Authors : Sylejman Berisha, Ismajl Baftjari, Alban Sokoli and Elon Berisha
Abstract: Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is one of the key instruments for integrating environmental issues, principles of sustainable development, proposed programs and decision-making during drafting of the Municipal Development Plan (MDP). The purpose of this research is to analyze and observe in details, the Strategic Environmental Assessment Report (SEA) for the Municipal Development Plan of the Municipality of Ferizaj. The elements of the Strategic Environmental Assessment Report (SEA) are reviewed and analyzed in this study starting from: the national and EU legal basis for drafting this document, the analysis of the existing situation of environmental factors in Ferizaj Municipality (geographic position, population, drinking water supply, contaminated water treatment, etc.), the analysis of the development concept of the Municipality of Ferizaj and the priorities of the scenarios given for the municipal development plan, the goals and objectives of the Municipal Development Plan (MDP) and their harmonization with national legal frameworks, the testing of the goals of municipal development plan. The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) objectives are: water supply, sewage management, traffic and integrated waste management and the necessary SEA measures for the Municipal Development Plan (MDP). The environmental solutions proposed by MDP are accurate and conform to the current solutions for environmental problems in EU countries. Scenarios 3 and 4 proposed by Municipal Development Plan (MDP) for environmental development of the Ferizaj Municipality are accurate and realistic. The research concludes that the main challenge is the practical implementation of the Municipal Development Plan (MDP) targets such as: the conservation of biodiversity and natural habitats, the implementation of district heating and wastewater treatment in the Municipality of Ferizaj, the definition of ecological corridors during the realization of planned projects, the designing of rehabilitation projects for depleted uranium irradiation areas. Therefore, the implementation of the MDP and the implementation of SEA recommendations are a challenge for the management of the Ferizaj Municipality.
Sylejman Berisha, Ismajl Baftjari, Alban Sokoli and Elon Berisha, 2019. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Analysis for the Municipal Development Plan (MDP) of Ferizaj Municipality. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 14: 3987-3996.