Setting the scene -- Implementing sustainability by legislation -- Integrated management and regional planning -- Urban planning & the built environment -- Energy and infrastructure -- Tangata whenua and the Resource Management Act -- The profession, the politicians & the public -- The lessons from New Zealand
Summary
New Zealand's Resource Management Act was the first and most extensive attempt to institute sustainability at a national level, covering all resources from land to water. This book provides a comprehensive account of the challenges of implementing sustainability. It offers a practitioner's insight into the RMA and spells out the lessons that can be applied to planning systems of other countries
