Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wyoming, 2008. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on August 7, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-83).

Environmental planning and permitting for transportation projects is often seen as one of the top reasons for project delay. On design-build projects, this process is often treated as the critical path to advertising the project and on all transportation projects many critical phases of the project such as right of way acquisition, final design, and construction cannot begin until the environmental planning process is complete. The objective of this research is to identify challenges to the environmental planning and permitting process and opportunities for managing those challenges. To identify these challenges and opportunities, a synthesis of transportation and design-build research was done along with interviews with agencies leaders at seven State Departments of Transportation (DOTs). Once these challenges and opportunities were identified, example environmental planning documents and requests for proposals were reviewed from various State DOTs to document their usage. Additionally follow up interviews were conducted with environmental planning experts with experience on design-build projects from six of the State DOTs that were previously interviewed. This research contributes to the state of knowledge through providing comprehensive information on environmental planning and permitting challenges that must be managed on design-build transportation projects and opportunities for managing these challenges. Managing the identified challenges by utilizing these opportunities provides transportation agencies with opportunities to make the environmental planning and permitting process on design-build projects more efficient. This research contributes to the state of practice of transportation agencies through providing opportunities for streamlining environmental analysis and permitting that is vital to transportation agencies who strive to accelerate the delivery of design-build projects.

The research designs, develops, validates, and applies an exposure model of productivity-permitted general freight trucking on uncongested highways. Productivity-permitted general freight trucks (long trucks) are multiple trailer configurations, consisting of van trailers, which exceed basic vehicle length limits but operate within basic weight restrictions. The three predominant long trucks in North America are Rocky Mountain doubles (Rockies), Turnpike doubles (Turnpikes), and triple trailer combinations (triples). Long trucks have been used in Canada since the late 1960s. Recent highway investments in the Canadian Prairie Region have effectively completed the network on which long trucks are allowed to operate. Despite widespread use of long trucks for many years and these recent infrastructure investments, there is a knowledge deficiency about long truck exposure. The research uses the transportation systems analysis approach to design, develop, and validate the long truck exposure model. Exposure is expressed as an explanatory variable in three principal dimensions (volume, weight, and cube), which is needed for predicting transportation system impacts of long truck operations. The research applies the model to clarify issues that should be considered in establishing charges for long truck permits, determining long truck safety performance, and developing load spectra for long trucks. The exposure model relies on a unique dataset that integrates output from a classification algorithm, field observations, and industry intelligence. The results indicate that long trucks travelled 67 million kilometres on a 10,000 centreline-kilometre highway network in the Canadian Prairie Region in 2006. The model demonstrates strong temporal and geographic concentration of long truck travel on the network. Application of the results reveals the following findings: • Decisions about establishing long truck permit charges are supported by consideration of options within a revenue adequacy rationale that are sensitive to freight density and the distance travelled by long trucks. • The exposure-based collision rate for Turnpikes is half of the collision rate for Rockies, about one-third of the rate for legal-length articulated trucks, and one-quarter of the rate for triples. • The model provides loading indicators required for pavement and bridge design and evaluation procedures and demonstrates the cubic orientation of long truck operations.

