Environments articles from December 2003

Environments archives from December 2003

Editorial.
December 1, 2003... With this issue, Environments completes four issues on the theory and practice of planning, management and decision-making. The papers in these issues are published at a time of dynamic change in thinking about such theory and practice. The...

In memoriam: Harry Coblentz.
December 1, 2003... In September 2003, the Planning School and the Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) lost an outstanding retired faculty member and graduate student supervisor: Harry Coblentz. From 1984 to 1994, Harry served as the Editor-in-Chief of...

Evaluating collaborative planning: the British Columbia experience.
December 1, 2003... Collaborative planning (CP) is emerging as the dominant planning model in environmental management. The essence of CP is to delegate responsibility for planning to multistakeholder groups that engage in face-to-face negotiations to reach...

Planning in the public interest: an evaluation of civil society participation in collaborative land use planning in British Columbia.
December 1, 2003... Abstract This paper assesses civil society participation in collaborative planning by completing a comprehensive survey of participants in a collaborative land use planning process in British Columbia, Canada. Participant responses are...

Backcountry tourism perspectives on shared decision making in B.C. land use planning.
December 1, 2003... Abstract This paper examines the degree to which shared decision making (SDM) principles, guidelines, and outcomes were realized in British Columbia's land and resource management plans (LRMPs) from the perspective of tourism respondents...

Achieving effective implementation: an evaluation of a collaborative land use planning process.
December 1, 2003... Abstract A key to sustainable resource planning is effective implementation of management plans. Despite its obvious significance, planning implementation remains a relatively neglected area of planning research. This paper helps address...

Land use planning implementation: a 'best practices' assessment.
December 1, 2003... Abstract This paper identifies and evaluates the best implementation practices considered by five innovative North American land use planning agencies as being most critical to achieving their policy objectives. Senior personnel from each...

International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics.
December 1, 2003... International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics John Barry and E. Gene Frankland, eds. 2002. Routledge, London and New York. ISBN 0-415-20285-X $150.00 (US) 513 pp. This first edition of the International Encyclopedia of...

Principles of Water Resources: History, Development, Management and Policy.
December 1, 2003... Principles of Water Resources: History, Development, Management and Policy Thomas V. Cech, 2003. John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York. ISBN: 0-471-43861-8 (hc) US$100.480 pp. As a geomorphologist who teaches and researches in the area of...