Klimaresilienter Städtebau journal article Instrumente, Chancen und Hindernisse bei der Klimaanpassungsplanung Armin von Weschpfennig Zeitschrift für Europäisches Umwelt- und Planungsrecht, Volume 21 (2023), Issue 4, Page 353 - 364 Beyond countering climate change, questions of climate adaptation have gained increasing significance. Extremely hot summers and decreasing rainfall over several years, coupled with the flood disaster of July 2021, show that cities and towns are ill-equipped to meet increasing extreme weather events. There is, for instance, a need to prevent urban heat islands, to ensure sufficient air exchange, and to prevent flood hazards. Urban planning and water legislation already provide useful instruments, albeit they require further development. It is also necessary to raise awareness about climate-adapted construction among public officials.
Die Systematik der UVP-Pflicht im Bergrecht journal article Armin von Weschpfennig Zeitschrift für Europäisches Umwelt- und Planungsrecht, Volume 14 (2016), Issue 3, Page 182 - 198 In German mining law, the obligation to conduct an environmental impact assessment is based on a rather obscure set of rules within the Federal Mining Act and the Environmental Impact Assessment Act. This essay analyses basic issues with regard to the environmental impact assessment and its systematic integration in the German mining law. While the environmental impact assessment aims at the consideration of environmental aspects at an early stage of the administrative proceeding, the administrative procedure licencing mining projects decides issues layer by layer and step by step. Considering the extremely long period of duration of a mining project, a sufficiently certain prognosis of all environmental aspects is impossible. Additionally, the environmental impact assessment is part of a planning approval, which concentrates, in principle, all legal and planning issues of a mining project in one complex administrative procedure. Thus, the difficulties providing a reliable prognosis of the environmental impact exacerbate.
Ausnahmen und Abweichungen von Zielen der Raumordnung – Effektive Instrumente eines neuen „Deutschlandtempos“? Martin Beckmann
