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Baxter, James Stanley, and james baxter@rmit edu au. "Rural Land Use and Value In Northern Victoria 1880 - 1960." RMIT University. Property, Construction & Project Management, 2001. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20091008.135904.

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This thesis examines rural development processes, and in particular the impact over time of infrastructure investment on locational value in a farming community in northern Victoria, Australia. Correlation between infrastructure investment and land values was found to change over time, with the full cost of infrastructure provision not reflected in increased land values. Its impact depended on the type of infrastructure, and was linked to technological changes in agricultural production that led to different demands. The study also revealed the complexity of land ownership and use during the development of typical northern Victorian farmland, and the patterns of land value that emerged. As an historical study of land development it provides a deeper understanding of rural valuation methodology and sales analysis. It also contributes to the theory of land development, and in particular rural land-use and value.

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Johnston, Terry. "Local government rural land use planning in B.C." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29957.

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The objectives of this study are threefold: 1. to provide an understanding of the need for rural land use planning; 2. to describe and compare British Columbia's, Alberta's, Ontario's and Saskatchewan's current system for rural land use planning; and 3. if applicable, suggest improvements to B.C's rural planning process as a result of the research conducted. A historical review of the need for rural planning and land use controls has been conducted in conjunction with research into present day trends. In addition, regional district officials from around the province were contacted in order to obtain their views on rural planning in B.C. This research establishes the need for rural planning, but raises questions about the public's perception of the planning process. To obtain information on alternative planning processes, research is conducted on rural planning in Alberta, Ontario, and Saskatchewan. This information is then evaluated through a comparative analysis with the planning process used prior to Bill 62 and the new Rural Land Use Bylaw. The evaluation concludes that the Rural Land Use Bylaw is preferred over the pre-Bill 62 planning legislation. Incorporating what has been learned in previous chapters, this study concludes by presenting suggestions for amending the existing legislation in order to further simplify the planning process. Additional areas for new research are also detailed in order that planners can strive for a more flexible and responsive planning process to serve the rural public.
Applied Science, Faculty of
Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of
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Chung, Wai-hong Laurence. "Level of success of the statutory planning system in preserving & guiding development of our rural environment /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B20667590.

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Ahamad, Mohd Sanusi S. "An integrated model for land use allocation planning : a case study of residential land use in Malaysia." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.262950.

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Wong, Mui Christina. "Agricultural land use planning and management in guangdong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18153604.

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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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Gartin, Meredith Louise. "Exploring 'Place' in planning and zoning debates across a rural-urban gradient." Auburn, Ala., 2006. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2006%20Summer/Theses/GARTIN_MEREDITH_41.pdf.

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Chen, Lih Horng. "Land use control in residential areas in Taiwan." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.292486.

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Reid, Jason A. "Farmland preservation and planning policy within Wyoming counties." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1400956461&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Hashim, Halimaton Saadiah. "Integrating strategic environmental assessment into Malaysian land use planning." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/269.

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The thesis develops a framework and system for integrating Strategic Environmental Assessment [SEA] into Malaysian land use planning, for the purposes of achieving sustainable development. The emphasis is upon procedural and resource aspects of SEA rather than on methodologies. The research includes review and analysis of international and Malaysian published literature, government documents, case study analyses, a postal questionnaire survey and interviews. The development of the proposals is based on the identification of philosophies, principles and links between three main concepts, namely sustainable development, land use planning and Strategic Environmental Assessment. Examples of approaches and experiences of SEA from the United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada and elsewhere are analysed and evaluated. These are assessed against Malaysian national planning and land use planning systems and frameworks, and current Malaysian practices in environmental impact assessment. An evaluation of the strengths and shortcomings of the Malaysian systems, procedures, processes and resources is used to justify and form the basis for the proposals. The thesis describes the research framework and methodologies; the basic concepts of sustainable development, land use planning and SEA/ElA; and the Malaysian political, legislative, institutional and planning frameworks. The proposals include an idealised SEA framework within a proposed national integrated planning system for Malaysia; the functions of Malaysian SEA; a proposed structure plan process with SEA; an outline strategy for actions; and subjects for further research.

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Mohammadi, Mohamad Reza Dallalpour. "Policy impact on urban land use patterns in Iran." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.260891.

