Environmental Planning Article Swipe
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· 2017
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0668
· OA: W4249802781
Environmental planning has long fascinated both physical and human geographers as it provides the statutory instruments for changing land‐use designations, for instance protecting national parks from certain types of development. It is also a key forum for mediating between those with different views of the future for particular areas, most notably with regard to whether or not to allow development on a particular piece of land and, if allowed, what kind of development should be permitted. Necessarily, environmental planning involves dealing with a range of different geographies – embracing both the political boundaries of national and local government and various functional environmental geographies, such as river catchments, ecosystems, or landscape character. It is important to recognize that the practices of environmental planning have evolved substantially over time, albeit manifesting themselves in different ways in different states and nations.
