Implementing natural hazard mitigation provisions: Exploring the role that individual land use planners can play

Journal of Planning Literature

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 362-371

  Stevens, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discretion; Land use planning; Natural hazard mitigation; Planning agency commitment; Project permit review

Indexed keywords

LAND USE PLANNING; MITIGATION; NATURAL HAZARD; PLANNING PROCESS;

EID: 77957993306     PISSN: 08854122     EISSN: 15526593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885412210375821     Document Type: Article

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