SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AS A GUIDE TO COMMUNITY LAND USE POLICY

This paper develops a working definition of sustainable development to serve as a guide for land use policy. The authors trace the historical roots of sustainable development and show how the concept has evolved based on three perspectives: ecological sustainability; economic sustainability; and social sustainability. Next, they explore the internal conflicts and areas of agreement about what sustainable development is and is not. They then show how the concept implies a set of principles that can be applied to land use policy. They argue that the concept reflects in an elegant way the real trade-offs that must be made, highlighting the values at stake rather than obscuring them.

• Corporate Authors:

  Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

  113 Brattle Street
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02138
• Authors:
  • Berke, P R
  • Kartez, J
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 34 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Definitions; Ecology; Economic factors; Land use; Policy; Social factors; Sustainable development
• Uncontrolled Terms: Economy
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00735875
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Product Code: WP95PB1;, Working Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 23 1997 12:00AM