Environment, planning, and land use / edited by Philip Kivell, Peter Roberts, Gordon P. Walker.

Papers presented at a conference held at Keele University in April 1996.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part 1: Theory and context -- European spatial planning and the urban environment -- Ecological modernization: a model for future urban and regional planning and development -- Spatial and environmental problems of border regions in East-central Eurpoe, with special reference to the Carpathian Basin -- Infrastructure and regional planning: ownership and regulation of energy, water and land in the English West Midlands and Catalonia -- Part 2: Themes and issues -- Integration of land and water management in England -- Coherence and divergence in Dutch physical planning and water management planning -- Risk, environment and land use planning: an evaluation of policy and practice in the UK -- Derelict land - some positive perspectives -- Sustainable development and spatial reorganization of a Greek border village with the help of private capital -- Impediments to sustainable development in the environmental policy of East-central Europe: the example of Hungary -- Part 3: Policy and management -- Environmental assessment and decision making -- Quality assurance for planning and environmental management: the case for re-regulation -- The rhetoric of Rio and the problem of local sustainability -- Public participation in Local Agenda 21: the usual suspects