ABSTRACT

Sustainable Development is now firmly on the planning agenda and is an issue neither practitioner nor academic can afford to ignore. Planning for a Sustainable Future provides a multi-disciplinary overview of sustainability issues in the land use context, focusing on principles and their application, the legal, political and policy context and the implication of sustainable development thinking for housing, urban design and property development as well as waste and transport. The book concludes by considering how sustainable and unsustainable impacts alike can be measured and modelled, providing real tools to move beyond rhetoric into practice.

part |6 pages

Part I Introduction: Sustainable Development – Principles and Practice

part |6 pages

Part II The Challenge of Sustainable Development: Exploring the Complexities

chapter 7|14 pages

Sustainable Cities or Town Cramming?

chapter 8|16 pages

Housing, Homes and Social Sustainability

chapter 9|18 pages

The Challenge of Sustainable Transport

chapter 10|16 pages

Sustainable Property Development

chapter 12|18 pages

Planning and Sustainable Waste Management

part |6 pages

Part III Sustainable Development in Practice

chapter 13|18 pages

The People: Where Will They Travel and How?

chapter 15|16 pages

The Sustainable Town Centre

chapter 16|14 pages

Conflicts and Resolutions