A longitudinal study of the links between local air quality management and local transport planning policy processes in England

Hayes, Enda T; Leksmono, Nural; Longhurst, James; Olowoporoku, A. O.; Parkhurst, Graham

Abstract

The second round of the Local Transport Plan (LTP2) process in England presents unique challenges and opportunities for integrating Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) within current transport planning policy. Using content analysis of LTP2 documents from nine English authorities, and results from a questionnaire survey of local government officers undertaken in late 2007, this paper charts the changes in the integration of air quality management within the transport planning process since 1997. While substantial improvements in policy integration were observed within the selected case studies, the paper demonstrates that such improvements are often constrained by institutional complexities that create implementation gaps between national objectives and local decisionmaking outcomes. © 2010 University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2010
• Deposit Date: Dec 7, 2011
• Journal: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
• Print ISSN: 0964-0568
• Electronic ISSN: 1360-0559
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 385-403
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09640561003613179
• Keywords: Local Air Quality Management (LAQM), Local Transport Plan; (LTP), Air Quality Objectives (AQO), policy integration, institutional complexities and inter-professional engagement
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/980903
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640561003613179
• Contract Date: Sep 20, 2016