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Thirteen years ago, the first edition of Land-Use Planning for
Sustainable Development examined the question: is the environmental
doomsday scenario inevitable? It then presented the underlying
concepts of sustainable land-use planning and an array of
alternatives for modifying conventional planning for and regulation
of the development of land. This second edition captures current
success stories, showcasing creative, resilient strategies for
fundamentally changing the way we alter our landscape. See What's
New in the Second Edition: Explains the relationship between
innovative land-use planning and nature's impartial, inviolate
biophysical principles that govern the outcome of all planning
Focuses on how decision making that flows from and aligns with
nature's biophysical principles benefits all generations by
consciously protecting and maintaining social-environmental
sustainability Proposes an alternative framework for municipal
comprehensive plans framing the community as a living system
Written by two experienced professionals in sustainable development
planning, the second edition revisits the successes as well as
barriers to progress associated with establishing new community
development models, such as EcoMunicipalities. The authors
emphasize the necessity and potency of citizen involvement and
initiatives. They provide proposals for alternative approaches that
rest on lessons from history as well as the research, wisdom, and
vision of many individuals and communities whose work they have
studied. The book supplies a sturdy platform on which to
continually build and innovate progress in sustainable land use
planning.
Thirteen years ago, the first edition of Land-Use Planning for
Sustainable Development examined the question: is the environmental
doomsday scenario inevitable? It then presented the underlying
concepts of sustainable land-use planning and an array of
alternatives for modifying conventional planning for and regulation
of the development of land. This second edition captures current
success stories, showcasing creative, resilient strategies for
fundamentally changing the way we alter our landscape. See What's
New in the Second Edition: Explains the relationship between
innovative land-use planning and nature's impartial, inviolate
biophysical principles that govern the outcome of all planning
Focuses on how decision making that flows from and aligns with
nature's biophysical principles benefits all generations by
consciously protecting and maintaining social-environmental
sustainability Proposes an alternative framework for municipal
comprehensive plans framing the community as a living system
Written by two experienced professionals in sustainable development
planning, the second edition revisits the successes as well as
barriers to progress associated with establishing new community
development models, such as EcoMunicipalities. The authors
emphasize the necessity and potency of citizen involvement and
initiatives. They provide proposals for alternative approaches that
rest on lessons from history as well as the research, wisdom, and
vision of many individuals and communities whose work they have
studied. The book supplies a sturdy platform on which to
continually build and innovate progress in sustainable land use
planning.
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