The research designs, develops, validates, and applies an exposure model of productivity-permitted general freight trucking on uncongested highways. Productivity-permitted general freight trucks (long trucks) are multiple trailer configurations, consisting of van trailers, which exceed basic vehicle length limits but operate within basic weight restrictions. The three predominant long trucks in North America are Rocky Mountain doubles (Rockies), Turnpike doubles (Turnpikes), and triple trailer combinations (triples). Long trucks have been used in Canada since the late 1960s. Recent highway investments in the Canadian Prairie Region have effectively completed the network on which long trucks are allowed to operate. Despite widespread use of long trucks for many years and these recent infrastructure investments, there is a knowledge deficiency about long truck exposure. The research uses the transportation systems analysis approach to design, develop, and validate the long truck exposure model. Exposure is expressed as an explanatory variable in three principal dimensions (volume, weight, and cube), which is needed for predicting transportation system impacts of long truck operations. The research applies the model to clarify issues that should be considered in establishing charges for long truck permits, determining long truck safety performance, and developing load spectra for long trucks. The exposure model relies on a unique dataset that integrates output from a classification algorithm, field observations, and industry intelligence. The results indicate that long trucks travelled 67 million kilometres on a 10,000 centreline-kilometre highway network in the Canadian Prairie Region in 2006. The model demonstrates strong temporal and geographic concentration of long truck travel on the network. Application of the results reveals the following findings: • Decisions about establishing long truck permit charges are supported by consideration of options within a revenue adequacy rationale that are sensitive to freight density and the distance travelled by long trucks. • The exposure-based collision rate for Turnpikes is half of the collision rate for Rockies, about one-third of the rate for legal-length articulated trucks, and one-quarter of the rate for triples. • The model provides loading indicators required for pavement and bridge design and evaluation procedures and demonstrates the cubic orientation of long truck operations.

Avaliar a eficácia da audiência pública do licenciamento ambiental, conforme prevista pela legislação brasileira e compreendida pelos tribunais, em face da necessidade de gestão dos riscos ecológicos, bem como sugerir como este procedimento poderia ser aprimorado, no sentido de implementar os princípios da precaução e participação, constituem o tema central deste trabalho. Utilizou-se como matriz teórica básica, a obra de José Isaac Pilati, intitulada “Propriedade e função social na pós-modernidade”, por entender-se que o texto do autor se comunica com a linha de arguição do tema proposto, por suas ideias, o sentido da participação nos processos decisórios e a falta de um sentido pragmático da função social da propriedade coletiva e de um conteúdo passível de tutelar direito de ordem coletiva. Assim, verificou-se de que forma as diferentes percepções dos riscos ambientais, através dos mencionados princípios, podem aprimorar a audiência pública do licenciamento ambiental, enquanto instrumento de proteção ao meio ambiente, para além do status de mera consulta. Para que o licenciamento ambiental assuma um caráter precaucional, faz-se necessário, em casos que envolvem atividades potencialmente causadoras de danos graves ou irreversíveis ao meio ambiente, que não seja atribuído à participação social um caráter meramente consultivo. Neste sentido, sustentou-se que as audiências públicas, bem como outros procedimentos decisórios em matéria ambiental, carecem de normas que estabeleçam os parâmetros para a participação coletiva, sobretudo quanto à segurança. Para alcançar o objetivo deste trabalho, analisa-se de que forma as normas que orientam a audiência pública do licenciamento ambiental podem ser conduzidas, a fim de terem um caráter precaucional e considerar, de maneira mais efetiva, a participação. A pesquisa foi dividida em embasamento teórico, relativo a conceitos e definições de audiência pública e licenciamento ambiental, no contexto legal brasileiro, e se refere ao Estudo de Impacto Ambiental e o Relatório de Impacto Ambiental no licenciamento de atividades utilizadoras de recursos ambientais, consideradas efetiva ou potencialmente poluidoras. Na segunda parte, foi investigada a aplicabilidade do princípio da precaução e da participação no licenciamento ambiental, em especial nas audiências públicas; a gestão dos riscos ambientais, sob a análise de tais princípios, e o problema da informação e da participação em modelos de gestão precaucional, assim como, uma