Framing health for land-use planning legislation: A qualitative descriptive content analysis

In the global context, land-use policies have been considered as one of the significant aspects to obtain sustainable land management. Although this is a situation, it is not always achievable. Therefore, the critical analysis of land use policies is required. This chapter aims to understand the state of the art in land-related policies in Nepal after 1951 that contribute towards SLM. The methodology applied is the desktop review approach. The analytical framework namely sustainable land management (SLM) consisting of parameters: productivity, security, protection, viability, and acceptability, is developed. Under the basis of the SLM framework, content analysis has been carried out. The results show that although the policies take into account all the components of sustainability, the lack of implementing the integrated land use policy has triggered the questions for sustainable land management. The chapter recommends innovative approaches like parcel-based land use planning to obtain sustainable land management.

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Experiences of Caring Through Providing Touch Near End-of-Life

International Journal for Human Caring ◽

10.20467/humancaring-d-20-00020 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. HumanCaring-D-20-00020

Author(s):

Sean M. Reed ◽

Marlaine C. Smith ◽

Jean S. Kutner

Keyword(s):

Pattern Recognition ◽

Content Analysis ◽

End Of Life ◽

Advanced Cancer ◽

Semistructured Interview ◽

Caring Relationships ◽

Descriptive Content ◽

Qualitative Descriptive ◽

Holistic Practice ◽

Human Care

We analyzed interviews from participants who provided massage or simple touch to patients with advanced cancer near end of life. We employed qualitative, descriptive, content analysis to participants responding to a semistructured interview. Three themes emerged that align with a unitary caring perspective: caring relationships, pattern recognition and wholeness, and transformations and transcendence. Findings from this study are significant for human care and caring. Providing touch for those near end of life is a catalyst in developing caring relationships and essential for holistic practice.

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When plans are used to no effect: Considering implementation performance of greater Brisbane’s compact activity centre policies

Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science ◽

10.1177/2399808320951583 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 239980832095158 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mark Limb ◽

Carl Grodach ◽

Paul Donehue ◽

Severine Mayere

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Land Use Planning ◽

Land Use Changes ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Plan Implementation ◽

Strong Performance ◽

The Relationship ◽

Activity Centre ◽

Expected Outcomes

Evaluations of plan implementation are typically conceived in terms of plan conformance (the degree to which outcomes align with planning intent) or plan performance (the degree to which decision makers apply the plan). In this research, we consider the relationship between performance–conformance by evaluating the implementation of compact activity centre policy in greater Brisbane. We examine two decades of changes to local land use planning regulations using content analysis, quantifications of permitted development intensity, and comparisons of actual land use changes with planned intent, to identify evidence of the use of metropolitan scale activity centre policy. We find that the activity centre policy performed well and was used as intended across the metropolitan area. However, despite strong performance, the policy conformed poorly in terms of achieving the expected outcomes. These findings highlight the importance of understanding plan implementation from both performance and conformance perspectives. While conformance evaluations are essential to connect planning intent to physical outcomes, understanding plan performance is also necessary to explain the results of conformance evaluations and whether conformance successes or failures were due to deficiencies with the plan itself or how the plan was used by key actors charged with its implementation.

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