Authors : Sylejman Berisha, Ismajl Baftjari, Alban Sokoli, Elon Berisha and Muhamet Malsiu
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). In this research, the Strategic Environmental Assessment report (SEA) for the Municipal Development Plan (MDP) of the Municipality of Shterpca has been explored and analysed in detail. The elements of the SEA report such as the national and the EU legal basis for the drafting of this document, the analysis of the existing situation of environmental factors in the municipality of shterpca such as: (the geographic position, population, flora and fauna, drinking water supply, polluted water treatment, etc., the concept of development of the municipality of Shterpca and the priorities of the scenarios given for the municipal development plan, goals and objectives of the MDP and their harmonization with the national legal frameworks, testing of the goals of the MDP against SEA objectives, water supply, sewage management, traffic and integrated waste management and necessary measures under SEA for the MDP are reviewed and analysed in this research. The implementation of the recommendations and the objectives of the municipal development plan and the strategic environmental assessment for the municipality of Shterpca as the preservation of biodiversity and natural habitats, the protection of protected areas and other objects remain challenges for the management of this municipality.
Sylejman Berisha, Ismajl Baftjari, Alban Sokoli, Elon Berisha and Muhamet Malsiu, 2019. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Objectives for the Municipal Development Plan (MDP) of the Municipality of Shterpca. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 14: 4080-4088.