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Quinn, A. M. "Retail development and land use planning in Northern Ireland." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.273145.

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Murtagh, Brendan. "A comparison of two land use planning organisations in Belfast." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.483421.

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Chung, Wing-keung Bishop. "Economic analysis of land use planning and development in New Territories : y Chung Wing-Keung Bishop." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25939816.

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葉國權 and Kwok-kuen Kevin Yip. "Strategies for developing Hong Kong rural land." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31257094.

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Lemon, Mark. "Perceptual congruence and change : non-urban communities and land-use planning." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1991. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11092.

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The planning and management of change has tended to be directed towards the achievement of end states. Adaptive procedures are generally undertaken when it is felt that these end states will not be reached and intervention is necessary. This intervention is usually determined by the technical and organizational criteria of the management system. This thesis argues, using the land-use planning system as a central example, that such an approach to change management fails to acknowledge the diversity of the process. Two points are considered to be fundamental to this argument. Firstly, that diversity is the generator of change, and not merely an inconvenient constraint upon its management Secondly, change follows multi-dimensional pathways (through time, across space, and between themes), that do not conform to technical, linear. management criteria. Failure to recognise these points inevitably hinders the ability of management systems to adapt to the uncertainty of the environment for which they have assumed responsibility. One measure of this failure is the mis-match between the agenda set by the managers of change, and that which is desired by the consumers of the process. The thesis supports the need for integrated management systems that are cognizant of, and driven by, the variety which is identified within the consumer agenda. The field work for the study considers ways of identifying the nature and extent of this variety. It will be argued that individuals interpret, negotiate, and effect change interactively with the wider social system. This interaction combines with the social and physical environments encountered by individuals in their daily lives, to define a 'sense of place'. A multi-method approach is developed which uses the demographic attributes of the . study village as bench marks that will allow comparison with other localities, and place it on an urban - rural continuum. This quantitative data also provides a means by which the variety of qualitative data can be assessed, and upon which provisional classifications about how particular groupings respond to change can be based. An interview and questionnaire instrument will be introduced. This will enable respondents to construct their own cognitive pathways of how changes which are pertinent to the local environment have evolve~. These pathways are then compared with the criteria Identified In land-use planning documentation, and the level of congruence between the two examined.

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Newman, John Michael. "Rural subdivision planning in Missoula County, Montana a planner's perspective /." Diss., [Missoula, Mont.] : The University of Montana, 2009. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-01122010-152911.

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Chan, Kwai-chau Carrie. "Planning for open storage uses in north western New Territories /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B20354381.

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黃梅 and Mui Christina Wong. "Agricultural land use planning and management in Guangdong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31259315.

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Osman, Elizabeth Helen. "Rural land sharing communities in South Australia : planning and legal constraints to their development." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1991. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envo83.pdf.

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Bibliography: leaves 103-106. This research is concerned with rural land sharing communities in South Australia. The state's planning system is examined to see what mechanisms it possesses for dealing with communal or any other unconventional development, and what the main planning constraints are. A case study of an actual development application for a rural land sharing community is examined.

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Nhantumbo, Isilda da Conceçãio João. "Multiobjective rural land use planning : potential for social forestry in Maputo, Mozambique." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/15516.

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Maputo City has a very high population density and sources of domestic energy such as electricity, gas or even kerosene are not yet available for the majority of the population. Demand for wood products is high both in the rural and urban areas for consumption and generation of income. Coupled with agricultural expansion, this raises concerns over the sustainability of use of natural forest resources. Nevertheless, the government has limited financial and human resources to establish plantations which can satisfy the increases in wood demand, especially in the urban areas. The 1991 Reforestation policy attempted to overcome this by adopting as strategy the involvement of the users, especially the rural community, in the replacement of exploited forest resources. However, reported failure in implementation of this strategy has suggested that there is need to elaborate a decision support tool, which would encapsulate the multidisciplinary nature of the problem, at both farm and regional levels. The underlying hypothesis of this research is, therefore, that despite data scarcity and/or unreliability, it is possible to develop a planning framework applying a relatively sophisticated planning tool such as Mathematical Programming. The aim of the thesis is to perform an ex-ante analysis of the impact of the strategy, stressing a bottom-up and integrated planning procedure and including decision makers at the two levels. Both single and multiobjective mathematical programming methods are applied, preceded by the use of Geographical Information Systems in the analysis of the spatial distribution of resources. The results show that by integrating agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry activities and constraints in the farm planning framework, it is possible to assess the individual potential responses to reforestation alternatives. Furthermore, conflicts among national goals are assessed using aggregation techniques. This provides policy makers with information on the opportunity cost that may be associated with changes in government priorities.

