Environmental planning in context. ([2017?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Iain White.
• Other Names: White, Iain
• Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Illustrative Material; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introducing Environmental Planning; The importance of environmental planning; The complexity of environmental planning; Ascertaining environmental 'priorities'; Conclusion; 2 The Intellectual Legacies; The history of environmental planning; The Age of Discovery; Towards modernity; The history of environmental planning thought; A sense of hierarchy; The authority of empiricism; The rise of human exemptionalism; The power of economic systems; Conclusion; 3 Governance and Power; From government to governance. Evolving influences and relationshipsChanging modes and scales; Power and legitimacy; Conclusion; 4 Politics and the Media; Introducing environmental politics; Environmental political ideologies; The market and the private sector; The media; Conclusion; 5 Framing Concepts; The spectrum of environmental concern; Sustainability; Risk; Resilience; Conclusion; 6 The Role of Science; Accumulation and revolution; Objective and subjective; Certainty and doubt; Experts and knowledge; The science-policy interface; Conclusion; 7 Policy and Regulation; Designation, protection and control; Regulation. Evidence-based planningThe precautionary principle; Policy 'transfer'; Conclusion; 8 Decision Support Tools; Cost-benefit analysis and environmental economics; Indicators; Futures and scenarios; Geographical Information Systems (GIS); Impact assessment; Conclusion; 9 Engaging with Stakeholders; The rise of engagement; The theoretical foundation; The promise and the reality; Engagement in practice; Conclusion; 10 The Question of Justice; Conceptions of justice; Justice and the environment; Environmental racism; Environmental justice; Justice and sustainability; Conclusion; 11 Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.705; Geography; Environmental protection -- Planning; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General; Environmental protection -- Planning; Regional planning; Environmental management -- Planning; Environmental policy; Political Science -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; Regional & area planning; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1137315660; 9781137315663
• Related ISBNs: 9780230303270; 0230303277
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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