Dissertations / Theses: 'Development planning'

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Conocimiento, Dirección de Gestión del. "Tourism Planning & Development." Taylor & Francis Group, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/655395.

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Mattix, Ramona. "Feminism as development planning theory." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28677.

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This thesis argues that feminism, the political force advocating equity and parity for women vis-a-vis men, provides a much needed critique to developmental planning theory as well as informing planning practice in general. Feminism, in the political arenas of liberalism, socialism, and radical theory, offers alternative views of power relations. These alternative views are submitted as important keys to transformational planning, that is, planning that becomes a force for structural social change. The concept of discourse is offered in this thesis as a form of social analysis as important to social change as Marxist analysis is to economic change. The voice of women, it is submitted, has been outside public discourse, and this omission has contributed to their social condition. Within the thesis is an overview of the womens' movement. It also contains an analysis of alternate paths to democracy held by liberal, socialist and radical positions, and discusses the importance of feminist criticism held by women supporting each ideological position. The liberatory possiblities of mainstream development planning theory "hearing" the voice of women is explored, along with the contention that new institutions which allow for social transformation can best be met by valueing womens' experience, and by initiating change at the household level.
Applied Science, Faculty of
Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of
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Ball, Asli. "Planning obligations : a development perspective." Thesis, London South Bank University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.271787.

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This research aims to examine planning obligations, by answering if and how they affect property development and who pays for them. Planning obligations require developers to make in-kind or cash cont~butions p~or to the granting of planning consent. Uniquely in the UK, developers negotiate with local authoritie~ over the extent and scope of these contributions. The foci of this research relate to questions of who pays for planning obligations; what are the economic impacts of planning obligations on development;· and do local authoIjties and . developers have conflicting views during their negotiations? Planning obligations are a topical policy issue, as the Government is proposing to change the way they are implemented. The theoretical framework has two themes relating to the principles of land value taxation and development charges (a generic term for planning obligations), and to negotiation theories that explore the conditions under which satisfactory agreements can be reached. This research contributes to a significant gap in the UK literature when compared to the more economic approaches common in United States and elsewhere. The approach is also innovative because it introduces negotiation theories to the understanding of the current framework of planning obligations. Theories are discussed and elaborated within the context of case studies of recent practice in the Southern England borough councils of Basingstoke and Deane, Bracknell Forest, Fareham, Medway, Rushmoor and Test Valley. ii The thesis consists of four parts. The first part introduces the concept of developer charges and the specific British context of planning obligations. The second part investigates the economics of land taxation and development charges, and it identifies the applicable negotiation theories within an institutional framework. The third part sets out the methodology and the findings of the case study analysis. That analysis is based on detailed questionnaire results and interview findings aimed at revealing planners' and developers' views with regard to planning obligations and their negotiation strategies. Finally, the implications of the findings are discussed. It is argued that planning obligations do affect property development. Many planners think that developers alone bear the burden of this tax, rather than other agents. As a result of this and other factors, it is concluded that the present local institutional arrangements for negotiating planning obligations are unlikely to achieve optimum results.

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Fisk, Richard Hugh. "Health and safety development planning." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1999. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/2903/.

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Diagne, Yakhya Aicha. "Planning for Sustainable Development in Senegal." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/23277.

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This thesis aims to contribute to Senegal\'s progress towards sustainable development planning. It presents how Senegalese planning system is structured as well as its potential and its limits to change. Senegal is a West African country classified as a least developed country. Senegalese decision-makers seek to provide economic and social well-being to their population, while ensuring a rational and sustainable use of ecological resources. They have demonstrated their commitment to sustainable development in official planning documents and several development programs. However, the process towards sustainability faces several constraints. The structure of the development planning system is complex and rigid; involving a plurality of state agencies, local entities, advisory bodies, citizens, and parliamentarians whose work is uncoordinated and inefficient. Furthermore, a tension exists because the political organization is based on a social vision, while development actions are derived from a liberal policy. In addition, planners and decisions-makers do not share the same understanding of sustainable development. The situation is made more complex by international influences on the concept of sustainability that call for the integration of principles such as gender equality and universal education, making it difficult to establish a clear and commonly understood approach to sustainability . While Senegal seeks human, technical, and financial resources from international donors, the conditions of financial foreign partners further complicates the development planning system.

Master of Urban and Regional Planning

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Hine, Maggie. "Development plans : their role in promoting sustainable development in metropolitan Adelaide." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 1997. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envh662.pdf.

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Teklemariam, Nathan. "Land Grab or Development Planning Strategy: An analysis of Agricultural Development Led Industrialization Planning in Ethiopia." VCU Scholars Compass, 2013. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3103.

