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The Strategic Plan for the Calderona Mountain Range (Valencia, Spain) covers an area of 200 km2 including 5 municipalities located at the northern edge of the Valencia’s Metropolitan Area. The Plan deals with a wide diversity of aspects, being ecology and sustainable development their common denominators. Thus, the analysis of the different territorial layers (forestry, agriculture, natural environment, urban planning, landscape, heritage, tourism & public use, mobility & infrastructures, and economic activity) was developed from an ecological and sustainability focused point of view which is afterwards extended in the definition of regional strategies and in a set of ten thematic plans and eighteen pilot projects. In particular, sustainability, the structural role of ecology and the effective enhancement of the different existing and potential ecosystems, permeate the whole Strategic Plan but are in particular the central elements of the Territorial and Landscape Plan, which includes the definition of a regional and local Green Infrastructure; of the Natural Environment Plan, which identifies the existing and potential plant communities and establishes the conditions for their adequate improvement and maintenance, and, finally, the Sustainable Development Plan, that analyzes the present flows of energy and resources and explores the territorial and urban models which would permit the reinforcement of internal metabolisms and the reduction of ecological footprints.

A lake is an important feature of landscape; it is as important to the ecosystem as to the people who live around them. However, a large number of lakes recently have been lost due to human activities and what remains is at risk of degradation. A lot of countries around the world have many lakes that are not only suffering from pollution problems but also suffer from heavy encroachment from industrial, urban and agricultural development. There are many phases and ways to solve the problem; first to stop abuse, then restoration and finally, monitoring and maintenance. The main aim of the paper is to develop a means of restoring valuable lakes using sustainable urban planning guidelines and green infrastructure strategies. Green infrastructure refers to natural and engineered systems that act as a living infrastructure; it integrates natural vegetation and soils into the community’s fabric through a variety of techniques, approaches, technologies and practices. The importance of green infrastructure goes beyond restoration of lakes and their buffer, and extends to social, economic and environmental integrity. Research methodology includes literature review and analytical example. Research is expected to conclude in the guidelines of lakes

A popular current topic for urban as well as for transport planning is e-mobility. In the foreseeable future, the electro vehicle will be used mainly for short distances, making it particularly interesting for urban mobility. Therefore, e-mobility seems to be the future path for a sustainable urban and transport development. The contribution challenges this assumption by presenting the results of a recent research project in Berlin. Within this project, the decisionmaking process of establishing the charging infrastructure was analysed. By combining a discourse analysis and a policy study, the proponents for e-mobility, as well as their intentions can be shown. The contribution will further show that particular interests promoting e-mobility do not necessarily coincide with a comprehensive planning strategy presenting a concept leading to sustainable urban and transport development.