The geological input into land-use planning in Lothian Region, Scotland

1987 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 583-587
Author(s):  
J. J. Henry
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Extractive Industries ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Local Planning ◽  
New Town ◽  
Town Development ◽  
Development Corporation ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Local Levels

AbstractStrategic land use planning in Lothian Region is administered by Lothian Regional Council while the four District Councils and the New Town Development Corporation deal with local planning issues. Lothian Regional Council's Structure Plan interprets government guidelines setting out the strategic guidance for the development of the Region which is reflected in Local Plans.The paper describes the geological input into the land-use planning system at both strategic and local levels in relation to the stability of land and minerals required by the extractive industries.

Forest Land Use Planning in Alberta

1986 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 470-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark H. Johnston ◽  
Susan C. Calp
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Local Planning ◽  
Integrated Resource Planning ◽  
Land Use Policies

Forest land use planning in Alberta takes place within the provincial Integrated Resource Planning system. The Alberta Forest Service is a major participant in this system as it is the primary resource management agency for Alberta's forested land. Several provincial land use policies direct forest-related land use, including the White and Green Areas, established in 1948, and the Eastern Slopes Policy adopted in 1977. More detailed and site specific resource management is guided through subregional and local planning. In total, these planning mechanisms provide for the comprehensive and integrated management of Alberta's forested land. Key words: Forest land use planning, integrated planning, planning in Alberta, resource management.

scholarly journals Environmental Concerns in Local Planning Practice

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Foziah Johar
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Present System ◽  
Local Planning ◽  
Planning Strategy ◽  
Development Control ◽  
Development Objectives ◽  
The Town

The town and country planning system has been identified to be one of the key instruments in delivering land use and development objectives that are compatible with the aims of sustainable development. Several areas of actions should therefore be considered in the local planning strategy to achieve a more radical approach to environmental sustainability. These include conservation, shaping the locational pattern of development and accommodating environmentally desirable qualities in all development. This paper considers how far local planning authorities through their development control powers are likely to fulfill this role. Drawing on the content analysis of local plans, this paper identifies the framework for development control particularly on envrionmental matter. It also examines the conditions that accompanied a planning approval to determine the extent of control pertaining to environmental aspects. The results indicate the lack of consideration given to environmental related matters compared to the traditional concerns of land use planning. Finally the paper discusses the constraint of the present system and prospects to facilitate better management.

scholarly journals Environmental Concerns in Local Planning Practice

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Foziah Johar
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Present System ◽  
Local Planning ◽  
Planning Strategy ◽  
Development Control ◽  
Development Objectives ◽  
The Town

The town and country planning system has been identified to be one of the key instruments in delivering land use and development objectives that are compatible with the aims of sustainable development. Several areas of actions should therefore be considered in the local planning strategy to achieve a more radical approach to environmental sustainability. These include conservation, shaping the locational pattern of development and accommodating environmentally desirable qualities in all development. This paper considers how far local planning authorities through their development control powers are likely to fulfill this role. Drawing on the content analysis of local plans, this paper identifies the framework for development control particularly on envrionmental matter. It also examines the conditions that accompanied a planning approval to determine the extent of control pertaining to environmental aspects. The results indicate the lack of consideration given to environmental related matters compared to the traditional concerns of land use planning. Finally the paper discusses the constraint of the present system and prospects to facilitate better management.

Disablism, Planning, and the Built Environment

1993 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
R F Imrie ◽  
P E Wells
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
The Political ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
The Uk

In the last decade access for disabled people to public buildings has become an important part of the political agenda. Yet, one of the main forms of discrimination which still persists against disabled people is an inaccessible built environment. In particular, statutory authorities have been slow to acknowledge the mobility and access needs of disabled people, and the legislative base to back up local authority policies remains largely ineffectual and weak. In this paper, the interrelationships between disability and the built environment are considered by focusing on the role of the UK land-use planning system in securing access provision for disabled people.

scholarly journals Constraints on property rating in the Offinso South Municipality of Ghana

2013 ◽  
pp. 77-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Addai Boamah
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Property Tax ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Administration System ◽  
Land Use Regulations ◽  
Property Owners ◽  
Municipal Assembly

The potential of property rate has been least tapped by decentralized governments in Ghana. This paper investigates the property rating system in Ghana through a case study of Offinso South Municipality (OSM). Questionnaires were used to gather empirical data from property owners in the municipality. The paper finds that there is inadequate property tax administration system and high public disdain for the property tax in OSM, with a significant association between compliance with the property tax and land use regulations in OSM. The paper suggests that the Offinso South Municipal Assembly (OSMA) should improve its land use planning system to facilitate voluntary compliance with the property tax. OSMA should also address accountability and transparency problems in the property tax system in order to increase public confidence in the tax regime. The OSMA should also improve on the property tax collection modes by computerising the billing and collection processes.

A Study on the New Land Use Planning System in Harbor District

1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (0) ◽  
pp. 289-294
Author(s):  
Naoko Anzai ◽  
Norihisa Yokouchi ◽  
Shin-ichi Sakurai
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Planning System

‘Environment’ and Planning: A Tale of the Mundane and the Sublime

1994 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Myerson ◽  
Yvonne Rydin
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Development Control ◽  
The Sublime ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Control Decision ◽  
Planning Discourse

This paper contributes to the growing body of work on planning discourse. In the context of the current ‘greening’ of British land-use planning, it poses the question: “How is the term ‘environment’ articulated within planning discourse?” With the use of material from development plans and development-control decision letters, an analysis is made of the term ‘environment’ which distinguishes ‘mundane’ and ‘sublime’ interpretations. The function of the texts analysed is then related to the dominant meaning given to the term, This raises further questions concerning the current preoccupation with using the land-use planning system to implement environmental policy and identifies the problems of moving between strategic planning and detailed development-control levels, a problem reflected in and compounded by the distinct operation of planning discourse at the two levels.

Public Choice Theory and the Politics of Urban Containment: Voter-Centred versus Special-Interest Explanations

2000 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Pennington
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Public Choice ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Planning System ◽  
The Political ◽  
Public Choice Theory ◽  
Urban Containment ◽  
British Planning

The policy of urban containment has lain at the heart of British land-use planning for over fifty years. The author examines the political dynamics underlying the commitment to this policy through the lens of public choice theory. The analysis suggests that macroelectoral shifts in favour of environmental protection have provided a push towards restrictive land-use planning and an emphasis on urban containment in recent years. Evidence of a ‘voluntary’ approach to regulation in other areas of environmental concern, however, suggests that the peculiar focus on containment is attributable to the political power exerted by a coalition of special interests and public sector bureaucrats who benefit most from this core of the British planning system.

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