Planning and environmental protection : a review of law and policy / / edited by Chris Miller

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451432403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2001
• ISBN: 1-4725-6240-2; 1-280-80113-1; 9786610801138; 1-84731-227-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.73/0941
• Soggetti: Environmental policy - Great Britain; Land use - Law and legislation - Great Britain; Land use - Planning - Environmental aspects; Land use - Planning; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-253) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. The Environmental Roles of Town and Country Planning -- Chris Miller -- 2. Town and Country Planning and Water Quality Planning -- William Howarth -- 3. Planning and Air Pollution -- Chris Miller -- 4. Risk, Land Use Planning and Major Accident Hazards -- Gordon Walker -- 5. Planning and Nature Conservation: Law in the Service of Biodiversity? -- Christopher Rodgers -- 6. Derelict and Despoiled Land-Problems and Potential -- John Handley -- 7. Environmental Assessment -- Christopher Wood -- 8. Planning for Sustainable Waste Management -- Judith Petts -- 9.Reconnecting Networks and Buildings: the Development Process and the Reshaping of Water, Energy and Transport Demands -- Simon Marvin and Simon Guy -- 10. The Environment and the Regions: a New Agenda for Regional Development -- David Gibbs -- 11. Postscript -- Chris Miller
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection of essays examines the roles which land use planning can play in the protection of the environment. The subjects covered range from traditional concerns like pollution,nuisance and ; contaminated land to biodiversity and the pursuit of sustainable development, which forms the defining element of current environmental policy across the European Community and in most other developed economies. Environmental assessment is discussed, along with the succession of public law actions (Twyford Down included) by environmental activists which were necessary to convince the English courts of the full implications (and the 'direct effect') of the EC Directive 85/337. The later chapters become progressively more concerned with the planning system as the forum of negotiation and more participatory approaches (as distinct from fiscal instruments and command and control regulation) to encouraging sustainability. The contributors represent a variety of academic disciplines (law, geography, planning, environmental management) offering complementary insights into the planner's role in allocating land uses so as to minimise waste generation and energy consumption as well as maximising local amenity