| Description |
1 online resource (292 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Foreword; List of abbreviations; PART I Introduction; 1 What is environmental planning?; 2 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' relationships to 'Country'; 3 Australian environmental planning origins and theories; PART II Governing Australian environmental planning; 4 The legal basis for Australian environmental planning and governance; 5 Australian environmental governance and environmental planning procedures; PART III The urban environment and its challenges |
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6 Land use and land management7 Water use and water management; 8 Air quality and pollution management; 9 Urban vegetation; 10 Urban wildlife; PART IV Urban environmental processes; 11 Energy generation, planning and management; 12 Transport planning; 13 Industrial ecology; PART V Key agendas in managing environmental change; 14 Sustainable and affordable housing; 15 Healthy cities; 16 Putting people in planning: participatory democracy, inclusion and power; 17 Environmental equity/justice; PART VI Conclusion: new directions and potentialities |
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18 Green urbanism, zero waste and ecological connections19 Bioregional planning and growth management; 20 Positive development; Epilogue; Index |
| Summary |
Australians from all walks of life have begun to realise the nation's cities cannot sustain profligate growth indefinitely. Dwindling water supplies, failing food bowls, increased energy costs, more severe bushfires, severe storms, flooding, coastal erosion, rising transport expenses, housing shortages and environmental pollution are now daily news headlines. Australia's cities may have reached their ecological limits: a new model for planning the places we live is needed. Understanding the natural cycles of the city is just as important to planning our cities as knowledge of local or |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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City planning -- Australia
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Environmental protection -- Australia -- Planning
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Regional planning -- Australia
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City planning
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Environmental protection -- Planning
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Regional planning
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Environment conditions
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| Subject |
Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sipe, Neil
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Dodson, Jago
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| ISBN |
9781317800576 |
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1317800575 |
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