comparação com a convenção de Aarhus. Na terceira parte, fez-se uma crítica à audiência pública no licenciamento ambiental sob o seu caráter de efetividade ou mera consulta. Considerou-se o processo de licenciamento ambiental federal da Usina Hidrelétrica de Barra Grande; da Usina Hidrelétrica de Pai Querê e da Linha de Transmissão Salto Santiago-Itá-Nova Santa Rita e suas relações e contribuições do conteúdo apresentado no presente estudo. Por fim, propõem-se alternativas de aprimoramento da audiência pública no procedimento de licenciamento ambiental à luz do princípio da precaução. / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2015-07-08T11:30:01Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Cintia Tavares Pires da Silva.pdf: 1794556 bytes, checksum: 84f29f790c6c61d748237840caf73870 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-08T11:30:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Cintia Tavares Pires da Silva.pdf: 1794556 bytes, checksum: 84f29f790c6c61d748237840caf73870 (MD5) / Evaluate the effectiveness of the public hearing of the environmental licensing as provided by Brazilian law and understood by the courts, given the need to manage environmental risks, as well as suggesting how this procedure could be improved in order to implement the Principles of Precaution and Participation constitute the central theme of this work. It was used as a base, the José Isaac Pilati book, named “Property and social function in the Post-modernity”, because it interfaces with the thread of this research, the ideas, the sense of participation in the decision procedures and the lack of pragmatism in the social function of collective property. Thus, there was how the different perceptions of environmental risks through the aforementioned principles, can hone a public hearing of the environmental licensing as a means of protecting the environment, beyond the status of mere consultation. For the environmental licensing takes on a precautionary basis, it is necessary, in cases involving activities potentially causing serious or irreversible environmental damage, which is not allocated to social participation merely advisory. In this sense, it is argued that the public hearings, as well as other decision procedures in environmental matters, lack of rules establishing the parameters for collective participation, especially regarding the security requirement. To achieve the objective of this work, is analyzed how the rules governing the public hearing of the environmental licensing may be conducted in order to have a precautionary basis. The research was divided into three parts. The first is the theoretical foundation on the concepts and definitions of public hearing and environmental licensing in Brazilian legal context and refers to the Environmental Impact Statement and Environmental Impact Report in licensing activities using environmental resources considered effectively or potentially pollutant, and in this context, the requirement of public hearings in licensing these activities. In the second part, it is investigated the applicability of the Precautionary Principle and Interest in environmental licensing especially in public hearings; the management of environmental risks in the analysis of these Principles and the problem of information and participation in models of precautionary management, as well as a comparative analysis of the Aarhus Convention. In the third, a critique of the public hearing on the environmental licensing under your character effectiveness or mere consultation will be done. It is considered federal environmental licensing process of the Barra Grande and Pai Querê Hydroelectric Power Plants and the Salto Santiago-Itá-Nova Santa Rita Electrical Trasmission Line and its relations to the presented content. Finally, it proposes alternatives for improving public hearing on the environmental licensing in the light of the precautionary principle procedure.

O patrimônio ecológico e, também, os demais bens de titularidade coletiva, tornaram-se passíveis de mercantilização no chamado contexto neoliberal após a década de 1970. O meio ambiente, bem integrante do rol de direitos e deveres fundamentais previstos pela Constituição de 1988, é de uso comum de todos, voltado à satisfação das necessidades mais fundamentais relacionadas à vida e à dignidade. Nessa seara, remete-se, especificamente no presente estudo, à temática do instrumento de proteção ambiental, pertencente a Política Nacional do Meio Ambiente, qual seja, o licenciamento ambiental. O marco regulatório do licenciamento é alvo de uma pressão pela privatização dos recursos naturais, bens fundamentais para a coletividade, que quer a flexibilização do processo de licenciamento. Por outro lado, fala-se da proteção do meio ambiente enquanto patrimônio comum, e na necessidade de aprimoramento do processo de licenciamento, não para flexibilizá-lo, mas para torna-lo mais eficaz e cumpridor dos seus propósitos. De