Land Use and Spatial Planning Enabling Sustainable Management of Land Resources /

• Main Author: Metternicht, Graciela (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
• Subjects: Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Environmental geography.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Environmental Geography.; Environmental Management.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Regional/Spatial Science.

This book reconciles competing and sometimes contradictory forms of land use, while also promoting sustainable land use options. It highlights land use planning, spatial planning, territorial (or regional) planning, and ecosystem-based or environmental land use planning as tools that strengthen land...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Planning: definitions and evolution in the context of SLM
• 3. Principles of best practice in land use planning for SLM
• 4. Contributions of land use planning to sustainable land use and management
• 5. Concluding remarks
• 6. References.