Valuing environment, opportunities for introducing environmental criteria into the municipal development approval process at the City of Edmonton
| dc.contributor.author | De Jong, Grace Irene | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-07-12T19:43:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-07-12T19:43:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001-08-01T00:00:00Z | en_US |
| dc.degree.discipline | City Planning | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of City Planning (M.C.P.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The issue of incorporating environmental criteria within a development approval process should be of importance to all municipalities. Land has predominantly been viewed as a commodity, resulting in a utilitarian and market perspective to land use. Society also has, however, an ethical duty to the environment. How does a municipality demonstrate that it values environment through its approval processes, and how have other municipalities addressed this issue? The City of Edmonton has a system of well-developed approval processes in place to include environment as a decision making criterion. What opportunities exist for incorporating environmental criteria into an existing process and if so, where could these criteria be best incorporated? The study concludes that there is a desire by administration and the development industry to be more innovative in development patterns, but that a supporting environmental philosophy from council and senior management is missing. A lack of consistent terminology regardingenvironment is another key impediment to change. (Abstract shortened by UMI.) | en_US |
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| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/2717 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.title | Valuing environment, opportunities for introducing environmental criteria into the municipal development approval process at the City of Edmonton | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |