Land and limits : interpreting sustainability in the planning process

Author(s)

• Owens, Susan E.
• Cowell, Richard

Bibliographic Information

Land and limits : interpreting sustainability in the planning process

Susan Owens and Richard Cowell

（Routledge research global environmental change series, 7）

Routledge, 2002

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-228) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In a new and critical analysis, this book explores the impact of an influential idea - sustainable development - on the institutions and practices governing use of land. It examines the paradox that in spite of increasing attention to sustainability, land use conflict is as ubiquitous and intense as ever.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 Old Conflicts and New Ideas
• Chapter 2 Rhetoric, Policy and Practice
• Chapter 3 Interpreting Sustainability
• Chapter 4 Defining and Defending
• Chapter 5 Moving Targets
• Chapter 6 Planning for Biodiversity
• Chapter 7 Distributing Development
• Chapter 8 Conclusions and Reflections

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Details

• NCID: BA55256335
• ISBN:
  • 0415162769
• LCCN: 2001040372
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 244 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA39725457