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Land-use planning, permaculture and the transitivity of 'development'

Land-use planning in England and Wales has been reluctant to embrace grassroots 'low impact development' projects, which are often based at least in part on principles of permaculture. This reluctance, and the planning system's concept of sustainable development, are examined against the wider global background of development discourse and politics. Development, particularly when understood as a ...

Dec. 14, 2011

By Inderscience Publishers

A new understanding of formal land use plans in Germany

Traditionally, German local land use plans focus on issues such as zoning, transportation, social and green infrastructure planning. Nowadays, they are criticised to be too inflexible and ? especially in respect of content ? too limited to cope with the pace and complexity of various interacting sub-processes and actors of urban development. Accordingly, collaborative and strategic tasks of ...

Nov. 14, 2011

By Inderscience Publishers

Achieving Compliance with Environmental Health–Related Land Use Planning Conditions in Hong Kong: Perspectives from Traditional Motivation Theories

Environmental health–related land use planning conditions can enhance the environment in Hong Kong. Previous research by others has shown, however, that a lack of compliance with planning conditions often occurs. And as no direct enforcement of planning conditions exists in Hong Kong, it is of interest to understand possible ways in which to increase the motivation of land developers and property ...

Nov. 1, 2009

By National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)

An approach to regional planning in India

The need for a more balanced spatial growth pattern in Karnataka is shown by applying Zipf's law to the Indian State of Karnataka, with the result demonstrating Bangalore's increasing urban primacy. The authors review the literature on promote more equitably distributed growth, primarily the European polycentric model, to conclude that it is a 'wicked problem' that requires multiple perspectives, ...

Aug. 9, 2012

By Inderscience Publishers

Heritage and land use planning – some useful ideas from the United Kingdom

The contrast between PEI and UK heritage protection and planning practices could not be more stark. Compared to the UK, we are doing no planning whatsoever. We have a lot to learn by looking at how things might be managed more effectively. The most important take-home point is that planning should involve all government departments, all levels of government and all of the land.Rights and ...

Apr. 14, 2009

By Trees In Trust

Application of GIS to Plan Long-Range Water Supply Facilities by Linking Land Use and Water Billing Data of City of Cape Coral in Southwest Florida

This paper describes the application of a land use based approach to prepare a long-range forecast of water supply demand for the city of Cape Coral in southwest Florida. There are two common approaches to forecast water demand: (1) use of population projections; and (2) analysis of future land use planning. The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), as required in 2002 Legislation, has ...

Oct. 21, 2006

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Environmental impact assessment of land use planning around the leased limestone mine using remote sensing techniques

The Limestone mining lease (ML) area lies between Latitude 24° 43’ N and 24° 45’ N and Longitude 74° 35’ E and 74° 37’ E. It is located in revenue villages Naya Kheda, Amarpura, Sawa, Sindaudi, Jorawar Singh Ka Khera, Rail Ka Amarana, Neem Ka Amarana, Bad Ka Amarana, Medi Ka Amarana, Karunda and Charlia, tehsil and District Chittorgarh in the State of Rajasthan, India. The Mining lease (ML) area ...

Feb. 12, 2006

By University of Tehran

Managing urban parks and gardens in developing countries: a case from an Indian city

The Chandigarh City of India is known for its urban parks, gardens and well planned landscaping. In a research case study undertaken during 2002–2006, an assessment about the annual recreational value of this city’s urban greenery was made by using travel cost method on the domestic tourists. The consumer surplus per visit enjoyed by domestic tourists was estimated. Governments in developing ...

Jan. 2, 2010

By Arid Forest Research Institute

A new approach to distributing urban trips

The traditional approach to urban transportation planning involves trip generation, distribution, modal split and assignment. For the most part these steps are logical and have a reasonable foundation in reality. The weakest of these on logical grounds is the distribution of trips using the gravity model. This approach gained acceptance in large part because total trips in an urban area tend to ...

Apr. 14, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers

Risk–based land use planning around hazardous chemical installations

This paper presents a framework for supporting land use planning decisions around hazardous chemical facilities taking risk into consideration. The proposed methodology contains all the steps that a planner needs to fully define the problem based on multi–criteria decision analysis (MCDA) and incorporating the needs of major local stakeholders. The decision is supported by the generation of the ...

