Land and Limits

Alister Scott, Jim Skea, Michael Redclift, Martin Parry, Timothy O’Riordan, Robin Grove-White, Kathy Homewood

'...it is particularly rare to find a cohesive and coherent text on planning for sustainability...as a result Land and Limits will be a useful text for a wide audience - Anna R. Davies, Environmental Values.'I would recommend that the book should be read widely and deeply by politicans, developers and academics alike...' - Anna R. Davies, Environmental Values.'There are dozens of interesting ideas and thought-provoking comments in this book.' - Geographical Association, John Fairburn, Staffordshire University'A lucid and accessible review of the theoretical foundations of the subject matter leads the reader into a detailed examination of current land use practices for delivering sustainable UK strategies in key areas of resource management.' - Tony Jackson, University of Dundee'A refreshingly critical and theoretically sophisticated analysis of sustainable development in practice...the book should be read widely and deeply by politicians, developers and academics alike' - Environmental Values'Everyone who teaches planners should read this...a tightly argued and extremely scholarly book' - International Planning Studies'For its measured and scholarly style, its robust dismissal of humbug and rhetoric, and its detailed engagement with a series of controversial environmental issues in the UK, the book deserves to be read widely by academics and practitioners alike' - Land Use Policy, 2002'In Land and Limits...[the authors]...have answered academic demands for a cogently argued and thoroughly sourced text that explores the relationship between sustainable development and planning' - Town Planning Review 2003

• Chapter 1 Old Conflicts and New Ideas; Chapter 2 Rhetoric, Policy and Practice; Chapter 3 Interpreting Sustainability; Chapter 4 Defining and Defending; Chapter 5 Moving Targets; Chapter 6 Planning for Biodiversity; Chapter 7 Distributing Development; Chapter 8 Conclusions and Reflections;