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The potential of planning. The potential of planning. Are our planning laws (a system of land use and development regulation) a “tool for living within our limits”?. Potential. Premised on rational decision making (rather than leaving things to the market).
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The potential of planning Are our planning laws (a system of land use and development regulation) a “tool for living within our limits”?
Potential • Premised on rational decision making (rather than leaving things to the market). • Well established limitation of private property rights for greater common good • Geographically based, integrated regulation of land use change • Democratic potential – local government role and citizen participation • Strategic planning involves inquiry, foresight, long term policy horizons
But . . . • Private property rights and market power very difficult to tame (planning or development facilitation?) • Institutionally rich but also institutionally weak • Very much operates within a growth and development paradigm – “sustainable development” = sustaining BAU • Foresight with big blind spots