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Hurley, Patrick T. "Conserving threatened habitat types in rural landscapes through land use planning : a case study in Wasco County, Oregon /." view abstract or download file of text, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p1405197.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Oregon, 2001.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 170-177). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to UO users.

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Stead, Dominic St John. "Planning for less travel : identifying land use characteristics associated with more sustainable travel patterns." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1999. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1318019/.

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This study examines the extent to which land use planning can influence travel and how it might be able to reduce the environmental impact of transport. Although other studies have examined this issue before, many have only examined the influence of a small number of land use characteristics and most have not taken account of socio-economic reasons for variations in travel in different areas. This study examines the influence of a range of land use characteristics on travel and takes into account a large number of socio-economic characteristics. It also examines whether the links between travel, socio-economic and land use characteristics have changed over time. The hypothesis of the study is that land use policies influence travel patterns even when differences in social and economic characteristics are taken into account. The study examines several sets of data containing information on travel, socio-economic characteristics and land use. Data from the National Travel Survey are examined to identify relationships between land use, socio-economic characteristics and travel patterns. Data from four separate National Travel Surveys are used to examine whether these relationships change over time. Data from two local travel surveys from Kent and Leicestershire are also used to provide a more detailed level of analysis. The data from the two local surveys also allow some comparison with the data from the National Travel Surveys. The relationships between land use, socio-economic characteristics and travel patterns are examined using multiple regression analysis. Although causal relationships cannot be identified in the absence of longitudinal data, the study does provide insights into possible interactions between land use, socio-economic characteristics and travel patterns. After identifying the land use characteristics associated with lower travel demand, the planning implications for reducing the demand for travel are considered. Issues of policy implementation including obstacles, barriers and responsibilities are discussed. The research contributes to knowledge about planning policies that promote more sustainable development. It focuses on a topic that might practically contribute to the search for indicators of sustainable development, the revision of government planning guidance on transport and land use planning and the formulation of the recently announced Urban White Paper. The research also identifies specific land use characteristics that might be used by local authorities in developing more sustainable planning policies. The results of the study show that the variation in travel patterns across different areas is often due more to socio-economic reasons than land use characteristics. However, land use planning is still likely to have a significant effect on influencing travel patterns, particularly if supported by complementary measures.

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Partidario, Maria do Rosario. "An environmental assessment and review (EAR) procedure : a contribution to comprehensive land-use planning." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.314667.

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Over the past twenty years environmental impact assessment (EIA) has proved to be a useful tool in many countries to evaluate the positive and negative effects of implementing development projects. It also became a key tool to support environmental decision-making. Many lessons can be learned from past experience, including that there could be some advantages in extending the EIA concept to policy and planning levels. In so doing, many difficulties that arise when assessing negative impacts at the project level might be overcome, or at least minimized. Some countries already provide examples of the application of EIA to policy and plans. However, difficulties exist for two key reasons. First when addressing policies and plans, an EIA approach similar to project EIA is being used. Given differences in terms of content and detailed approaches when comparing policies and plans with projects, it is likely that a different form of EIA should be used. Second, it is increasingly recognized that an integration of environmental issues in policy-making and planning processes is required to enable environmentally sound policy and planning decisions to be made. A procedure to assess environmental impacts in the comprehensive land-use planning process, which is also applicable at the policy level, is proposed. In this procedure it is assumed that an integration of environmental issues in the planning process must occur so that a more environmentally sound planning practice occurs. This step is fundamental at this level of action to allow an environmental assessment and review approach to be used in a way that is integrated with the planning process, but which adopts a flexible and adaptive nature, to help achieve more sustainable planning practice. International experience is considered, both in relation to recent legal and procedural advancements and case-study analysis. Two case-studies in Portugal, which address a regional and a municipal plan, and the simulation by the use of an independent experts commission in the environmental assessment and review process are presented before conclusions are drawn.

