ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the simple triangular model to understand the divergent priorities of planning. If the property conflict is characterized by the economy's ambivalent interest in providing at least a subsistence existence for working people, and the resource conflict by the economy's ambivalent interest in providing sustainable conditions for the natural environment, the development conflict stems from the difficulty of doing both at once. In other words, the development conflict can be resolved only if the property conflict is resolved as well. The challenge for poor communities is now to expand their work on the property conflict to address the development conflict as well that is, to challenge the false choice of jobs over the environment. The current environmental enthusiasm among planners and planning schools might suggest their innate predisposition to protect the natural environment. In an ideal world, planners would strive to achieve a balance of all three goals.