tal maneira, consoante uma concepção metodológica dialética e mediante o metodologia denominada “análise de conteúdo”, procurou-se responder às questões de pesquisa. Perguntou-se pela eficácia do instrumento do licenciamento, com enfoque nos direitos socioambientais de populações direta ou indiretamente atingidas por desastres ambientais, bem como as possíveis consequências da flexibilização do procedimento prevista por meio dos projetos de leis em tramitação. Através da análise do desastre ocorrido em Mariana/MG em 2015, bem como de alguns projetos de lei que visam à flexibilização da legislação sobre o licenciamento, tendo como referencial o aparato teórico e conceitual oferecido por David Harvey, pretende-se dissertar sobre o dignificado do licenciamento ambiental e do Estudo de impacto ambiental no Brasil, sobretudo a partir da ótica das pessoas diretamente afetadas por grandes obras e eventos extremos. Pretende-se que este estudo proporcione elementos para uma análise academicamente crítica do problema jurídico-político dos desastres socioambientais. / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2017-12-20T15:07:25Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Larissa Wegner Cezar.pdf: 1841660 bytes, checksum: de6d76d2b948ea80dc2b313934663fb2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-12-20T15:07:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Larissa Wegner Cezar.pdf: 1841660 bytes, checksum: de6d76d2b948ea80dc2b313934663fb2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-12-20 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, CAPES. / Ecological heritage, as well as other collective property, became commoditized in the so-called neoliberal context after the 1970s. The environment, which is an integral part of the list of fundamental rights and duties provided for in the 1988 Constitution, is Common use of all, aimed at meeting the most fundamental needs related to life and dignity. In this section, we refer, specifically in the present study, to the theme of the environmental protection instrument, belonging to the National Environmental Policy, that is, environmental licensing. The licensing regulatory framework is under pressure for the privatization of natural resources, essential assets for the community, which wants to make the licensing process more flexible. On the other hand, there is talk of protecting the environment as a common heritage, and the need to improve the licensing process, not to make it more flexible, but to make it more effective and fulfilling its purposes. Thus, according to a dialectical methodological conception and through the methodology called "content analysis", we tried to answer the research questions. The question was asked about the effectiveness of the licensing instrument, with a focus on the socio-environmental rights of populations directly or indirectly affected by environmental disasters, as well as the possible consequences of making the procedure envisaged through the draft laws in the pipeline more flexible. Through the analysis of the disaster that occurred in Mariana / MG in 2015, as well as of some bills that aim to make licensing legislation more flexible, having as reference the theoretical and conceptual apparatus offered by David Harvey, it is intended to discuss the dignified Environmental licensing and the Environmental Impact Study in Brazil, especially from the point of view of people directly affected by major works and extreme events. It is intended that this study provide elements for an academically critical analysis of the legal-political problem of socio-environmental disasters.

O patrimônio ecológico e, também, os demais bens de titularidade coletiva, tornaram-se passíveis de mercantilização no chamado contexto neoliberal após a década de 1970. O meio ambiente, bem integrante do rol de direitos e deveres fundamentais previstos pela Constituição de 1988, é de uso comum de todos, voltado à satisfação das necessidades mais fundamentais relacionadas à vida e à dignidade. Nessa seara, remete-se, especificamente no presente estudo, à temática do instrumento de proteção ambiental, pertencente a Política Nacional do Meio Ambiente, qual seja, o licenciamento ambiental. O marco regulatório do licenciamento é alvo de uma pressão pela privatização dos recursos naturais, bens fundamentais para a coletividade, que quer a flexibilização do processo de licenciamento. Por outro lado, fala-se da proteção do meio ambiente enquanto patrimônio comum, e na necessidade de aprimoramento do processo de licenciamento, não para flexibilizá-lo, mas para torna-lo mais eficaz e cumpridor dos seus propósitos. De tal maneira, consoante uma concepção metodológica dialética e mediante o metodologia denominada “análise de conteúdo”, procurou-se responder às questões de pesquisa. Perguntou-se pela eficácia do instrumento do licenciamento, com enfoque nos direitos socioambientais de populações direta ou indiretamente