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Long, Catherine M. "Comparing rural land parcels transferred with all rural land parcels using local real property tax records: a case study in three Virginia counties." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91137.

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Increasingly, information on rural land is needed by land owners, realtors, investors, appraisers, government officials, and researchers to make effective economic and policy decisions involving land. One source of information that could meet this demand is local real property tax records. These records continuously provide parcel data relating to value, use, ownership, location, size, and taxes. These records also provide data on transfers of rural land, such as sales price, previous ownership, date of transfer, and type of transfer. Transfer data, in particular, may be useful at meeting data needs because sales prices are generated strictly from market interaction and because rural transfers represent only two to four percent of all rural parcels, thus providing a small, efficient sample to rely upon. Transfer data have often been used in land market analyses, particularly for local land markets. However, questions have arisen as to the representativeness of parcels sold of all parcels. The purpose of this study is to determine whether transfers of rural land are representative of all rural land parcels in terms of value and several value-producing characteristics. To accomplish this, an economic model is developed to explain the variations in the assessed per acre value of rural land in three Virginia counties. This model is then transformed into a statistical model that examines a data set composed of all rural land parcels and a data set composed of bona fide transfers occurring in 1983. The regression results of the two data sets are statistically compared. In addition, comparisons of the two data sets are also made on the basis of mean assessed land value per acre, per acre assessed land value distribution, and parcel size distribution. The results of these comparisons indicate that bona fide transfers of rural land are not representative of all rural parcels in terms of value and value-producing characteristics.
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Chung, Wing-keung Bishop, and 鍾永強. "Economic analysis of land use planning and development in New Territories." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31257136.

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Foster, Belinda Jane. "The potential role of environmental impact assessment in forward land use planning in the U.K." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1985. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU361617.

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During the 1970s, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) developed into an important tool for integrating environmental information into decision making for project developments. Its use at the policy and plan level has not proceeded with such rapidity although its desirability at these higher levels of decision-making has been widely acknowledged. In the UK, EIA has been used in project assessment but little consideration has been given to its application to forward planning for land use. This research examines the hypothesis that environmental consequences (biophysical and socio economic) are not explored adequately in UK land use policy and plan-making and that EIA can be integrated into the existing system to ameliorate this deficiency. The essential substantive and procedural components of EIA are identified and practical developments at the policy and plan level in the US, Canada and the Netherlands are examined to enable comparison with UK achievements in integrating environmental information in land use policy-making. Statutory requirements for UK structure and local plans already necessitate the collection of a wide range of environmental data and the plan-making procedure does not prevent the identification of impacts. However, traditional formal planning evaluation methods use ad hoc inputs of- environmental information and do not take an exploratory approach to impact identification. A range of EIA methods is available dealing with impact identification, that would appear to be complementary to traditional plan evaluation methods. In practice formal evaluation methods have not been extensively used in UK structure and local plan-making so case studies of plans developed using informal evaluation are examined. A checklist based on the Battelle Environmental Evaluation System is used to compare the environmental content of four plans. In two of these plans the planners have no experience of EIA (normative examples), while in the other two cases, planners involved in their preparation have knowledge of the use of EIA in local projects. An attempt is made to use an EIA method in one of the cases. In procedural terms the case studies reveal that prediction of policy impacts are not usually undertaken at a discrete stage of plan preparation. Instead, policies are formulated as the optimum answer to problems, given constraints, which renders the production of alternatives redundant. Comparison of policy output from the two types of cases reveals similarities in landscape and built environment conservation policies but heightened awareness to risk, hazard and pollution aspects in the EIA influenced plans. Two models of the integration of EIA into multi-dimensional land use plan-making are presented. However, EIA would appear to have a more appropriate role in policy/plan review which is of increasing importance in the evolving UK planning system.

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Lau, Oi-ha Joanne. "Planning for the urban-rural fringe areas of Hong Kong : case study of Wo Yi Hop Village /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23427036.

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Kumar, Ashok. "Organisational analysis of the land use planning function : a case of the metropolitan districts of England." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.316171.

