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Environmental planning - the need for fundamental change

By: Series: Town & Country Planning ; 71 (7/8) July/ August 2002, 198-201(4)Publication details: 2002Subject(s): Summary: The recent Royal Commission on environmental pollution report in March 2002 'Environmental Planning' argues that the challenges of the 21st century demand a coherent environmental planning framework which we currently do not have. It advocates reforming the present town and country planning system by moving it in a more holistic direction to also include such things as agriculture and forestry. The Commission envisages a far-sighted spatial strategy that writes the functions of land-use planning with those of pollution control, resource management and nature conservation.

The recent Royal Commission on environmental pollution report in March 2002 'Environmental Planning' argues that the challenges of the 21st century demand a coherent environmental planning framework which we currently do not have. It advocates reforming the present town and country planning system by moving it in a more holistic direction to also include such things as agriculture and forestry. The Commission envisages a far-sighted spatial strategy that writes the functions of land-use planning with those of pollution control, resource management and nature conservation.