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Meghan Ellis1, Thomas Gunton, Murray Rutherford
1Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby BC V5A 1S6, Canada.
Abstract:
Sustainable environmental management is contingent on having an effective environmental planning system. A new methodology for designing and evaluating environmental planning systems is described and applied to a case study evaluation of the Canadian environmental planning process. The methodology is based on eight international best practice principles for environmental planning and 45 indicators. The research illustrates the benefits of the evaluation methodology in identifying how to improve environmental planning systems to achieve desired results. The methodology is applicable to a wide variety of jurisdictions.
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