Geography, planning and the law: a coastal perspective

Autor:	Bruce Thom
Rok vydání:	2004
Předmět:	Sustainable development education.field_of_study business.industry Geography Planning and Development Perspective (graphical) Population Environmental resource management Alienation Legislature Public good Hazardous waste Local government education business Earth-Surface Processes
Zdroj:	Australian Geographer. 35:3-16
ISSN:	1465-3311 0004-9182
Popis:	This paper examines how legal structures interact with land‐use decisions in the coastal zone. The emphasis is on NSW where there has been a steady evolution of legislative and other measures to regulate how the coast is to be planned and managed. These measures arise from a long history of individual, corporate, local government and State agency actions directed more at private benefit than at protecting and conserving environmental values for the public good. Alienation of foreshores, restrictions on access, buildings located in hazardous areas, canals exposing soils rich in acids, and pollution of waterways are examples of degradation on this coast. Yet much remains to be protected. Expansion of coastal national parks over the past decade has helped. But new planning controls have been introduced to support the NSW Coastal Policy (1997). In essence, there is evidence that the State government seeks to implement environmentally sustainable development principles to ensure that as the population continue...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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