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Cooperating with Nature - Confronting Natural Hazards with Land-Use Planning for Sustainable Communities (Hardcover, New)
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Cooperating with Nature - Confronting Natural Hazards with Land-Use Planning for Sustainable Communities (Hardcover, New)
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This volume focuses on the breakdown in sustainability?the capacity
of the planet to provide quality of life now and in the future?that
is signaled by disaster. The authors bring to light why land use
and sustainability have been ignored in devising public policies to
deal with natural hazards. They lay out a vision of sustainability,
concrete suggestions for policy reform, and procedures for
planning. The book chronicles the long evolution of land-use
planning and identifies key components of sustainable planning for
hazards. Stressing the importance of balance in land use, the
authors offer principles and specific reforms for achieving their
visions of sustainability. Table of Contents Front Matter 1 Natural
Hazards and Land Use: An Introduction Part One: The Choices of the
Past 2 Planning and Land Use Adjustments in Historical Perspective
3 Governing Land Use in Hazardous Areas with a Patchwork System
Part Two: The Land Use Planning Alternative 4 Integrating Hazard
Mitigation and Local Land Use Planning 5 Hazard Assessment: The
Factual Basis for Planning and Mitigation 6 Managing Land Use to
Build Resilience 7 The Third Sector: Evolving Partnerships in
Hazard Mitigation Part Three: Looking to the Future 8 The Vision of
Sustainable Communities 9 Policies for Sustainable Land Use
Appendix: Annotated Bibliography of Selected Research Bibliography
Index
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