Land and Limits Interpreting Sustainability in the Planning Process

Land and Limits: Interpreting Sustainability in the Planning Process

By Richard Cowell and Susan Owens

In a new and critical analysis, this book explores the impact of an influential idea - sustainable development - on the institutions and practices governing use of land.

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Publisher: Routledge
Publish Date: 02/28/2016
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781138992993
ISBN-10: 1138992992
Language: English

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In a new and critical analysis, this book explores the impact of an influential idea - sustainable development - on the institutions and practices governing use of land. It examines the paradox that in spite of increasing attention to sustainability, land use conflict is as ubiquitous and intense as ever.

About the Authors

Susan Owens is Professor of Environment and Policy at the University of Cambridge, Department of Geography, and a Professorial Fellow of Newnham College. She has long-standing research interests in environmental policy, politics and planning. She was a member of the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution 1998-2008.<

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Susan Owens is an art historian and curator. Former curator of paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, she writes and lectures widely on British art.

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