Towards a Thematic Strategy on the Urban Environment

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Directorate-General for the Environment, European Commission

2005

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4

1 INTRODUCTION 6

1.1 Scope of the Document 6

1.2 Terms of Reference of the Working Group 6

1.3 Guiding Principles for the Working Group 7

1.4 Composition of the Working Group 7

2 CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND 8

2.1 The Urban Environment in the 6th Environment Action Programme 8

2.2 Main EU Environmental Legislation Affecting Towns and Cities 9

2.3 Urban Environmental Management and the Thematic Strategy 10

3 URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLANS 13

3.1 Definition of an Urban Environmental Management Plan 13

3.2 Benefits of and obstacles to Urban Environmental Management Plans 14

3.3 Characteristics of Urban Environmental Management Plans 16

3.4 Content and Procedures for the EMP 21

3.5 Ambition levels for an EMP 22

3.6 Relationship and Integration with Existing Local Plans 23

4 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 25

4.1 Definition and Examples of Urban Environmental Management Systems 25

4.2 Benefits of and Obstacles to Urban Environmental Management Systems 26

4.3 Characteristics of Urban Environmental Management Systems 28

5 SUPPORTING MEASURES 34

5.1 Networking 34

5.2 Capacity Building 34

5.3 Training 34

5.4 Exchange of best Practices 34 - 2 -

6 CONCLUSIONS 35

7 REFERENCES 37

8 ANNEX 1: Full details of Working Group Members 38

9 ANNEX 2: Current and planned obligations, and voluntary implementations. 40

10 ANNEX 3: Urban Environmental Management Plans in EU Member States 41

11 ANNEX 4 Main EU Environmental Legislation Affecting Towns and Cities 50

12 ANNEX 5 : Overview of plans required by of EU 62

13 ANNEX 6: Table of Content of Environmental Management Plan 74

14 ANNEX 7: Examples of EMS 76

15 ANNEX 8: Urban Environmental Management Systems in EU Member States 80