Lecture 1-Environmental Planning Concepts PDF

Definition of PLANNING Understanding the Assessing Identifying the short- Relating alternative types of DECISIONS that OPPORTUNITIES and and-long-term decisions to the GOALS need to be made LIMITATIONS of the...

Definition of PLANNING Understanding the Assessing Identifying the short- Relating alternative types of DECISIONS that OPPORTUNITIES and and-long-term decisions to the GOALS need to be made LIMITATIONS of the consequences of and OBJECTIVES future alternative choices established for an urban designed to take area, agency or firm. advantage of these opportunities or respond to these limitations. Expressing this Generating information to decision information useful to makers in a readily decision makers on understandable and consequences of useful form. alternative actions Definitions of ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING Concerned with society's collective stewardship of the earth's resources. The `environment' refers to the physical and biological systems which provide our basic life support, and which contribute to our psychological well-being. `Planning' is a generic activity of purposeful anticipation of, and provision for the future.' (Selman, 2000). Seeks to improve and protect environmental quality for urban residents - both through controlling the generation of pollution and through segregating activities that are environmentally incompatible [Miller and Groot, 1997:3] Engr Bonifacio B. Magtibay, PhD  Objectives of Environmental Planning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Provide Encourage Ensure Conserve Guide Create Reduce good appropriate good design the best of the uses to sustainable pollution and housing business and standards our natural which land is and attractive congestion environments industrial environment situated places and improve and living development and heritage transport conditions and jobs facilities Effective environmental planning requires the effective interaction and overlay between three components - hardware, software and heartware. ❑ Hardware consists of the physical fabric of a city - infrastructure, buildings, railway, roads, ports etc. ❑ Software consists of sets of rules, and regulations, laws and legislation, ordinances, including habits, ethics, and traditionally established codes of conduct. ❑ Heartware is an individual's emotional mechanism, behaviour and conduct, which determines his or her needs, wants and wishes. It also determines the process by which the individual's interaction with the surrounding environment takes place. Need for Environmental Planning Increased consumption of environmental resources Increased production of environmental wastes Increased environmental uncertainty