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Observing the current wave of large scale land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa, many have found it easy to call the situation land grab, the new form of neo colonialism in Africa. In Ethiopia, few underlining socio-economic and political currents have shaped the leasing of its arable land to both national and international investors in recent years. The Agricultural Development Led Industrialization strategy the country adopted in the early 1990s, followed with consecutive short-term strategic plans focused primarily on agriculture as the driver for the nation’s economic growth and structural transformation, have acted as the main underpinnings in the commercialization of its agricultural sector. These plans, though national in their making, have also been constructed in the context of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, which put the deadline of 2015 to cut poverty in half of signee countries, of which Ethiopia is one. The Food Crisis of 2007/08, coupled with the global financial crisis of 2008, has meant that foreign direct investment in farmland has become the new phenomenon for long-term investment with speculation of substantial returns in the current uncertainty of food security and financial climate. There is a new food world order under way, one in which feeding one’s own population doesn’t necessarily mean it has to be cultivated at home. For a country like Ethiopia, one of the most food insecure and poorest country on earth, gambling on development based on foreign use of its most needed natural assets, both land and water, should not be looked over so passively.

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Allerston, P. "The coordination of rural settlement planning and water infrastructure planning in Norfolk." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.378575.

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Mokgalong, Samuel. "Enhancing integrated development planning to alleviate the legacy of apartheid planning." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22728.

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The research serves to gain a deeper understanding as to the reasons behind the persistence of the apartheid planning legacy. This is done through a discourse analysis of integrated development planning, a planning tool introduced into South Africa to address the consequences of apartheid. Thus the aim of the Research is to: 1. Understand the underlying values and meanings of the discourses used in the many iterations of the City's Integrated Development Plans (IDPs); 2. Explore if, and how, these values and meanings have changed since 2002; 3. Establish what has prompted a change in the adopted values and meanings contained within the different iterations of the City's IDPs; and 4. Critically assess how altered values and meanings have impacted on planning actions and outcomes. Research Methods used are the case study method, discourse analysis, institutional ethnography and archival research. More specifically, a case study on Cape Town and a discourse analysis of different iterations of the City's IDP (a method done in conjunction with archival research). These IDPs being the 2002, 2007 and 2012 IDP. The findings show that the values and meanings have indeed changed since the 2002 IDP. This change is mainly attributed to the dynamic nature of Cape Town's political context over time, as well as its socio-economic context. This change has resulted in the poor no longer being prioritized and empowered through integrated development planning. It is also seen that the shift towards a more managerial approach to planning, which is seen in the IDP, has come at the expense of actions and outcomes which successfully redress the legacy of apartheid planning. A result which clearly contributes to the persistence of the apartheid planning legacy.

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Fluckiger, Persia L. "Planning by preschoolers : the effects of children's social understanding on the development of planning ability /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16833.pdf.

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Camara, Jurado Mercedes. "Visual Planning in Lean Product Development." Thesis, KTH, Industriella informations- och styrsystem, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-116757.

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This Master Thesis aims to provide a broader understanding of what Visual Planning is and how it can be combined with other methods to enhance the efficiency in product development projects. The investigation and empirical part of the study has been conducted by qualitative research based on interviews, observations and informal conversations with people from two different Swedish companies. The results were used in a comparative case study conducted with the purpose to provide an overview about how Visual Planning is used and applied in Lean product development projects inside the Swedish industry. It has been found that Visual Planning constitutes a useful and favorable method for enhancing different aspects such as communication and knowledge transfer among the team members, and for avoiding task overlapping, problems and misunderstandings during the project development. However the method has some limitations which become significant barriers to the progress of projects. These hurdles would be eliminated with the use of software tools that would make the project development run in a smoother and more efficient way.

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Kahen, Goel. "Strategic planning systems in technological development." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.336467.

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Stark, Jamie. "Proof planning for imperative program development." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/589.

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Alabere, A. D. "Port planning and development in Nigeria." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.371269.

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Motebang, Maria Seithati. "Women and development planning in Lesotho." Thesis, University of York, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306529.

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Ketevan, Chubabria. "Planning for sustainable development in Georgia." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för fysisk planering, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-12908.

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Ali, Hassan Ali. "Manpower planning and development in Oman." Thesis, Bangor University, 1990. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/manpower-planning-and-development-in-oman(2fa2cd0e-e24d-45d8-9fe6-76d97c143f1b).html.

