Environmental Planning Handbook

1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-1-884829-66-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 524 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 1497 g

Environmental protection is a global issue that largely depends on effective and timely action at the local level. In this book, the authors clarify complex environmental issues, examine current sustainability efforts, and offer step-by-step guidance for local governments to incorporate sustainable environmental quality into local and regional comprehensive planning. Practical and comprehensive A hands-on and thorough approach sets this book apart. The authors tell how to assess local environment conditions and create an action plan. They discuss the role of environmental law and economics, ethics, and ecology in decision-making. The core of the book covers planning for public health (water supply and quality, solid waste and recycling, and toxic waste), natural areas (landscapes, wildlife habitat, wetlands, coastal zones, and hazard and disaster mitigation), working landscapes (farming, ranching, forestry, and mining), and the built environment (transportation, energy, sustainability, and greenfield development). Each chapter reviews relevant federal and state-level environmental laws and programs and advises local governments how to conform to federal and state regulations and use their own planning tools and techniques to customize their comprehensive plan. The authors explain scientific considerations that planners must understand. They review positive trends in environmental quality and point out what is most essential to ensure continued progress. Help for public- and private-sector planners this book also discusses the important role that private, nonprofit groups have come to play in environmental protection efforts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Daniels, Tom

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1. The environmental planning process 1. Taking stock of the local environment and creating an environmental action plan 2. The legal, economic, ethical and ecological foundations of environmental planning Part 2 Planning for sustainable public health 3. Planning for sustainable water supply 4. Planning for sustainable water 5. Planning for sustainable air quality 6. Planning for solid waste and recycling 7. Planning for toxic substances and toxic Part 3. Planning for natural areas 8. Protecting the nation's landscape treasures 9. Planning for wildlife 10. Planning and managing 11. Coastal Zone Management 12. Planning for natural hazards and natural disasters Part 4. Planning for working landscapes 13. Planning for sustainable working landscapes: farmland and ranchland 14. Planning for sustainable working landscapes: forestry 15. Planning for mining Part 5. Planning for the built environment 16. Transportation planning and the environment 17. Planning for energy 18. Planning for a sustainable built environment 19. Planning for the built environment: greenfield development and site design Part 6. Environmental Planning challenges at home and abroad 20. Positive trends and urgent needs for sustainable environmental