Download or read book Local Government Biodiversity Planning Guidelines for the Perth Metropolitan Region written by Andrew Del Marco and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Planning for Urban Biodiversity in Perth Western Australia written by Danielle Matthews and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All people are dependent on natural areas and biological diversity (or 'biodiversity') for sustenance, health, well-being and enjoyment of life. As a greater proportion of the world's population become residents of cities, more attention is being given to the impacts of urbanisation on natural ecosystems. Urban ecological research is playing an increasingly important role in urban planning, particularly in areas with high biodiversity values. The aim of this thesis was to improve the understanding of policies and processes relating to urban biodiversity conservation, specifically in the context of Perth, Western Australia. Perth is a unique capital city, situated in an internationally recognised biodiversity hotspot, and much of the land needed for new housing is still covered with original vegetation. The objectives of this study were to examine the evolution of urban planning and policy in response to biodiversity conservation, and to identify the limitations and opportunities of the Western Australian planning system to address urban biodiversity conservation. The study involved qualitative analysis of legislation, policies, planning strategies and structure plans, with a particular focus on the northwest corridor of the Perth metropolitan region. Informal interviews with representatives from State government, local government and community groups helped to fill gaps in knowledge. Three case studies, involving the residential areas of Hepburn Heights and Banksia Grove and the Neerabup industrial area in Perth's northwest corridor, were used to examine the progression of planning for urban biodiversity since the late 1980s. The study found that policies, strategies and plans were, to varying degrees, based on urban ecological principles relating to the theory of island biogeography, metapopulation theory and ecological thresholds. The study also highlighted the limitations and opportunities of the Western Australian land use planning system to address urban biodiversity conservation, including the metropolitan region planning scheme, environmental impact assessment, and regional conservation planning strategies.
Download or read book Urban Biodiversity and Built Environment written by Jing Gan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes the concept of urban multiple habitats and then analyzes its corresponding classification, function and potential supply capability. It provides an analysis framework for studying the relationship between urban biodiversity and built environment, and for considering the loss of urban habitats caused by high-density development. It argues that urban biodiversity is a key indicator for assessing urban ecosystem services. On this basis, the book then presents a case study mainly focusing on wild birds in Shanghai, as urban wild birds and their species could be viewed as an essential indicator for evaluating healthy ecosystem of contemporary cities. Based on the empirical findings, the book proposes an assessment model for urban biodiversity performance and a range of principles, strategies and key indicators regarding the optimization of urban planning and design practice to enhance urban biodiversity performance.
Download or read book Boomtown 2050 written by Richard Weller and published by UWA Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SOCIAL FORECASTING, FUTUROLOGY. AUSTRALIAN. Perth, a city of 1.5 million relatively complacent people, is changing at a phenomenal rate. Latest predictions are that the city will grow from 1.5 million people to 4.2 million by 2056. To meet this increase the entire city and its infrastructure needs to double in the next 4 decades. This will have huge consequences for the culture and ecology of the city: Perths long term survival is at stake. The book is designed to help the community visualize the results of planning decisions and get everyone involved in the debate about how the city should grow. This is an important and timely book for Perth, but it also presents a model piece of research that could be emulated in any city experiencing rapid change.
Download or read book Local Government Guidelines for Bushland Management in the Perth and Coastal South West Natural Resource Management Regions Western Australia written by Sonia Lamond and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Planning for the Future of the Perth Metropolitan Region written by Western Australia. Environmental Protection Authority and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Planning Metropolitan Australia written by Stephen Hamnett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia has long been a highly (sub)urbanized nation, but the major distinctive feature of its contemporary settlement pattern is that the great majority of Australians live in a small number of large metropolitan areas focused on the state capital cities. The development and application of effective urban policy at a regional scale is a significant global challenge given the complexities of urban space and governance. Building on the editors’ previous collection The Australian Metropolis: A Planning History (2000), this new book examines the recent history of metropolitan planning in Australia since the beginning of the twenty-first century. After a historical prelude, the book is structured around a series of six case studies of metropolitan Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, the fast-growing metropolitan region of South-East Queensland centred on Brisbane, and the national capital of Canberra. These essays are contributed by some of Australia’s leading urbanists. Set against a dynamic background of economic change, restructured land uses, a more diverse population, and growing spatial and social inequality, the book identifies a broad planning consensus around the notion of making Australian cities more contained, compact and resilient. But it also observes a continuing gulf between the simplified aims of metropolitan strategies and our growing understanding of the complex functioning of the varied communities in which most people live. This book reflects on the raft of planning challenges presented at the metropolitan scale, looks at what the future of Australian cities might be, and speculates about the prospects of more effective metropolitan planning arrangements.
Download or read book Lankesteriana written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biodiversity Planning Guide for NSW Local Government written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fauna and Flora Corridors Plan written by Martin Fallding and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book National Local Government Biodiversity Strategy written by Rob Thorman and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coastal Plants written by Kingsley W. Dixon and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2011 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Coastal Plants" provides a definitive guide to the 100 most common plants of the Perth coastal region and includes the key species used in coastal restoration. Each species is presented with its Latin name, common name and family, together with its distribution, key diagnostic features, natural history, pollination, uses in restoration and propagation. The description for each species is accompanied by a distribution map and diagnostic photographs of the whole plant, flowers, seeds and fruits.
Download or read book Biodiversity Guidebook written by British Columbia. Ministry of Forests and published by University of British Columbia Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides managers, planners and field staff with a recommended process for meeting biodiversity objectives - both landscape and stand level - as required under the Forest Practices Code.
Download or read book Land Use and Spatial Planning written by Graciela Metternicht and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reconciles competing and sometimes contradictory forms of land use, while also promoting sustainable land use options. It highlights land use planning, spatial planning, territorial (or regional) planning, and ecosystem-based or environmental land use planning as tools that strengthen land governance. Further, it demonstrates how to use these types of land-use planning to improve economic opportunities based on sustainable management of land resources, and to develop land use options that strike a balance between conservation and development objectives. Competition for land is increasing as demand for multiple land uses and ecosystem services rises. Food security issues, renewable energy and emerging carbon markets are creating pressures for the conversion of agricultural land to other uses such as reforestation and biofuels. At the same time, there is a growing demand for land in connection with urbanization and recreation, mining, food production, and biodiversity conservation. Managing the increasing competition between these services, and balancing different stakeholders’ interests, requires efficient allocation of land resources.
Download or read book Guidelines for Planning and Managing Mountain Protected Areas written by Lawrence S. Hamilton and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2004 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Greening the Greyfields written by Peter W. Newton and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book outlines new concepts, development models, governance and implementation processes capable of addressing the challenges of transformative urban regeneration of cities at precinct scale.
Download or read book Planning Sustainable Cities written by United Nations Human Settlements Programme and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication reviews recent urban planning practices and approaches, discusses constraints and conflicts therein, and identifies innovative approaches that are more responsive to current challenges of urbanization. It notes that traditional approaches to urban planning (particularly in developing countries) have largely failed to promote equitable, efficient and sustainable human settlements and to address twenty-first century challenges, including rapid urbanization, shrinking cities and aging, climate change and related disasters, urban sprawl and unplanned peri-urbanization, as well as urbanization of poverty and informality. It concludes that new approaches to planning can only be meaningful, and have a greater chance of succeeding, if they effectively address all of these challenges, are participatory and inclusive, as well as linked to contextual socio-political processes.--Publisher's description