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1. The Sultanate of Oman is the second largest country in the Arabian Peninsula with a total population of approximately two million. Young people below the age of 15 account for a large proportion (46 per cent) of the po pulation. According to studies carried out by various organizations, (i.e. World Bank, ECWA), it has been found that a majority of the population live in rural areas. 2. Before 1970, Oman had a great shortfall in most economic and social aspects. The dawn of development started after 1970, following Sultan Qaboos Bin Said's accession to the leadership and the launching of a broad plan to modernize and develop the country. 3. Oil is the main source of its economy. According to the Development Council statistics, the share of oil revenue in 1988 accounted for 79.6 per cent of the total. The oil net revenue was (993.6) million Rials Omani from a total of (1247.6) million Rials Omani. Actual development investment increased from (3341) million Rials Omani during the First Development Plan (1976-1980) to (7872) million Rials Omani during the Second Development Plan (1981-1985). The planned development investment during the Third Development vii plan (1986-1990) is estimated as (8164) million Rials Omani. One important factor to be noticed is the attempt of the government to diversify its strategy so as in the long run to depend on other sources rather than oil. Manufacturing is one of the main concerns of development for the government. Despite the dominance of the modern sector (in terms of contribution to the gross domestic product), Oman still remains a predominantly rural society. Up to 80% of the Omani population is estimated to live in rural areas. 4. The rural labour force has been steadily declining, emigrating to urban areas at a rate of 5000 people (mostly economically active males) annually. At present, Omanis form 30 percent of the total labour force employed in the modern sector; most of them occupy jobs at an unskilled and semi-skilled level. At present more than 200 thousand expatriates are working in the modern sector in Oman, which represents 70 percent of the total labour force in that sector. 5. The size of population and its rate of growth are obviously very important elements in the manpower assessment in the long term of the next 15 to 20 years. It becomes a more critical issue when the labour market patterns are not clearly known and defined. 6. Oman relies on a large number of non-Omani workers, essentially because human resource development (education and training of the population to produce an effective modern workforce) cannot keep pace with viii economic growth demands in terms of skilled manpower requirements. 7. The basic fact which should be considered is that manpower requirements are related proportionally to economic growth. In Oman, with late development, high priority was given to economic growth to build up the infrastructure and have a modern state. Economic planners, the executers of development projects and the contractors wish to see as high a rate of economic growth as possible. Although economic planners may acknowledge that reliance on non-Omani workers may present problems, they are not thought important enough to warrant any limitation of economic growth. Clearly then, the planning of human resources development in the Omani context lags behind general economic planning. 8. To cope with manpower requirements, due to the needs created by economic development, Education and Training plans were drawn up to form a human resource development plan. 9. No educational system existed before the 1970s. Only 3 primary schools were available with 900 students. No education for girls was provided. The present situation of education is the result of rapid development. An education ladder was formed which was based on a 6-3-3 structure. Technical and vocational education and training systems were established. The establishment operation of the university has added a new ix dimension in completing the educational system. In 1984/85, more than 225 thousand students were enrolled in educational institutions. 10. Despite the development of education in recent years, Oman is still not capable of meeting its manpower requirements internally. A large segment of the population is functionally illitrate, including a sizeable population of young males with a strong desire to share in the counry's new economic prosperity. The quality of education has also suffered considerably due to the rapid expansion in education. 11. Due to the great demand for labour and the shortage of Omani labour supply, manpower development has become an important issue. The Council of Education and Vocational Training under the Chairmanship of HM the Sultan Qaboos with 9 members at minister's level was formed in 1978 to set general policies of education and training in the context of manpower development. 12. The present trends in manpower development, whether from the education or training side, do not match with the long term objectives, set by the government, nor have they realized the potential to cope with future requirements. 13. This present study of manpower planning and development in Oman dicusses manpower development in relation to manpower planning. This research will analyse the past and present trends of manpower development and anticipate its effectiveness in the future. The manpower x development concept is discussed in terms of its objectives, manpower requirements and social demand. The discussion will highlight the main problems in the present system of manpower development: in the context of manpower planning in Oman. The system of manpower development is also analysed in terms of its relevance to, and possible conflict with the purpose of manpower development schemes. The present focus of such schemes is closely examined. 14. The main problems related to manpower development lie in: [1] The role of the technical and vocational education and training system and its performance in operating (a) The Vocational Education system run by the Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY). (b) The Vocational Education System run by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour (MOSAL). [2] Social pressures from the student population in terms of their expectations on completing their general education versus the government policies 1 in having a sound output of manpower requirement T to fuf ill the country's needs. This create a conflict in the definition of objectives. [3] Lack of enrolment in vocational and training system due to the lack of vocational guidance, the social attitude towards it, and due to the closed xi pattern existing in technical education and training system, in not providing the student with access to further studies. This also affects manpower development schemes. [4] The unstable educational output in relation to manpower requirements. 15. The arguments are developed so 4ko propose a new model of manpower development for the future. This model aims to achieve a new target in producing an integration of educational and training concepts in manpower development. 16. In discussing the various hypotheses, and analysing the various concepts in comparis on with other countries, a new manpower development model will be proposed to meet the objectives and to overcome the above stated problems. This model aims to integrate manpower demands and educational and training outputs in relation to individual aspirations and manpower targets.

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Ng, King-man. "Planning sustainable tourism in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21042536.

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Abid, S. H. "Rural development planning : The formulation of planning policies for development planning areas (DPAs), with special reference to the district of Jenin, West Bank." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.379074.

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Yuen, Kwok-yan. "Residential planning and urban sustainability : the case of Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2104241X.

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Benfield, Kenneth Michael. "Injustice in planning in Europe." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/424.

