - Environmental Management and Land Based Natural Resource Planning (2002 - 2003): Three training courses (6 weeks each in India and Europe) for 45 officers of the Indian environmental and planning Authorities. Spatial and regional planning from municipal up to federal level planning and the involvement of municipalities in: City planning, land use planning, industrial siting, ecological sensitive areas, disaster prone areas. The conclusions and results of project work during the training are used for implementation of the spatial planning system in India.

CHINA - Environmental Management Co-operation Programme (EMCP)
Lot 1 Institutional Development (2001 - 2005): The purpose of EMCP- Institutional Development is to substantially strengthen the institutional capacities of China’s key institutions involved in the decision-making processes in high priority fields in sustainable development. The fields selected include among others the impacts of globalisation on sustainable development, development of appropriate accounting tools for measuring sustainable development objectives, achievements and gaps or strategies to ensure sustainable water resource management and control of pollution from non-point sources.