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Gilley, Clayton E. "The Lynn town planning study." Virtual Press, 1994. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/897519.

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This creative project has provided an example of a community participatory planning process in a small town setting. In this study the process specified by The Small Town Planning Handbook by Daniels, Keller And Lapping (1988) was compared to and supplemented by other contemporary small town and general planning literature. The specified process was designed to be a self help means for a small town to plan and subsequently compile an abbreviated town plan ("Miniplan"). The process was then applied to the Town of Lynn, Indiana as a case study. This study includes discussion and analysis of the study process as it occurred and resulted in several lessons learned. The most significant conclusion is that small towns cannot entirely plan on a self help basis. A visiting planner (eg. circuit rider or consultant) or a trained facilitator is necessary to guide the process. The resulting town planning study document (plan) is appended to this study for reference.
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Rolandsen, Alan R. "Planning for ecologically sustainable development on rural lands." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1992. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36258/1/z%2036258_Rolandsen_1992.pdf.

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There are two main impediments to establishing or achieving effective conservation of flora and fauna and ecological processes on rural land in Queensland. The first impediment involves those problems concerned with establishing a truly representative conservation reserve network. Finding and reserving the full range of natural diversity on appropriate land (which achieves protection of all vegetation and wildlife species and includes supporting ecological processes) is not considered to be possible. Economic land use requirements, public opposition to the "land-grab" and the effects of past land use practices preclude this option of total representation· of biodiversity in a conservation reserve system. In addition, national parks set in highly converted agricultural landscapes are not in themselves, effective conservation mechanisms. In this situation flora and fauna do not have sufficient opportunity to migrate and therefore retain viable populations. The second impediment is concerned with the way in which productive rural land is managed and used. Past agricultural practices in aiming to maximise production, have resulted in land degradation; with erosion, salinisation and decline to soil productivity causing a reduction in the amount of viable agricultural land. This ecological depradation places pressure on primary producers to convert non-protected natural lands to "higher" uses ie grazing or cropping. There is a consequent reduction or loss in the conservation potential of this land. In order to solve these problems, planning options to integrate conservation requirements into . agricultural practice has been investigated within the emerging framework of ecologically sustainable development. Broad principles, goals and objectives provide a framework for planning action at national, state and local levels. As a result of this investigation, specific actions to address concerns are: to adopt regional planning based on natural or biophysical systems; to greater emphasise community involvement and responsibility; and to greater emphasise the establishment of private conservation management agreements with primary producers. The development of planning initiatives which enhance the conservation potential of rural lands is the end point of this study. These planning initiatives take the form of policies and implementation criteria and are related to the different levels of government and to the community. It is concluded that while this multi-faceted approach has the potential to remedy the problems, some planning initi;Hives may not be adopted politically because of their conflict with economic goals. It is further concluded th.at community initiatives have a greater likelihood of being adopted and implemented.

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Chan, Chun-ho, and 陳雋浩. "Permascape: is landscape infrastructure a solution to the rapid transformation in rural-urban landscape ofmegacities?" Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47541544.

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Essex, S. J. "Woodlands in the Peak District : The effect of public policies upon selected land use in a national park." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.373613.

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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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BABIC, SCHLEUE MILICA. "LAND USE PLAN, JACKSON TOWNSHIP, CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1022601627.

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Law, Ming. "Roles of rural towns in Hong Kong /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13781285.

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Lee, Chi-on. "Sustainable development and integrated transport planning : "Is Hong Kong moving towards a more sustainable transport system for new development areas?" /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2104238X.

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Leghorn, Kenneth S. "Integrating the needs of rural subsistence economies into regional land use planning : Tenakee springs, Alaska." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26439.

