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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Planning Law"”.
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Comparative Environmental and Planning Law Relating to Light Pollution Control in England and Other Jurisdictions
… lighting energy consumption. Therefore, hard laws and soft laws from international and national jurisdictions established a duty on local authorities to manage outdoor lights and control all key elements of light pollution so as to ensure that people are not exposed to risks to the night …
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An evaluation of the impact of planning law and policy on the small business enterprise
The overall aim of the work is to review the planning system in the context of the world of the small business enterprise. The objective being to ascertain whether the Government policy 'Lifting the Burden' is being achieved or can be achieved and whether businesses are in practice being encouraged …
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Montagu : urban conservation in a small town : the role of voluntary conservation groups and planning law in heritage resource management
Conservation in Montagu started in the early 1970s, with the rescuing and restoration of significant buildings and the declaration of 21 National Monuments (now called Provincial Heritage Sites), which safeguarded those buildings when no other heritage protections were in place. This was followed …
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The relationship between the social licence and law in the context of the Scottish fracking debate: a textual, thematic and comparative analysis of environmental and planning law governing onshore oil and gas authorisations in Scotland.
… between the social licence concept and law in the context of the Scottish fracking debate. Informed by the researcher's use of literal and thematic coding of academic literature as a basis for defining the social licence as an objective concept, this relationship is considered via a …
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The effect of recent legislation on the draft planning and development bill for the Western Cape
The object of urban planning is to improve the quality of life and the welfare of the community involved. However, planning policies and controls need to be embodied in legislation in order to make them applicable to the general public. Planning law has suffered from many shortcomings. It has …
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The urban edge : a spatial planning tool or device for land development management : a Western Cape perspective
The regulation of South African land use planning law is challenging; it is a field that is complex and not fully understood.1 One reason for the complexity in the past was the number of laws that were in force.2 Other factors include the number of authorities that are involved, the irregular …
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Land use planning mandates: a quest for legal certainty
… legal certainty with regard to the exercise of planning law mandates of the respective spheres of government in South Africa. An attempt is made to uncover the reasons for the lack of legal certainty by looking at the pre-1994 planning regime and the regulatory framework inherited by the new …
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The right to the city and environmental justice in urban South Africa
… areas. South Africa has well-rounded spatial planning, environmental management, and local planning law. These are guided by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 and in principle seek to address the persistent challenges currently characterising cities and towns across the …
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An outline and critical assessment of the role of planning laws in the regulatory framework of climate change adaptation in South Africa and Nigeria
… The point of departure of this research is that planning laws have a role to play in the adapting to, and building of resilience against, climate change. As such the work argues for an integration of climate change considerations into planning, environmental and related laws. The relevant laws …
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Social and political Implications of the Law Relating to Systems of Planning Permissions in Zambia
The reception of English Planning law in Zambia is twofold. First the English Town and Country Planning Legislation was received with such adaptations as the circumstances required. Secondly, the decisions of English Courts and British Ministers have been used as precedents.The innovation of …
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Social and political Implications of the Law Relating to Systems of Planning Permissions in Zambia
The reception of English Planning law in Zambia is twofold. First the English Town and Country Planning Legislation was received with such adaptations as the circumstances required. Secondly, the decisions of English Courts and British Ministers have been used as precedents.The innovation of …
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Accessing land in the city s peri-urban areas: The case of Lilongwe, Malawi
… capacity and inconsistent application of the law. These inefficiencies and challenges are rooted in Malawi's historical land dispensation that favours clientelist modes of political legitimation that manifest in poorly coordinated land expropriation programmes and l'aissez faire implementation …
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The hidden price of power
… and then proceed to draw together the current laws which are available to protect us from any perceived risks. Briefly, the writer will attempt to assess the UK law and its implications in this sphere. Also the appropriate European law (herein after referred to as EU (European Union) law) and …
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The nature, scope and purpose of spatial planning in South Africa : towards a more coherent legal framework under SPLUMA
Planning law has a significant role to play in facilitating and governing development within a country. In South Africa, a shift has occurred from the utilisation of planning laws to regulating development, to facilitating it. A key area of this legal discipline is spatial planning, which …
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Der Beitrag kommunaler Stadtplanung zur Steuerung der Bodennutzung : eine empirische Untersuchung zu Aufgaben und Arbeitsformen der Stadtplanung im Themenfeld Wohnen
The development of town planning is being intensively discussed in German planning literature. Numerous studies produced results, which are often only loosely connected. Whether these findings are representative of how planning as a whole develops or only reflect the specific working context of …
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Towards integrated sustainable rural development in the Ugu District, KwaZulu/Natal South Coast
… systems approach. Integrated development planning (IDP) was first introduced in South African planning law by the Development Facilitation Act, 1995, the Local Government Transition Act, 1996, and more recently the Local Government Municipal Systems Act, 2000. Integrated development …
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Staða faggreinar skipulagsfræðinga á Íslandi
Markmið rannsóknarinnar var að fá heildarsýn á stöðu faggreinar skipulagsfræðinga á Íslandi. Rannsóknin var framkvæmd með eigindlegri rannsóknaraðferð og unnið var með fyrirliggjandi gögn. Fram voru settar sex rannsóknarspurningar. Árið 1964 heimiluðu skipulagslög að fela sérmenntuðum mönnum gerð …
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Urban Law and Housing Policy in Zambia
… This inquiry seeks to determine whether the law relating to housing enhances the implementation of the policies formulated by the government, It follows therefore that the term "policy'1 in this context is restricted to policy statements and A directives emanating from government sources, …
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Truth and Reconciliation at the Bay: Environmental Discourse, Contested Notions of Human-Creation Relations in Mnidoo Gaamii/Georgian Bay, and Indigenous-Cottager Relations
How does environmental conservation land use planning, an endeavour that seeks to provide tools to combat climate change and protect habitat from destruction through development, contribute to the dispossession of Indigenous peoples from their lands/waters in Mnidoo Gamii/Georgian Bay? Through an …