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Land is a natural resource. The way it is used is important for us all. Decisions over its use impact on all aspects of society, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Moreover these impacts affect future as well as present generations. Those holding power over land-use decisions, those able to direct and control its use, those able to convert its nature by changing it from one use to another and those who develop or withhold it from development, exert great influence over society. They carry heavy responsibility for shaping places, for influencing economic activity, for the quality of life and for caring for our environment at every scale and across every dimension. In so doing they should exercise a duty of care, consideration and competence to the rest of creation. Addressing one small aspect of this task, for centuries governments have been concerned to balance a variety of interests in land and to ensure that land-use decisions were equitable between these. More particularly, since around the middle of the last century a range of instruments to 'plan' land-use and to direct its development equitably have been devised and implemented. Specifically, in what may have been varying notions of 'the public interest', they have attempted to constrain presumptions of unrestricted land-use conveyed by constitutionally held rights to land ownership, however limited. Embodying liberal-democratic principles, the regulations which emerged provided for certainty in land and related rights to be protected by local plans. On the continent these were often given legal status along with other codified 'rules' but, from roughly the middle of this century, the United Kingdom departed from this model. Architect and Engineer planners were joined by lawyers, economists, geographers, sociologists, demographers and the like in creating a new, distinctive, 'planning' profession. Rather than planning for 'conformance', they now planned for 'performance'. What mattered was not the plan, per se, but development outputs and how they impacted on society. 'Equity' became a matter not for pre-determined certainty, but for the exercise of professional judgement and discretion through the control of development on a case by case basis. Such changes did not seem to occur in the mainland European countries considered here and, with the advent of the European Union, UK land and property development professionals increasingly looked to the continent for ideas and inspiration. Many admired, even longed for, the well ordered, clearly planned, certainty which they thought they saw there. But, how certain was this planning and, if it did exist, to what extent were mainland systems able to deliver 'equity' in their outputs? Testing the hypothesis that Continental planning and development control is influenced more by politics and markets than formal 'rules', this thesis considers the proposition that decisions to permit major private developments in continental countries are neither transparent nor equitable. To do so it reviews the theory of both planning and development processes as the background for a series of 21 case study investigations of mainland application and permit decision practices. These are compared with 11 English cases, obtained from a pilot study used to test and improve the research method and objectives. Summarising each case study to illustrate discussion of the research findings, these are sieved through 4 stages of analysis as in-depth detail is converted to knowledge. With field assumptions being verified by the testimony of expert witnesses, cross case and cross country comparisons are used to validate findings. These are then consolidated to enable further analysis and theorisation to address various of the needs for an improved understanding of mainland practices and other questions raised in the Introduction. The thesis concludes that European Development Control practices are converging, but at the expense of the due process and protections theoretically embodied within regulatory systems. Seized upon by contemporary politicians to further the aims of economic competition, it suggests that these 'rules' are now managed with an inherent disregard for the principles of due process. This obfuscates both practices and intent, overrides concerns for justice, faimess and impartiality at the level of local, historic interests in place, and threatens wider problems for society. Relating these conclusions to the current literature, emergent theory is compared with the research results and several potential areas for further research identified which might help clarify planning philosophy, principles, professionalism and practices for service in the 21" Century.

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Veregin, Gregory R. W. "Integrating planning support system technologies in a rural land planning application." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1400956471&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Winter, William E. "Development decision-making in St. Louis, MO institutions, incentives, and urban development /." Diss., St. Louis, Mo. : University of Missouri--St. Louis, 2006. http://etd.umsl.edu/r1221.

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Neimane, Viktoria. "On Development Planning of Electricity Distribution Networks." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Electrical Systems, 2001. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-3253.

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Future development of electric power systems must pursue anumber of different goals. The power system should beeconomically efficient, it should provide reliable energysupply and should not damage the environment. At the same time,operation and development of the system is influenced by avariety of uncertain and random factors. The planner attemptsto find the best strategy from a large number of possiblealternatives. Thus, the complexity of the problems related topower systems planning is mainly caused by presence of multipleobjectives, uncertain information and large number ofvariables. This dissertation is devoted to consideration of themethods for development planning of a certain subsystem, i.e.the distribution network.

The dissertation first tries to formulate the networkplanning problem in general form in terms of Bayesian DecisionTheory. However, the difficulties associated with formulationof the utility functions make it almost impossible to apply theBayesian approach directly. Moreover, when approaching theproblem applying different methods it is important to considerthe concave character of the utility function. Thisconsideration directly leads to the multi-criteria formulationof the problem, since the decision is motivated not only by theexpected value of revenues (or losses), but also by theassociated risks. The conclusion is made that the difficultiescaused by the tremendous complexity of the problem can beovercome either by introducing a number of simplifications,leading to the considerable loss in precision or applyingmethods based on modifications of Monte-Carlo or fuzzyarithmetic and Genetic Algorithms (GA), or Dynamic Programming(DP).

In presence of uncertainty the planner aims at findingrobust and flexible plans to reducethe risk of considerablelosses. Several measures of risk are discussed. It is shownthat measuring risk by regret may lead to risky solutions,therefore an alternative measure - Expected Maximum Value - issuggested. The general future model, called fuzzy-probabilistictree of futures, integrates all classes of uncertain parameters(probabilistic, fuzzy and truly uncertain).

The suggested network planning software incorporates threeefficient applications of GA. The first algorithm searchessimultaneously for the whole set of Pareto optimal solutions.The hybrid GA/DP approach benefits from the global optimizationproperties of GA and local search by DP resulting in originalalgorithm with improved convergence properties. Finally, theStochastic GA can cope with noisy objective functions.

Finally, two real distribution network planning projectsdealing with primary distribution network in the large city andsecondary network in the rural area are studied.

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Stenlund, Nilsson Ivner Jenny. "Municipal Energy Planning : Scope and Method Development." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Industriell miljöteknik, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-16398.

