Environment, Planning and Land Use
Published on 28. February 1998
Book
Hardback
234 pages
978-1-85972-605-1 (ISBN)
Description
This work focuses on the practical issues and policies relating to planning and managing both built and natural environments. It addresses the needs to pursue a greater degree of integration between the subject matter and the international frameworks of environmental planning.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
figures, tables
Dimensions
Height: 152 mm
Width: 224 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85972-605-1 (9781859726051)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Introduction: environment, planning and land use. Theory and context: European spatial planning and the urban environment; ecological modernization - a model for future urban and regional planning and development; spatial and environmental problems of border regions in east-central Europe, with special reference to the Carpathian basdin; infrastructure and regional planning - ownership and regulation of energy, water and land in the English West Midlands and Catalonia. Themes and issues: integration of land and water management in England; coherence and divergence in Dutch physical planning and water management planning; risk, environment and land use planning - an evaluation of policy and practice in the UK; derelict land - some positive perspectives; sustainable development a spatial reorganization of a Greek border village with the help of private capital - the example of H Policy and management: environmental assessment and decision making; quality assurance for planning and environmental management - the case for regulation; the rhetoric of Rio and the problems of loc sustainability; public participation in Local Agenda 21 - the usual suspects.