ABSTRACT
Unlike planning for forestry and agriculture or for the built environment, which produce physical goods for sale and consumption, planning for the ‘natural’ environment produces intangible results with few economic benefits. We therefore need to produce a philosophy of why planning for the ‘natural’ environment should be built into planning for productive activities, or become a productive planning activity in its own right by charging directly for the consumption of environmental goods instead of indirectly by taxation. Alternatively we could attempt to produce some monetary measures by which to value the ‘natural’ environment, since traditionally it has been seen as a free good to pollute or to enjoy recreational activity in.