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Swedish municipalities are required to produce a municipal energy plan for their energy supply and use. Whether energy planning is suitable to manage local energy systems, however, is subject to debate. This thesis maps municipal energy planning: the scopes of energy plans and whether goals stated in energy plans are fulfilled. It also presents a pilot project with the implementation of an energy planning process where four different decision-making tools were applied: a Citizen’s panel, scenario techniques and quantitative and qualitative environmental assessments. The results from the mapping of energy planning and the experiences from the pilot project are then the bases for a discussion about the effectiveness of energy planning. The thesis is based on six papers; five scientific papers and one working paper. The first three papers contribute to mapping municipal energy planning in terms of expressed volition (goals, measures and strategies in the energy plans), whether goals are fulfilled and the extent of environmental analyses and assessments in the plans. The three subsequent papers present the implementation and evaluations of the energy planning process in the pilot project. The scopes of the studied energy plans have varied over time and have been adaptive to external factors such as contemporary energy policies and international trends. Environmental analyses and assessments were more commonly occurring in the energy plans adopted between 2006 and 2008 compared to those adopted between 1995 and 1998. The environmental analyses and assessments were however less comprehensive in the newer energy plans. Most positive development, in terms of fulfilled goals, took place for issues within the power of the local authority, for example district heating expansion and energy efficiency measures in public buildings. Experiences from the pilot project showed that decision-making tools can contribute to a broader scope of energy planning, more comprehensive environmental assessments and legitimacy. Based on the research findings possibilities for more effective energy planning are discussed. Effectiveness is discussed in terms of scope and legitimacy and how a broad scope and legitimacy are affected by the use of decision-making tools. It is concluded that energy planning has potential for being an effective tool for strategic energy work at the local level. The use of decision-making tools can also contribute to learning as well as legitimacy to energy planning.

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Reeve, Noelle Anne Watt. "Planning for urban lakes and residential development." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28323.

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The destructive impact of development upon the environment has been recognized worldwide since the mid-1960s. One aspect of this environment-development conflict is the impact of urban development on water resources. This thesis evaluates how well a municipal planning process for an urban lake resolved the problems of the impact of residential development on lake water quality and the conflict over further development. The Burnaby, British Columbia planning process for Deer Lake is used as a case study. Three bodies of literature - urban lake planning, environment-development relationships, and conflict resolution -are used to provide the framework for the case study. Two criteria are developed from the literature to evaluate the planning process: its capability to produce ecologically compatible outcomes and its capability to resolve conflict. The main conclusion of the evaluation is that although the early phase of the Deer Lake process (1972-1978) was weak, there was a marked improvement in the most recent phase (1983-early 1987) in the capability of the process to produce ecologically compatible outcomes through the use of relevant scientific/technical information (to reduce the impacts on lake water quality caused by residential development). While the ability of the Burnaby planning process to anticipate conflict has always been strong, there is room for further development of the capability to resolve conflict. A further conclusion is that the Deer Lake planning process fits the typical profile of how urban lake planning has incrementally evolved in North America since the mid-1960s. A summary of the two sets of recommendations of the thesis follows. Recommendations regarding urban lake planning in . general include: 1. Municipal planners should take advantage of available information resources on lake planning (universities, colleges, higher levels of government, consultants) to broaden their awareness of potential impacts and ways to manage them. 2. Municipal planners should: understand watershed-lake relationships prior to formulating alternatives for urban lakes; seek a balance between environment and development; and require minimization of ecological impacts. 3. Municipal planners should recognize that urban lake planning may involve conflicts. They should therefore make themselves aware of the variety of conflict resolution techniques available. 4. The guidelines developed in section 6.5 should be considered by municipalities in planning for urban lakes. Recommendations regarding Deer Lake include: 1. Continue with the interdepartmental committee to plan and manage the lake. 2. The committee should implement further rehabilitation measures as soon as possible. 3. The committee should continue to anticipate and minimize ecological impacts. 4. The committee should maintain connections with UBC and Douglas College. 5. The planning department should determine the public's views on the agreement reached with the province for residential development of the prison site in the Deer Lake watershed and, if necessary, consider the resolution techniques described in Appendix 3.
Applied Science, Faculty of
Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of
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Koloa, Mura, and n/a. "National development planning in Papua New Guinea." University of Canberra. Management, 1993. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060815.124347.

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Estraikh, Gennady. "Soviet Yiddish : language planning and linguistic development /." Oxford [u.a.] : Clarendon Press, 1999. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0606/98044256-d.html.

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Maghimbi, Samuel Joseph. "Rural development policy and planning in Tanzania." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.495951.