atingidas por desastres ambientais, bem como as possíveis consequências da flexibilização do procedimento prevista por meio dos projetos de leis em tramitação. Através da análise do desastre ocorrido em Mariana/MG em 2015, bem como de alguns projetos de lei que visam à flexibilização da legislação sobre o licenciamento, tendo como referencial o aparato teórico e conceitual oferecido por David Harvey, pretende-se dissertar sobre o dignificado do licenciamento ambiental e do Estudo de impacto ambiental no Brasil, sobretudo a partir da ótica das pessoas diretamente afetadas por grandes obras e eventos extremos. Pretende-se que este estudo proporcione elementos para uma análise academicamente crítica do problema jurídico-político dos desastres socioambientais. / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, CAPES. / Ecological heritage, as well as other collective property, became commoditized in the so-called neoliberal context after the 1970s. The environment, which is an integral part of the list of fundamental rights and duties provided for in the 1988 Constitution, is Common use of all, aimed at meeting the most fundamental needs related to life and dignity. In this section, we refer, specifically in the present study, to the theme of the environmental protection instrument, belonging to the National Environmental Policy, that is, environmental licensing. The licensing regulatory framework is under pressure for the privatization of natural resources, essential assets for the community, which wants to make the licensing process more flexible. On the other hand, there is talk of protecting the environment as a common heritage, and the need to improve the licensing process, not to make it more flexible, but to make it more effective and fulfilling its purposes. Thus, according to a dialectical methodological conception and through the methodology called "content analysis", we tried to answer the research questions. The question was asked about the effectiveness of the licensing instrument, with a focus on the socio-environmental rights of populations directly or indirectly affected by environmental disasters, as well as the possible consequences of making the procedure envisaged through the draft laws in the pipeline more flexible. Through the analysis of the disaster that occurred in Mariana / MG in 2015, as well as of some bills that aim to make licensing legislation more flexible, having as reference the theoretical and conceptual apparatus offered by David Harvey, it is intended to discuss the dignified Environmental licensing and the Environmental Impact Study in Brazil, especially from the point of view of people directly affected by major works and extreme events. It is intended that this study provide elements for an academically critical analysis of the legal-political problem of socio-environmental disasters.

Avaliar a eficácia da audiência pública do licenciamento ambiental, conforme prevista pela legislação brasileira e compreendida pelos tribunais, em face da necessidade de gestão dos riscos ecológicos, bem como sugerir como este procedimento poderia ser aprimorado, no sentido de implementar os princípios da precaução e participação, constituem o tema central deste trabalho. Utilizou-se como matriz teórica básica, a obra de José Isaac Pilati, intitulada “Propriedade e função social na pós-modernidade”, por entender-se que o texto do autor se comunica com a linha de arguição do tema proposto, por suas ideias, o sentido da participação nos processos decisórios e a falta de um sentido pragmático da função social da propriedade coletiva e de um conteúdo passível de tutelar direito de ordem coletiva. Assim, verificou-se de que forma as diferentes percepções dos riscos ambientais, através dos mencionados princípios, podem aprimorar a audiência pública do licenciamento ambiental, enquanto instrumento de proteção ao meio ambiente, para além do status de mera consulta. Para que o licenciamento ambiental assuma um caráter precaucional, faz-se necessário, em casos que envolvem atividades potencialmente causadoras de danos graves ou irreversíveis ao meio ambiente, que não seja atribuído à participação social um caráter meramente consultivo. Neste sentido, sustentou-se que as audiências públicas, bem como outros procedimentos decisórios em matéria ambiental, carecem de normas que estabeleçam os parâmetros para a participação coletiva, sobretudo quanto à segurança. Para alcançar o objetivo deste trabalho, analisa-se de que forma as normas que orientam a audiência pública do licenciamento ambiental podem ser conduzidas, a fim de terem um caráter precaucional e considerar, de maneira mais efetiva, a participação. A pesquisa foi dividida em embasamento teórico, relativo a conceitos e definições de audiência pública e licenciamento ambiental, no contexto legal brasileiro, e se refere ao Estudo de Impacto Ambiental e o Relatório de Impacto Ambiental no licenciamento de atividades