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This thesis develops a rationale for natural resource planning in southeast Alaska which fosters the maintenance of rural, mixed subsistence-cash economies, and which integrates the needs of these communities for an adequate resource base with the needs of larger scale resource development projects. Operating under this rationale, natural resource planners would recognize the role that subsistence activities play in rural community stability while acknowledging the need for cash earnings and infrastructure development brought about through natural resource exports. Besides addressing the desires of rural residents to continue subsistence-oriented lifestyles, the benefits of this type of planning would be improved long term regional stability as well as increased consensus (and less litigation) over resource development projects. This research was undertaken because a growing body of literature in Alaska and Canada has shown that subsistence economies, far from being a primitive form of human enterprise which needs replacing, represent an adaptive, productive, stable, and rational socioeconomic system worthy of protecting. However, as increasing industrialization and modernization of northern regions occurs, it is evident that subsistence economies need to be better understood if they are to be maintained. This issue is important to analyze from a planning perspective because inter-disciplinary skills are needed when addressing an issue such as subsistence which involves a mix of anthropology, economics, natural resource management, and fish and wildlife biology. More importantly, planning methods and planning solutions must be applied to the issue of how subsistence and mixed economies can be maintained in order to prevent their replacement by boom-bust cycles of hinterland resource development. A case study is included to present in-depth research undertaken on one rural community in southeast Alaska. Tenakee Springs was chosen as representative of a small (population 100), isolated northern community in a resource-rich area which has experienced a moderate level of recent timber harvesting. It has a largely non-Native population, consisting of many older, retired, first or second generation white settlers and an increasing number of younger families and individuals, all of whom are attracted to the tranquil, independent, and subsistence-oriented lifestyle of this island community. This population illustrates that subsistence economies are not only present in Native cultures. Detailed information on Tenakee is used to give a complete picture of modern-day mixed subsistence-cash economies, to demonstrate that the pursuit of subsistence activities represents a viable economic strategy which enhances rural communities located in resource-rich settings and which can be negatively impacted by industrial resource development. Conclusions are also presented on the land, resource, and cash income needs of subsistence users. This case study, sponsored by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, utilized state-of-the-art research methods to address the above issues. Community meetings were made an integral part of the research. Researchers conducted meetings before the study began (to introduce the community to the methods and purposes of the research, and gain feedback and approval), during the course of the research (to present initial results and composite maps of community harvests for verification), and at the draft report stage (for review and comments). Secondly, a literature review was conducted of all pertinent demographic, economic, historical, and resource development information on Tenakee. Thirdly, 11 active resource harvesters in the community were chosen to act as "key respondents" for the purposes of intensive interviewing and mapping of their lifetime resource harvesting activity. Next, using information from these key respondents, a questionnaire was made and administered to a random 50 percent (24) of all households in Tenakee. This permitted the compilation of data on 450 variables relating to 1984 community fishing, hunting and gathering activities and socioeconomic characteristics. Finally, the random survey of 24 households also included questions on historical and current deer hunting in four areas in which a variety of timber harvesting and road building activities have occurred. The results verified that Tenakee does have an economy typical of the model for mixed subsistence-cash socioeconomic systems. There is high participation in resource harvesting, with 48 percent of all residents (including young children and people in their 80s and 90s) engaging in hunting, and 56 percent in fishing. There is a wide diversity of resources (42 species or groups of similar species) harvested, and the harvest occurs throughout the year in repeating seasonal patterns. In 1984, there was an average harvest of 500 pounds per household, or 250 pounds of wild resources for every resident. There is a network of non-commercial distribution and exchange of these resources, in which actively harvesting households give resources to non-active households, and there is a high degree of barter and trade. The cash sector of Tenakee was found to be dependent on government transfer payments, largely consisting of social security from past employment, on government employment, and on seasonal and part time work. Limited cash earnings are used, among other things, to buy resource harvesting technologies such as skiffs, motors, guns, and nets. In general, Tenakee residents are pleased with the good life they lead. Some have said the main industry in Tenakee is "taking life easy," yet residents are quick to respond to threats to their peaceful community. The Town Council is currently engaged in 3 legal actions against the US Forest Service to stop implementation of road building and logging plans in Tenakee Inlet. Results from data analysis on this issue showed that subsistence activities may be significantly effected by logging and road-building, and that the long term effects may be negative. Road building was found to result in increased deer harvests by shifting users away from the beach zone and into the upland forested areas, and by increasing the number of out-of-town hunters using an area. This made it easier for some residents to obtain deer, but others were displaced by the increased competition. Habitat alteration after logging was found to result in good deer habitat and hunting conditions for several years following clear-cutting. After approximately 10-15 years, dense regrowth may inhibit deer hunting. It is likely that over the long term, increased timber harvesting will result in a lowered deer population and more difficult hunting conditions. These results were found to have immediate application in three management arenas. First, the data was used to show that Tenakee does qualify for the subsistence protection and priority allocation provisions of Alaska law. This is an important step in maintaining subsistence opportunities for Tenakee residents. Secondly, specific information on salmon and deer harvests may be used to propose new regulations for Tenakee Inlet which restrict commercial fishing, and limit deer hunting to local residents. Thirdly, the results are being used in the impact assessment process for forest planning. Since all federal forest plans must consider their effects on subsistence uses of the forest, and because Tenakee is completely surrounded by National Forest lands, subsistence data will be of great use in community attempts to modify timber harvesting plans. A more far-reaching result of this and other studies is that the timber plans of the entire Tongass National Forest are being questioned for not having complied with subsistence assessment procedures. The thesis concludes by suggesting that planners should not just provide information so that a choice can be made between subsistence protection and resource development, but rather that planners should help formulate alternatives which allow for both goals to be achieved. A framework for a federal land use plan for the Tenakee area which balances subsistence usage of resources with larger-scale development is presented for consideration in the 1989 revision of the Tongass Land Management Plan. Current forest planning procedures in Alaska would permit such a process to unfold; it is up to professional planners and managers and interested citizens, especially from rural areas, to see that it happens.
Applied Science, Faculty of
Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of
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Wang, Ya Ping. "A comparative study of urban land use planning systems in Scotland and China, with case studies in Edinburgh and Xian." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/2117.