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The thesis examin~ rural development in Tanzania from the precolonial period to~present time. The work is a historical study. It is shown that the pre-colonial rural economies were prosperous in crops and animals. Disruption and decline of these economies commenced towards the end of the last century. Depopulation, war and disease contributed to the decline. Colonial agricultural, trading and trades licensing policies are shown to have contributed to the process of creating rural backwardness. Rural backwardness manifests itself basically as rural poverty. Colonial marketing policies which helped to marginalize the peasant economy are analysed. A description of land alienation policies and their consequences on the rural economy is made. Measures by the authorities to stimulate rapid economic change in rural areas by bypassing the peasants are investigated. The crisis of large scale mechanized farming is outlined. Attempts by the policy makers and planners to rediscover the peasant in the transformation approach to rural planning are examined. The attempts by the peasants to organize themselves to promote rural development and the problems associated with this organization are critically explored in relationship to the policy maker~ attempts to control and patronize the peasant economy. Government policies and plans including grand plans aimed at the peasant to bring rapid economic and social development in the countryside are critically evaluated. The level of development of the peasant economy is elaborated empirically. The theory is advanced that the backwardness of the peasant economy is a result of bad policies and plans and exploitation and misunderstanding of the peasant by other agencies like the state and marketing institutions. The family farm is investigated in comparison to the large scale mechanized state farm. The superiority of the family farm in organization and capacity to survive harsh market and technical conditions and to create jobs is demonstrated. A theory on peasant farming in Tanzania is constructed and a theory on the causes of rural backwardness is tested. The nature of the Tanzanian state and its relevance to rural development are investigated. The failure by the state to formulate and execute sound policies and plans on rural development is demonstrated. The conclusion is reached that in rural development the work of actual production at the farm level should be left to the peasant himself because he can do the job best and at lower costs and that the government should only concern itself with improving rural transport and marketing.

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Combrink, Aneri. "Cognitive development in planning theory / A. Combrink." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4564.

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This study reconsiders cognitive development in planning theory, in order to expose the underlying cognitive framework through which academics communicate in planning literature. A cognitive framework develops over time and through experience within the minds of theorists and readers of planning theory. This framework forms the basis for orientation and interpretation of planning literature by the reader. This is illustrated by describing the various perspectives within planning theory and the connotations they have with different levels of theorising. The different perspectives involve the nature thereof, the history and its political conviction, underpinned by ideology. The different levels of theorising involve a framework which descends from thinking through to implementation and consists of a philosophical–, meta–theoretical– and a technical (tools) level. The problem is that the concept of a developed cognitive framework is rarely discussed in a constructive manner in planning literature. This proves to be the cause of confusion for students and other readers whom have not yet developed their own cognitive framework. An incomplete framework causes misconceptions from existing literature for example: the purpose of Faludi's book Planning Theory (1973). A discussion of this framework by academics could explain unresolved debates such as the substance and procedural debate and the normative theory versus the positive theory debate. The application of this framework proves that the political conflict in planning theory literature such as the more rational perspectives versus the more socio–political perspectives could be more constructive. Therefore this study argues that a cognitive framework could be determined by the general perspectives in planning literature together with different levels of theorising, and should become a constructive part of planning theory (debate) and education. Furthermore this study argues that if all perspectives are allowed to develop fully (non–competitive and attaining all different levels of theorising), connotations could be made on a meta–theoretical level to provide a proper cross range description of planning and provide a proper basis for comparison and would lead to more relevant and constructive debate(s).
Thesis (M.Art. et Scien. (Town and Regional Planning))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.

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Beretta, Ruth. "Place promotion, place protection and development planning." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677969.

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This is an exploration of how an understanding of place, sense of place and belongingness is affected by place promotion. Case study research captures the unique experience of a town in Cornwall, part of a WHS and SSSI, geographically close to the tourist resort of St Ives,yet devalorised and with no appetite for regeneration or restoration. The approach to planning for place promotion demonstrates a balancing act between planned development and protection of the existing place image, identified as protective belonging.

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Mahmood, Shahid. "Sustainable development and planning laws in Lahore." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25247864.

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Lewis, Sally Anne. "Reconciling Australian planning, development and housing outcomes." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/16832.

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Recently Australian governments and the housing industry have argued that planning was, in part, responsible for low rates of housing supply growth during a period of strong population growth and high house prices. In response, this study explored how planning influences the decisions industry makes regarding the housing projects it is responsible for delivering. Thirty nine industry professionals from public, private and community sector organisations, and thirty six public sector planners from local, state and federal agencies, in NSW, ACT and SA participated, while the Sydney Growth Centres provided a contemporary case study. The study found planning was secondary to the priority influences on industry decisions of market, unique organisational characteristics, the site, and financial or economic conditions. Each housing project is a unique combination of these factors, and therefore inconsistent with the strategic planning framework to some extent. The principal planning influence was therefore ‘time’ associated with undertaking strategic planning processes, during which mandatory planning approvals cannot be obtained and new housing cannot be delivered. Contrary to recent planning reform agendas that emphasis standardisation and clearly articulated strategic plans, it was found ‘responsive’ planning that integrates the activities and knowledge of industry, with planning processes and infrastructure agency activities could facilitate the delivery of housing projects that reflect planning objectives, while shortening time frames. However, this should not compromise ‘certainty’ and ‘transparency’, which is valued by community, government, infrastructure agencies and industry. A ‘relational’ approach to planning, where plans are structured frameworks for considering urban problems, opportunities and proposals may address the certainty versus responsiveness tension. Planners would be responsible for facilitating pragmatic solutions that balance competing urban interests. Further research that addresses responsive and relational strategic planning in an Australian context, and the crucial role of public sector planners as they engage with industry and balance competing urban interests is suggested.

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KOPPLIN, STEPHANIE NICOLE BALTODANO. "GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING: OPTIONS FOR ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/190659.

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Olson, Steven L. "A Planning Process for Water Supply Development." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/296428.

