Ethical land use : principles of policy and planning.

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TextPublication details: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994Description: xvi, 302 p. : ill., mapsISBN:

0801846986
0801846994

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DDC classification:

333.73130973

Subject: Beatley argues that a comprehensive theory of land-use ethics must acknowledge a wide range of moral obligations. Among those obligations are: preventing harm to people and the environment; maximizing benefit to the public, including future generations; protecting and conserving the natural environment; keeping public promises; maintaining a fair and equitable political process; and recognizing use and development of land as a privelege, not a right. This preliminary set of moral standards is reached through a series of discussions on various ethical positions and theories, descriptions of legal disputes, and numerous examples that deal with environmental hazards, coastal protection, and endangered species. Separate chapters deal with the sanctity of private property and the takings issue, the role of personal freedom in land use choices, non-human-centred ethics, and utilitarian and market perspectives on land use

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Bibliography: p. [275]-290

Includes index

Beatley argues that a comprehensive theory of land-use ethics must acknowledge a wide range of moral obligations. Among those obligations are: preventing harm to people and the environment; maximizing benefit to the public, including future generations; protecting and conserving the natural environment; keeping public promises; maintaining a fair and equitable political process; and recognizing use and development of land as a privelege, not a right. This preliminary set of moral standards is reached through a series of discussions on various ethical positions and theories, descriptions of legal disputes, and numerous examples that deal with environmental hazards, coastal protection, and endangered species. Separate chapters deal with the sanctity of private property and the takings issue, the role of personal freedom in land use choices, non-human-centred ethics, and utilitarian and market perspectives on land use

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