Abstract

GRAVE, Luís  and  MARGARIDA, Pereira. (In)Efficiency of the territorial planning process: the revision of the Municipal Master Plans of Lisbon Metropolitan Area. GOT [online]. 2016, n.10, pp.133-157. ISSN 2182-1267.  https://doi.org/10.17127/got/2016.10.007.

The objectives of this paper are: i) to discuss the efficiency of the review process of Municipal Master Plans, analyzing the performance of the planning procedure; to identify critical factors in its efficiency; to ponder over the extent to which the changed legal framework, in 2014/2015, responds to those critical factors. The Municipal Master Plans of Lisbon Metropolitan Area are taken as case study, explored from three different approaches: temporal quantification of planning procedures through data provided by the Regional Coordination and Development Commission of Lisbon and Tagus Valley; analysis of accumulated knowledge from relevant technical stakeholders, collected through semi-structured interviews; confrontation between the critical factors identified and the current legal response. The paper concludes with warnings concerning the major vulnerabilities identified in the process and proposals towards a better planning process regulation.

Keywords : Plan-process; decision-making process; procedural efficiency; review; Municipal Master Plan.

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