On behalf of the European Environment Agency the European Topic Centre on Land Use and
Spatial Information (ETC-LUSI) conducts a survey among key stakeholders of urban
development on the report and its results. We believe that you will find the content of the
report extremely useful for your work, and that the report findings will facilitate your need of
taking informed decisions. We invite you to make use of the results and to invest a few
minutes to fill in the short questionnaire, whose results will be basic to define the next steps.
PLEASE RETURN THE QUESTIONNAIRE TO luca.guerrieri@apat.it at the
Italian Agency for Environmental Protection and for Technical Services
(APAT).
Urban Sprawl Questionnaire
What type of institution do you work for?
= Government = business = NGO
Administrative level
= Municipality = Region = Country = EU
Name of the country, region and/or municipality
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1. Urban sprawl in your country/region/municipality
Is urban sprawl considered as a threat in your country/region/municipalities?
= Yes = No
Are there dedicated national/regional/local measures to limit urban sprawl?
= Yes = No
If yes, please quote references,
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2. Urban sprawl environmental impacts
Give a score to the relevance for your country/region/municipality of the following
environmental impacts which are connected to Urban Sprawl (score; 1=very low;
2=low; 3 medium; 4=high; 5= very high).
Loss of environmental resources
Consumption of land and soil 1 2 3 4 5
Consumption of concrete and other building materials1 2 3 4 5
Expansion of quarries near to natural reserves 1 2 3 4 5
Over extraction of gravel from river beds or ridges 1 2 3 4 5
Loss of soil permeability 1 2 3 4 5
Loss of soil biodiversity 1 2 3 4 5
Hydrological impairment of small watershed 1 2 3 4 5
Other: ___________________________________ 1 2 3 4 5
Efficiency of compact urban areas vs. sprawled areas
Growing consumption of energy 1 2 3 4 5
Increase in travel related energy consumption 1 2 3 4 5
Growth in CO2 emissions 1 2 3 4 5
Growing consumption of water 1 2 3 4 5
Other: ___________________________________ 1 2 3 4 5
Natural, protected areas and rural environments
Loss of natural habitats 1 2 3 4 5
Loss of best agricultural land 1 2 3 4 5
Increase in the use of water and fertiliser in less 1 2 3 4 5
productive areas
Increase in soil erosion in remote areas 1 2 3 4 5
More noise in rural areas 1 2 3 4 5
Other: ___________________________________ 1 2 3 4 5
The quality of urban life and health
Increase in air pollution 1 2 3 4 5
Increase in respiratory problems (such as asthma) 1 2 3 4 5
High noise level 1 2 3 4 5
Traffic congestion 1 2 3 4 5
Insufficient public transport network due to expanding 1 2 3 4 5
urban area
Vulnerability of suburbs to major geo-hazards (volcanic 1 2 3 4 5
eruption, floods, land subsidence, landslides)
Vulnerability of suburbs to minor geo-hazards (local 1 2 3 4 5
swelling precise what is meant by local swelling,
shrinking of clays)
Other: ___________________________________ 1 2 3 4 5
3. Urban sprawl socio-economic impacts
Give a score to the relevance for your country/region/municipality of the following
socio-economic impacts which are connected to Urban Sprawl (score; 1=very low;
2=low; 3 medium; 4=high; 5= very high).
Social impacts
Exacerbation of social and economic division
1 2 3 4 5
Segregation of residential areas
1 2 3 4 5
Less social interaction
1 2 3 4 5
Concentration of poor quality neighbourhoods in the
inner city 1 2 3 4 5
Other: ___________________________________
1 2 3 4 5
Economic impacts
Increased household expenditure on commuting
from home to work over longer and longer distances 1 2 3 4 5
Cost of the congestion for business in sprawled
urban areas with inefficient transportation systems 1 2 3 4 5
Additional costs of the extension of urban
infrastructures (transport, waste, waste water …) 1 2 3 4 5
including utilities and related services, across the
urban region
Suboptimal use of abandoned industrial areas
(brownfields) 1 2 3 4 5
No savings in provision of water and sewage
facilities 1 2 3 4 5
Other: ___________________________________
1 2 3 4 5
4. Local stakeholders responses to urban sprawl
Which measures among those that could be taken by local stakeholders (public,
private and 3rd sector) are useful to help combating urban sprawl? (score; 1=very
low; 2=low; 3 medium; 4=high; 5= very high).
Local stakeholders measures
Development of long term integrated plans
promoting sustainable development and the 1 2 3 4 5
limitation of urban sprawl
Policies for the re-use of derelict brownfield sites
and renovation of public spaces to assist in the 1 2 3 4 5
creation of more compact urban forms
Policies for avoiding the use of greenfield sites and
complementary urban containment policies 1 2 3 4 5
Identification of the key partners including the
private sector and community, as well as local, 1 2 3 4 5
regional and national government and their
mobilisation in the planning, implementation and
evaluation of urban development
Management of the urban-rural interactions via
cooperation and coordination between urban 1 2 3 4 5
authorities and rural and regional authorities in
promoting sustainable development
Other: ___________________________________
1 2 3 4 5
5. Do you have any further comments/proposals (for instance, there are
specific assessments, such as on impacts, drivers or policy measures,
you would like to be carried out by the EEA in the future?; or, which
measures the EU could take in order to help combating urban sprawl?)?
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You are welcome to provide us with your contact details, should you
consent to be contacted directly in the future.
Name ___________________________________
Adress ___________________________________
Phone ___________________________________
Email ___________________________________
PLEASE RETURN THE QUESTIONNAIRE TO luca.guerrieri@apat.it at the
Italian Agency for Environmental Protection and for Technical Services
(APAT).
Thank you for your contribution!