utilizadoras de recursos ambientais, consideradas efetiva ou potencialmente poluidoras. Na segunda parte, foi investigada a aplicabilidade do princípio da precaução e da participação no licenciamento ambiental, em especial nas audiências públicas; a gestão dos riscos ambientais, sob a análise de tais princípios, e o problema da informação e da participação em modelos de gestão precaucional, assim como, uma comparação com a convenção de Aarhus. Na terceira parte, fez-se uma crítica à audiência pública no licenciamento ambiental sob o seu caráter de efetividade ou mera consulta. Considerou-se o processo de licenciamento ambiental federal da Usina Hidrelétrica de Barra Grande; da Usina Hidrelétrica de Pai Querê e da Linha de Transmissão Salto Santiago-Itá-Nova Santa Rita e suas relações e contribuições do conteúdo apresentado no presente estudo. Por fim, propõem-se alternativas de aprimoramento da audiência pública no procedimento de licenciamento ambiental à luz do princípio da precaução. / Evaluate the effectiveness of the public hearing of the environmental licensing as provided by Brazilian law and understood by the courts, given the need to manage environmental risks, as well as suggesting how this procedure could be improved in order to implement the Principles of Precaution and Participation constitute the central theme of this work. It was used as a base, the José Isaac Pilati book, named “Property and social function in the Post-modernity”, because it interfaces with the thread of this research, the ideas, the sense of participation in the decision procedures and the lack of pragmatism in the social function of collective property. Thus, there was how the different perceptions of environmental risks through the aforementioned principles, can hone a public hearing of the environmental licensing as a means of protecting the environment, beyond the status of mere consultation. For the environmental licensing takes on a precautionary basis, it is necessary, in cases involving activities potentially causing serious or irreversible environmental damage, which is not allocated to social participation merely advisory. In this sense, it is argued that the public hearings, as well as other decision procedures in environmental matters, lack of rules establishing the parameters for collective participation, especially regarding the security requirement. To achieve the objective of this work, is analyzed how the rules governing the public hearing of the environmental licensing may be conducted in order to have a precautionary basis. The research was divided into three parts. The first is the theoretical foundation on the concepts and definitions of public hearing and environmental licensing in Brazilian legal context and refers to the Environmental Impact Statement and Environmental Impact Report in licensing activities using environmental resources considered effectively or potentially pollutant, and in this context, the requirement of public hearings in licensing these activities. In the second part, it is investigated the applicability of the Precautionary Principle and Interest in environmental licensing especially in public hearings; the management of environmental risks in the analysis of these Principles and the problem of information and participation in models of precautionary management, as well as a comparative analysis of the Aarhus Convention. In the third, a critique of the public hearing on the environmental licensing under your character effectiveness or mere consultation will be done. It is considered federal environmental licensing process of the Barra Grande and Pai Querê Hydroelectric Power Plants and the Salto Santiago-Itá-Nova Santa Rita Electrical Trasmission Line and its relations to the presented content. Finally, it proposes alternatives for improving public hearing on the environmental licensing in the light of the precautionary principle procedure.

In this diploma thesis is being explored the possibility of using tradable permits in waste management as an efficient tool for motivating and guiding market participants. Waste in the world each year is increasing and burdensome for the economy in terms of the cost of disposal or storage, and for the environment in terms of expanding the number of landfills. The European Union has set mandatory guidelines through a specific quantitative value of natural resources in the field of waste management, which Member States are obliged to respect. These include a minimum percentage return and recycling of packaging materials, or the maximum amount of biodegradable waste that can be stored in landfills. The Directive also set the exact dates of compliance with those commitments. The goal of the diploma thesis is to critically analyze existing knowledge and experience in using tools of tradable permits. On the economic analysis follows the discussion options for wider application of this instrument in the regulation of waste management.

