Planning and Environmental Protection : A Review of Law and Policy.

Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Boxes -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- 1. The Environmental Roles of Town and Country Planning -- INTRODUCTION -- THE STRUCTURE OF THIS BOOK -- PLANNING, CONFLICT AND THE ROLE OF THE COURTS -- SUMMARY -- 2. Town and Country Planning and Water Quality Planning -- OBJECTIVES AND APPROACH -- AXIOMS OF TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING LAW -- AXIOMS (THE SAME ONES) OF WATER QUALITY PLANNING -- THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AND THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING SYSTEM -- TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING AND SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS -- OVERLAP AND SEPARATION -- CONCLUSION -- 3. Planning and Air Pollution -- INTRODUCTION -- WASTE INCINERATION -- LOCAL AUTHORITY POLLUTION CONTROL -- LOCAL AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT -- PLANNING, TRANSPORT AND AIR POLLUTION -- DISCUSSION -- 4. Risk, Land Use Planning and Major Accident Hazards -- INTRODUCTION -- THE LAND USE PLANNING ROLE: POLICY AND PRACTICE -- BEYOND STATUTORY INTERVENTION -- CONCLUSION -- 5. Planning and Nature Conservation: Law in the Service of Biodiversity? -- THE THEORETICAL BASIS OF NATURE CONSERVATION LAW -- SITES OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST -- THE IMPACT OF EC ENVIRONMENTAL LAW -- MANAGING EUROPEAN SITES FOR NATURE CONSERVATION -- CONCLUSION -- 6. Derelict and Despoiled Land - Problems and Potential -- STATING THE PROBLEM -- THE ORIGINS AND CHANGING NATURE OF DERELICT LAND -- DERELICT LAND PREVENTION AND THE PLANNING SYSTEM -- LAND RECLAMATION TO 'HARD' END-USE -- LAND RECLAMATION TO 'SOFT' END-USE -- THE POTENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT -- CONTAMINATED LAND-A SPECIAL CASE? -- TOWARDS A STRATEGIC APPROACH -- CONCLUSION -- 7. Environmental Assessment -- INTRODUCTION -- EA IN BRITAIN: AN OVERVIEW -- EVALUATION OF THE EIA SYSTEM -- CONCLUSIONS -- 8. Planning for Sustainable Waste Management.

INTRODUCTION -- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND PRESSURES -- NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY -- WHAT ROLE FOR LAND-USE PLANNING? -- STRATEGIC PLANNING -- SITING WASTE FACILITIES -- PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT -- CONCLUSIONS -- 9. Reconnecting Networks and Buildings: The Development Process and the Reshaping of Water, Energy and Transport Demands -- INTRODUCTION -- CONVENTIONAL APPROACH TO INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION -- A NEW LOGIC OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION -- EMERGING LOGICS: CASE STUDIES -- RETHINKING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS -- CONCLUSIONS -- 10. The Environment and the Regions: A New Agenda for Regional Development -- INTRODUCTION -- REGIONAL PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- CONCLUSIONS -- 11. Postscript -- Bibliography -- Index.

This collection of essays examines the roles which land use planning can play in the protection of the environment.

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