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From the Proceedings of the 1989 Meetings of the Arizona Section - American Water Resources Association and the Hydrology Section - Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science - April 15, 1989, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada
Arizona's Groundwater Management Act has changed the perspective that water providers must use when planning to meet growing water demands. The goal of safe-yield in the Active Management Areas and the requirements of both the Second Management Plan and the Assured Water Supply provisions will require all water providers to consider other options besides additional groundwater development when expanding their water supply plans. A simplified process will be presented that stresses the need for well thought-out, cost-effective water resource planning to meet management requirements for both public and private water providers. The process relies on an initial projection of water demand, an analysis of demand reduction potential, an examination of supply alternatives, and a discussion of the characteristics that must be considered when weighing the demand reduction and supply alternatives for implementation. Development of water supply plans that meet existing and future needs for growing service areas will be increasingly important to water providers in Arizona and throughout the and West.

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Martin, Christina. "Succession Planning and Development of Nurse Leaders." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5900.

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Health care organizations can provide comprehensive, formal learning opportunities to develop nurse leaders for advanced leadership roles. The purpose of this doctoral project was to create an evidence-based nursing leadership academy focused on development of advanced leadership skills and competencies to cultivate frontline and midlevel nurse leaders for executive nursing and health care leadership positions. The practice-focused question addressed how an advanced nursing leadership education program would affect the knowledge level and competencies of nurse leader participants. The American Organization of Nurse Executives' (AONE) 5 nurse executive competency domains served as the framework for this project. Data were collected from 10 nurse manager and nurse leader participants, selected based on their performance and desire to succeed into an advanced leadership role, who completed the AONE nurse executive competency assessment. Findings indicated that greatest improvement was observed in the knowledge of the health care environment domain, followed by the communication and relationship building domain. Findings may be used to provide advanced leadership education to frontline and midlevel nurse leaders to support succession planning and development of nurse leaders to advance into executive leadership positions.

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Dillard, Robin Ford. "Healthcare Executive Leadership Development and Succession Planning." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4212.

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Business leaders face leadership crises as executives from the baby boomer generation retire, creating a shortage of experienced and knowledgeable leaders. Some business leaders are unprepared for the replacement of retiring senior-level executives and lack strategies for succession planning. The findings of this study indicate succession planning and leadership development play a significant role in preparing future healthcare leaders in their ability to improve the quality of patient care and improve the strategic and financial health of the organization. Guided by the human capital theory the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the strategies used by healthcare leaders for succession planning. The study consisted of interviewing the chief executive officers of 3 separate hospitals operating under a multihospital system located in south-central Texas. The data collection process included semistructured interviews and review of relevant organizational documents related to leadership development. Through methodological triangulation and employing Yin's 5-step data analysis technique of design, prepare, collect, analyze and share, several themes emerged as strategies for succession planning. The themes of executive coaching, leadership dyads, and leadership pipelines, ensure a new generation of emerging leaders have access to experienced leaders through coaching opportunities and allow physicians to co-lead a hospital and maintain a meaningful presence in patient care. Social implications of the study include prepared leaders to implement the ongoing healthcare reform in the United States, trained to improve the quality of care provided to patients.

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Hobson, Nicole DeJarnett Beyerlein Michael Martin. "Succession planning and situational engagement." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-5168.

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Cunningham, Christopher Robert. "Uncertainty, zoning and land development (Washington)." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available full text, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.

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Kennedy-Skipton, Henry G. "Property development and urban regeneration : policy-led office development in Glasgow/Clydebank and Manchester/Salford." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.363295.

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Gedikli, Bahar. "Strategic Spatial Planning And Its Implementation In Turkey: Sanliurfa Provincial Development Planning Case." Phd thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12605550/index.pdf.

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This thesis aims at analyzing the strategic spatial planning, which has received widespread acceptance both in developed and developing countries. Turkey is one of the countries that has been trying to adopt this new tendency. Recently, Provincial Development Planning has been introduced into the Turkish planning system as a stratgeic planning attempt. This thesis evaluates the Sanliurfa Provincial Development Planning case with respect to a set of criteria
underlines the role of continent factors (specific actors in the process and their roles) in the satisfaction of these criteria
and highlights the role of place-specific factors (quality of social capital, level of economic development) in the planning process. The strategic planning is not merely concerned with the plannng process
but also with implementation and monitoring stages. Therefore, the thesis stresses that these three integral stages --planning, implementation, monitoring-- should be eqaully considered with agents, roles and resources so that the plans can be implemented.

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Burns, Peter M. "Master planners & master planning : tourism planning & development in the Third World." Thesis, Roehampton University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.388988.

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Chrzanowski, Michael J. (Michael John). "Development of a manufacturing & business planning tool to aid in forward planning." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52961.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1993, and Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 93).
by Michael J. Chrzanowski.
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Roth, Carl Carleton University Dissertation Engineering Electrical. "A study of artificial intelligence planning: a framework for a planning development system." Ottawa, 1989.

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Hales, Richard James. "The incorporation of sustainable development within land use development planning : examining constraint and facilitation in the English planning system." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2003. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/3439/.

