Strategic public land use assessment and planning in Victoria, Australia: Four decades of trailblazing but where to from here?

Land Use Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 306-313

  Coffey, Brian ^a   Fitzsimons, James A ^a   Gormly, Ryan ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b National Water Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environment Conservation Council; Land Conservation Council; Public participation; Reserve systems; Strategic environmental assessment; Victorian Environmental Assessment Council

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LAND USE PLANNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77956733741     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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