Jun. 17, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers

Canarina CUSTIC software · environmental noise · commands 5

4.3 Starting CUSTIC Click Start, go to Programs, and choose CUSTIC 3.2. Here is the program window after start up. The window has a Menu bar at the top, a Status bar at the bottom and a basic tool bar in the window. The program commands are available through the menus and toolbar buttons. Some commands have associated dialog boxes which you can choose additional options. Canarina CUSTIC ...

Nov. 28, 2011

By Canarina Environmental Software

Integrated spatial assessment for a creative decision-making process: a combined methodological approach to strategic environmental assessment

Evaluation has a fundamental role in complex public choices aimed at obtaining a ranking among alternative options and designing new solutions. Starting from this perspective, the so-called 'integrated assessments' - multidimensional tools for a dialogue among different approaches and fields of knowledge - play a privileged role as a suitable decision support tool for public participation at a ...

Sep. 13, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers

Sustainability and planning: does urban form matter?

This paper deals with the difficult relation between urban form, travel behaviour and sustainable development. In more developed countries, the influence of governments on urban form can be considerable through planning. Modern planning theory focuses mainly on procedural aspects. It is argued in this paper that substantive aspects cannot be neglected if sustainable solutions are being pursued. ...

Feb. 3, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Legal questions of regional safety planning

Regional safety planning is a coherent view of safety issues that attempts to establish a coordinated safety policy in a region. From a legal viewpoint this is a challenge, because traditionally the different legal instruments are applied independently. This leads to results that are sometimes not very consistent. Regional safety planning needs coordination among all the involved authorities and ...

Sep. 16, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers

$Evaluating groundwater sustainability for fractured crystalline bedrock$

Evaluating groundwater sustainability for fractured crystalline bedrock

Water sustainability is an important concern for communities that rely on groundwater in fractured rock; yet the complexity of the fracture system and the unknown rate of recharge make quantifying groundwater availability difficult, if not impossible, using conventional water balance calculations. This study provides a new approach for estimating groundwater sustainability in fractured rock ...

Feb. 18, 2014

By IWA Publishing

The land use guidance system: a disaster mitigation tool for rural communities

As rural communities grow, the need to mitigate disasters and manage growth responsibly increases. Growth management and disaster planning and mitigation strategies designed for urban regions have been adopted by few rural communities in the USA. The Land Use Guidance System, a practical and successful management tool designed and implemented by three rural communities in the south-eastern USA, ...

Jan. 30, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

An integrated decision aid system for the development of Saint Charles River alluvial plain, Quebec, Canada

We describe an integrated decision aid system designed to assist land-use planning and management of the alluvial plain of Saint Charles River, Quebec. The first stages of the development of the system consisted in building a georeferenced database managed by a geographical information system (GIS), and to elaborate eight different development scenarios along the Saint Charles River in a multiple ...

Jan. 26, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Environmental risk management with the use of multi–criteria spatial decision support system DECERNS

Environmental risk–based land management requires implementation of tools for spatial information analysis, problem–oriented models for assessment of risk values, and corresponding methods for decision–making support. A new framework decision evaluation in complex risk network systems (DECERNS) has been developed to address this class of problems. DECERNS is a web–based spatial decision support ...

Jan. 2, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers

Benefit–cost analysis of lake conservation with emphasis on aesthetics in developing countries

Urban water bodies like lakes, wetlands and rivers carry a number of intangible benefits. In order to assess true value of societal welfare and benefits derived from these assets, social benefit cost analysis (SBCA) should be preferred. Hedonic pricing method has been used in the present study for capturing the aesthetic benefit of the Sukhna Lake of Chandigarh City and then using the results in ...

Nov. 18, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers

Sustainability in the Humber River Basin

The Humber River Basin (HBR) responds to critical issues facing decision-makers concerning climate change and the sustainability of the HRB and its environments. The basin and its component watersheds represent an excellent platform from which to develop and integrate science and policy. The research presented herein is considered an important prerequisite to developing a more scientifically ...

Feb. 3, 2011

By Inderscience Publishers

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