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This thesis explores the extent to which the arrangements of the English land use planning system have influenced attempts to incorporate the concerns of sustainable development. This is achieved through an examination of both the procedural and communicative aspects of development plan preparation. The research inquiry is defined by an assumption that the existing statutory requirements and institutional form of development planning may both constrain and facilitate the requisite incorporation. Sustainable development is a very broad notion with both consensual and conflictual aspects, characteristics which render an examination of its assimilation into any sector of governance problematic. The tendency within the planning literature has been to concentrate upon specific criteria relating to sustainable resource management or implementational capacity. This thesis argues that such an approach is inappropriate at this early stage in the notion's assimilation. The essential issue in terms of management and implementation is the extent to which environmental resources are re-evaluated under the auspices of sustainable development - without such a foundational underpinning research in the field is open to become an arbitrary activity. With a line of inquiry founded upon `sustainable re-evaluation' the research reveals, through survey and case study work, that present arrangements within formal development planning are predominantly constrictive. The planning system has undoubtedly come to include reference to sustainable development within its decision making but in a detached, partial and criteria driven manner. The thesis concludes that the crucial need to sustainably re-evaluate our environment, as the integral root of policy and proposal formulation, is being deflected or partitioned off from playing a foundational mediatory role. More tellingly, communicative and procedural activity is smothering the motivation of actors and stakeholders to take on the necessary re-evaluation. In theory opportunities do exist but current practices, agendas and vested interests deny them their potential.

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Lowndes, Theresa Maria. "Privatisation, rural railways and community development." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/2178.

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This thesis examines two separate, but interrelated, issues, namely rail privatisation and rural dependency on the availability of rail transport. The thesis was based on the proposition that rural accessibility permits the development and sustainability of the social and economic lives of a community and that this interrelationship is currently threatened by rail privatisation and the associated risks of line closures or service cutbacks. To test this proposition a thorough investigation into the theory and practice of privatisation was completed, together with a comprehensive survey of the travel arrangements of people living in rural communities served by branch line railways. A variety of research methods were employed, including desk-top studies involving literature searches, qualitative investigations to assist questionnaire design and the use of self-administered questionnaires by sample populations. The empirical results are presented and discussed against the background of introductory chapters which review the policy of privatisation, the evolution of rail privatisation and the role of the rural branch line. The concluding chapters present three different scenarios for the future of rural branch lines, ranging from closure to revitalisation, and outline areas where future research may be carried out. The main findings were that a substantial number of people depend on the branch lines to enable them to carry out a wide variety of journeys and it was concluded that branch line railways do indeed play a vital role in the development and sustainability of the rural community. Furthermore, it was concluded that rail privatisation may indeed pose a threat to the future provision of branch line services and as such could have far-reaching impacts on the future well-being of the rural community.

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Cheung, Ping-kuen Peter, and 張秉權. "Analysis of development potential of underground development in urban areas." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31980144.

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Dyer, Georges, Michelle McKay, and Mauricio Mira. "From Clean Development to Strategic Sustainable Development : Strategic planning for the Clean Development Mechanism." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-4182.

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Under the Kyoto Protocol, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has the dual objectives of facilitating a cost-effective way of meeting greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and contributing to global sustainable development. Due in part to a lack of consensus on definitions of sustainability and sustainable development and a lack of capacity to address these concepts, there is a risk that CDM projects may fail to move the host country towards sustainability. We suggest the use of a scientific, principle-based definition of sustainability to guide project participants in their decision-making process. We propose a user-friendly project planning tool – CDM Select – that can build capacity for project developers to employ a strategic, whole-system approach to sustainable development and increase the likelihood that CDM projects move society towards sustainability. Early review of CDM Select by experts and practitioners in the CDM arena indicate that it has strong potential to assist in these efforts.

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Sundler, Sofie Inger. "Ecosystem Services in Spatial Planning : Towards Sustainable Development in the Swedish Physical Planning Process." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för ekoteknik och hållbart byggande, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-19823.

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This thesis aims at defining the connection between the increasingly popular ecosystem services theory and its practical implications for sustainable development in Swedish physical spatial planning. A literature study was made to summarize the ecosystem services and resilience thinking concepts (with an emphasis on ecosystem services), their definitions and potential uses in physical spatial planning. This overview was then applied in choosing a concept framework to be tested in a case-study: the possible changes in ecosystem services and their values in a land-use trade off situation. To gather insight into the benefits of the ecosystem services concept, compared to environmental integration into physical spatial planning on a municipal level today, the literature study was extended to encompass a short overview of environmental management in the Swedish planning system. Finally, the case study was introduced to municipal employees with strong ties to the planning process, in order to gage their opinions on the ecosystem services concept and its usefulness in planning for sustainability and increased human wellbeing. The results of these interviews showed a generally positive attitude towards the concept as a way to gather and communicate ecological and socio-cultural information to decision makers. The economic valuation was deemed less important as the method is fraught with such difficulties. Overall, the ecosystem services and resilience thinking concepts have great potential to gather the discontinuous environmental management methods toward sustainable (ecologic) development, but in order for this to happen, the municipalities need to be given the right resources, and incentives, for implementation.

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Browning, William Dee. "Green development--determining the cost of environmentally responsive development." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64863.

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