Land-Use Planning for Sustainable Development

Society's understanding of sustainability has evolved, along with that the language that most clearly conveys its meaning. Efforts toward social-environmental sustainability have become more urgent with an increased research focus on systems-based innovation, and noteworthy legislation. This new edition captures the most current success stories and explains the relationship between innovative land use planning and nature's impartial, inviolate biophysical principles that govern the outcome of all planning. It 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.

Autorentext

Silberstein M.A., Jane and Chris Maser

Zusammenfassung
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. Th

Inhalt

Sustainable Development: The Concept. True Community is Founded on a Sense of Place, History, and Trust. Nature's Inviolable Biophysical Principles and Land Use Planning. Planning for a Local Living Economy: Reinventing the Comprehensive Plan. Planning for a Local Living Economy: Nature's Biophysical Requirements. Reframing the Problem. Modeling the Planning Process after Nature. Implementing the Comprehensive Plan. Monitoring Progress. Ongoing Community Engagement-Citizens as Planners.