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Sustainable Development and Structure Plans in England and Wales: Operationalizing the Themes and Principles

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This paper explores attempts to operationalize some themes and principles of sustainable developmentin five UK structure plans which performed best in an overview of current practice (Counsell, 1998). Following a summary of literature, the approaches to sustainable development in the five plans-Avon, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, and West Sussex-are described. The plans are then used to explore the operationalization of a range of resource protection (environmental capacity, environmental capital and the precautionary principle) and socio-economic (social equity, policy integration and participation) themes. It is concluded that the planning system probably provides greater scope for accommodating the resource protection than the socio-economic themes, which are likely to present a considerable challenge in making sustainable development operational in planning.

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  • David Counsell, 1999. "Sustainable Development and Structure Plans in England and Wales: Operationalizing the Themes and Principles," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(1), pages 45-61.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:42:y:1999:i:1:p:45-61
    DOI: 10.1080/09640569911299
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    1. Michael Short & Carys Jones & Jeremy Carter & Mark Baker & Christopher Wood, 2004. "Current Practice in the Strategic Environmental Assessment of Development Plans in England," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(2), pages 177-190.
    2. Eva-Maria Waltner & Werner Rieß & Christoph Mischo, 2019. "Development and Validation of an Instrument for Measuring Student Sustainability Competencies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-20, March.
    3. Elise Barrella & Elisabeth Pyburn Spratto & Eric Pappas & Robert Nagel, 2018. "Developing and Validating an Individual Sustainability Instrument with Engineering Students to Motivate Intentional Change," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-24, August.
    4. Paul Chatterton & David Bradley, 2000. "Bringing Britain Together?," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 15(2), pages 98-111, July.
    5. Paul Chatterton, 2002. "'Be Realistic: Demand the Impossible'. Moving Towards 'Strong' Sustainable Development in an Old Industrial Region?," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(5), pages 552-561.

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