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Harris, Sally. "People, planning and floods : aspects of rural living at Lewiston, S.A /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 1993. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envh316.pdf.

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Johnson, Tora. "The role of dignity in rural natural resource governance." Thesis, The University of Maine, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3664634.

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Dignity is "an internal state of peace that comes with the recognition and acceptance of the value and vulnerability of all living things" (Hicks, 2011, p. 1). Dignity is a crucial element in effective governance arrangements. This study applies dignity theory, and related theories of natural resource governance and environmental communication, to understand and overcome barriers to effective governance of common pool resources in rural communities. Chapter 1 reviews relevant literature on natural resource governance and develops a theoretical framework for dignity. Chapter 2 applies dignity theory to a contentious comprehensive planning process in a small Maine town in order to understand dignity is constructed and experienced in a collective governance process. Meeting minutes and newspaper articles were coded for themes related to conflict and decision-making. Results showed parts of the planning process ignored dignity considerations. Newspaper articles reported negative or exclusionary events twice as often as positive or inclusive events. Chapter 3 outlines literature relevant to improving capacity of rural communities to adapt to climate change. It then relates a case study from rural Maine in which best practices gleaned from the literature were implemented in creating climate vulnerability assessments and interactive, web-based storm surge mapping tools for use in adaptation planning. Results suggest best practices can enable proactive adaptation without sparking debate over climate science. The survey study described in Chapter 4 examined patterns of beliefs related to climate change and its impacts among people involved in municipal government in a rural Maine county. Results indicate that one-third of respondents were doubtful or unsure about the reality of climate change, but 87% reported observing phenomena related to the warming climate. The web-based survey presented in Chapter 5 examined involvement (perceived relevance and priority) in climate change and other issues affecting rural communities, as well as perceived self- and community efficacy for addressing local problems. Results indicate climate change, per se, is not a high priority, but some climate-related issues do rank highly, suggesting areas for initiating adaptation efforts. Chapter 6 concludes by placing the results of the preceding studies within the context of the dignity framework and presents recommendations for future research.

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Chung, Wai-hong Laurence, and 鍾偉康. "Level of success of the statutory planning system in preserving & guiding development of our rural environment." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31258670.

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Chen, Yubing, and 陈宇冰. "The transformation of rural development pattern and rural planning system in China : a case study of Quanzhou." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/195102.

