ABSTRACT
This book provides an international perspective on rural planning, focused on developing countries. It examines several conventional fields of development planning and a number of innovative local planning approaches, drawing together lessons from recent and current experience of rural planning and land use in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Opportunities for improving strategic and participatory approaches are presented and the principles of these approaches are underscored. Attention is drawn to the relationships between strategic planning and local economic development, and the ways in which coordinated development planning and management of natural resources can underpin sustainable local livelihoods.
