Enabling development : the impact on residential amenity : a survey of the experiences of affected parties under the RMA : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Resource and Environmental Planning at Massey University [PDF]
The majority of resource consent applications for land use under New Zealand's Resource Management Act 1991 are not publicly notified. This enables development, through the efficient processing of applications considered to be of minor or localized ...
Conning, Linda
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Wetlands contribute significantly to biodiversity and water resources supports. They have been deteriorated for fifty years, mainly due to human pressures, altering their functions.
Sébastien Rapinel+2 more
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FY13 Planning Task Force Documents: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh, August 2011-June 2012 [PDF]
These documents provide a record of the work of the ULS FY13 Planning Task Force, which initiated and deployed a highly inclusive strategic planning process to analyze the library's strategic options, prioritize them, and identify key actions for ...
Arroyo-Ramirez, Elvia M+3 more
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Environmental assessment of certain plans and programmes as contribution to sustainable spatial development [PDF]
Cities and urban regions especially in the West German agglomerations are characterised by an unbroken dynamic development, connected with changes in land use from undeveloped land into settlement areas and traffic zones up to the rural districts far ...
Weiland, Ulrike
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Resource management, plan quality and governance: A report to Government [PDF]
This Report contains the main findings from FRST-funded research into planning under the Resource Management Act. It includes five sets of interrelated recommendations.
Berke, Philip+3 more
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A Political Economy Approach to Resource Taxation: Weak Sustainability, Revenue Recycling and Regional Planning [PDF]
We present conceptual and empirical insights on the issue of resource taxation, an intrinsic regional environmental policy. It deals with the implementation of environmental taxes and environmental planning at regional level, as tools aimed at achieving ...
Massimiliano Mazzanti, Roberto Zoboli
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Building Community: Making Space for Art [PDF]
Examines the role of the arts in communities; artists working in community development, education, health, or environmental fields; and contemporary art spaces in community planning and revitalization ...
Maria Rosario Jackson
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Environmental information management plan
The Environmental Information Management Plan provides an overview of the integrated approach to managing the Hanford Site environmental data. The Environmental Data Management Center has been established to ensure that all environmental information is retrievable throughout the lifetime of the environmental programs.
J.C. Steward, E.J. See, G.C. Main
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A Systems framework for environmental planning
Bibliography: p. 144-146.
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The role of local ecological knowledge in sustainable urban planning: perspectives from Finland
This paper is a study of the role of local ecological knowledge (LEK) as lay-expert knowledge in the urban land use planning process in Finland . The research addresses the importance of LEK, and the ways LEK is obtained and used.
Johanna Kohl, Vesa Yli-Pelkonen
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