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sustainable spatial development

"The concept of sustainable spatial development is the main objective of the Guiding Principles. Sustainability is related to long-term approaches: the benefits provided by spatial development policies should have long-lasting character and should not be jeopardised by the overlooking of important interferences between public policies or sectors of activity. Four dimensions of territorial sustainability have been identified in the Guiding Principles: economic, social, environmental and cultural sustainability.
While numerous processes are challenging the sustainability of our common European future, policies aiming at sustainable spatial development have to achieve a variety of tasks such as reducing disparities, supporting balanced polycentric development, providing measures for the revitalisation of declining settlements, increasing the efficiency of transport and energy networks, preventing and reducing the potential damages of natural hazards, protecting and improving the natural and the built environment, promoting environmentally-friendly practices in agriculture and forestry, achieving a balance between preserving the existing cultural heritage, attracting new investments and supporting existing living and working communities in urban and rural areas and increasing public participation in spatial development approaches."

CEMAT Glossary of key expressions used in spatial development policies in Europe; 14 CEMAT (2006) 6, Strasbourg 24 January 2007, p. 16

CEMAT Glossary Jan 24th 2007.pdf

http://www.coe.int

  Germany -> Nachhaltigkeit, nachhaltige Raumentwicklung
  Russia -> Устойчивое (пространственное/ территориальное) развитие
  Lithuania -> Darnus vystymasis
  Belarus -> Устойчивое (градостроительное) развитие
  Norway -> Biologisk mangfold 
  Latvia -> ilgtspējīga attīstība
  Estonia -> säästev areng
  Finland -> Kestävä kehitys