För att skydda kulturhistoriskt värdefulla byggnader från rivning används PBL 9 kap. 34 § 2 om byggnaden är placerad inom detaljplan eller områdesbestämmelser. Förarbeten till paragrafen är tydliga med att vad som definieras som kulturhistoriskt ska avgöras med hänsyn till lokala överväganden. När en ansökan om rivningslov inkommer till kommunen ska den prövas mot PBL 9 kap. 34 § 2. För att kunna neka rivning ska byggnaden uppfylla rekvisitet kulturhistoriskt värdefull. Det kulturhistoriskt värdefulla kan vara byggnaden i sig eller den helhetsmiljö byggnaden är en del utav. För att styrka det kulturhistoriska värdet används utlåtanden från muséer, kulturinventeringar, privata företag med bebyggelseantikvarisk kompetens och kommunens egna planer. Kommunernas kulturhistoriska planer och program är inte alltid uppdaterade, vilket ställer högre krav på kunskapen om kulturhistoriskt värdefulla byggnader hos kommunernas tjänstepersoner. Studien tyder på att det finns en varierande kunskapsnivå bland tjänstepersonerna som deltagit i enkätundersökningen, i vissa fall förekommer feltolkningar av lagen. Det går inte att härleda kunskapsnivån till varken utbildning eller erfarenhet inom yrket. När tjänstepersonerna brister i kunskapen försvårar det kommunernas förutsättningar att följa lagens intentioner. För bedömning av en byggnads kulturhistoriska värde är bebyggelseantikvarisk kompetens till stor hjälp. Kommunerna bör uppdatera och utöka inventeringen av kulturhistoriskt värdefulla byggnader för att kunna göra kvalificerade avvägningar när det gäller att neka eller bevilja rivningslov. Studien visar på brister när det gäller kommunens information till fastighetsägare om fastighetsägarens rättighet till ersättning vid nekat rivningslov. Det är dessutom ovanligt att kommunerna budgeterar för denna ersättning. Det är svårt att avgöra varför kommunerna brister i informationen till fastighetsägarna och om bristen av budget leder till sämre information. Faktum kvarstår dock, kommunen är skyldig att ersätta fastighetsägaren om skadan av det nekade rivningslovet uppfyller kvalifikationsgränsen betydande skada i förhållande till värdet på berörd del av fastigheten. Lagstiftningen är tydlig, men kunskapen behöver spridas bland Sveriges kommuner för att i större utsträckning möjliggöra bevarandet av kulturhistorsikt värdefulla byggnader. / To protect culturally valuable buildings from demolition Planning and Building Act chapter 9 section 34 p. 2 is used if the building is located within the detailed development plan or area regulations. Preparatory work on the section is clear that what is defined as cultural history must be decided regarding local considerations. When an application for demolition permit is submitted to the municipality, it must be tested against Planning and Building Act chapter 9 section 34 p. 2. To deny demolition, the building must meet the cultural heritage prerequisite. The cultural-historical value may be the building itself or the overall environment the building is part of. To prove the cultural-historical value, statements from museums, cultural inventories, private companies with building antiquarian competence and the municipality's own plans are used. The municipalities' cultural history plans and programs are not always updated, which places higher demand on the knowledge of culturally valuable buildings in the municipal's officials. The study indicates that there is a varying level of knowledge among the officials who participated in the survey, in some cases there are misinterpretations of the law. It is not possible to deduce the level of knowledge neither to education nor experience in the profession. When the officials knowledge is not sufficient municipalities make desitions in conflict with the intentions of the law. The competence of conservation officers is of good help for the building committee in assessing the cultural historical value of a buildning. Municipalities should update and expand the inventory of culturally valuable buildings to be able to make qualified assesments when it comes to denying or granting demolition permits. This study shows deficiencies in the municipality's information to property owners about their rights to compensation in the event of a denied demolition permit. Furthermore, it is unusual for municipalities to budget for this compensation. It is difficult to determine why the municipality's lack in information to property owners and whether the lack of budget leads to deficient information. However, the fact remains, the municipality is obliged to compensate the property owner if the damage of the refused demolition permit meets the qualification, significant damage in relation to the value of the affected part of the property. The legislation is clear, but the knowledge needs to be spread among Sweden's municipalities in order to enable the preservation of culturally valuable buildings.