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At present, China is on a track of fast economic growth and urbanization development, this will definitely shape urban and rural areas at the same time. A new relationship between urban and rural areas is forming. How will urban-rural interaction in China develop in the future? What are the implications for planning legislation? This dissertation gives an overview of rural development and planning in China since 1949 and evaluates the implementation evaluation of planning legislation over the period of last decade. Through the study of planning legislation in China, an urban-rural integrated planning and management system is defined. This system consists of institutional subsystem, legal subsystem, operational subsystem, and technical subsystem. The assessment of this system at different administrative level will provide an idea that how policy and legislation could influence the development in rural areas. In respect, the findings on pilot project studies, questionnaire survey as well as field survey could serve as a feedback to the planning legislation.
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Ho, Kim-kam Bonita. "A study of rural comprehensive development/redevelopment area in the Sai Kung district : workshop report /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14014737.

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Lau, Bo-yee. "Planning responses to proliferation of open storage & port back-up uses in the rural new territories /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14803768.

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Thomas, G. S. "Land care by design : landscape planning method for facilitating community action plans to rehabilitate Australia's rural lands." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1992.

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Salzsauler, Patricia Lynn. "The influence of the Canada land inventory on land use in the Pembina Hills, 1966-1996." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0003/MQ41771.pdf.

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Yeomans, Martin Gregory. "Some dimensions of a planning problem : residential-agricultural land use conflict in metropolitan rural-urban fringe areas." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26945.

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Residential-agricultural land use conflict in the rural-urban fringe of metropolitan areas is commonly mentioned as a planning problem. The initial intent of this research was to correlate types of conflict and local planning responses in order to identify effective approaches to the management of such problems. The anticipated method would have combined theory which addresses the cause and characteristics of residential-agricultural conflict along with data from Vancouver suburbs having substantial agricultural activity and planning departments respected for their professional qualities. However, the investigation showed that the academic literature and the accessible data would not support such research. On the other hand, consultations with local planners and a review of available documentation in the municipalities of Richmond, Delta and Surrey, British Columbia, showed that residential-agricultural land use conflict is treated as a planning problem and is a source of complaints to municipal officials. Three kinds of conclusions resulted from this research. The first and second are appropriate to the underdeveloped state of the academic literature, while the first and third relate to professional practice in the absence of applicable scientific knowledge. The first is a description of the characteristics which are perceived as constituting a planning problem and a governmental response. Secondly, there are recommendations for development of data to support future research. Municipal governments in the three communities have no comprehensive monitoring system or set of cross-referenced records of complaints associated with land use conflicts. Instead, conflicts are received, identified and acted on by a variety of departments in the local government. From the descriptive material a tentative typology is offered to guide data collection and classification. Thirdly, there are suggestions which may be useful to planners who must rely on non-systematic methods to identify conflict situations appropriate for a planning response and to develop that response. The summaries of problems and responses reported are used to develop a tentative critique of present conceptualizations of appropriate planning measures. It is observed that planners have used only a few of the possible responses to rural-urban conflict. In particular, it is clear that for a wide range of conflict types there has been a reliance on land buffers to separate potentially conflicting activities. Alternative and supplementary approaches which may improve the management of typical conflict situations are suggested. These approaches focus on preventing the development of conflict through increasing the mutual understanding of the conflicting parties' points-of-view. Examples include public involvement in problem identification and resolution, as well as programs to facilitate communication between the government, farmers and non-farm residents.
Applied Science, Faculty of
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Hawkins, Virginia. "Landscape ecological planning : a study of the principles and methods of landscape ecology and their application to the planning and management of rural land use change in Britain." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/0ee19350-895b-40c8-9118-b28ec44adc30.

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Hamukwaya, Panduleni Ndiba. "Environmental criteria analysis can contribute to sustainable local level land use planning: Linyanti/Katima Mulilo Rural/Kabbe constituencies, Caprivi Region, Namibia." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2007. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_7185_1256048243.

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The contribution of local knowledge to land use planning and sustainable utilization of natural resources is enormous, yet often overlooked by conventional top-down approaches of regional integrated land use plans. The rich knowledge of local land users contribution to implementation of top-down plans is very important. This study investigated the importance of environmental criteria analysis in sustainable land management through engaging the community at local level, using Salambala Conservancy in Katima Mulilo Rural, Lusese Village in Kabbe and Mayuni Conservancy in Linyanti constituencies, Caprivi region, North East Namibia as case studies.

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