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Compendium of Land Use Laws for Sustainable Development

Compendium of Land Use Laws for Sustainable Development

Name: Compendium of Land Use Laws for Sustainable Development
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781107406216
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Author: John R. Nolon
ISBN: 9781107406216

By John R. Nolon

Cambridge University Press August 2012

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ISBN-13: 9781107406216
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: August 2012
Format: Paperback , 484 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This book, first published in 2006, collects land use laws from countries on each continent that attempt to achieve sustainable development. Due to the startling evidence of global deterioriation and the long-term trends in land use, the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development was signed in 2002. In the laws collected in this volume, the reader can witness the evolution of national legal systems as they respond to the challenge of sustainable development. This volume illuminates the great flexibility and power of the law as a vehicle for change. Laws contained in this compendium are mechanisms competent to address society's problems; they provide strategies that are appropriate to the culture and place of their origin. This book provides evidence that laws and law reform are being used to create strategies that address a worldwide priority: the clear need to effectively use and preserve the land and its natural resources.

• Sets forth the legal framework for land use for sustainable development

• Accompanies and illustrates the scholarly papers in the companion volume, Land Use Law for Sustainable Development

• Includes legal instruments that are at the cutting edge of new laws and policies

Acknowledgments		page ix
Introduction		xi
I. INTERNATIONAL
	United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982)	1
	African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (1969)	5
	European Landscape Convention (2000)	10
	European Landscape Convention Explanatory Report (2000)	15
	Agenda 21 – United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1992)	24
	Rio Declaration on Environment and Development – United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1992)	49
	Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements – United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) (1996)	52
	The Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development – World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002)	55
II. AFRICA
CAPE VERDE
	Order No. 86/IV/93 (1993)	59
GHANA
	Forests Ordinance (Cap. 157) (1927)	62
SOUTH AFRICA
	Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act No. 43 (1983)	67
	Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (1996)	73
	National Environmental Management Act 107 (1998)	76
	National Forests Act (1998)	82
TANZANIA
	The Village Land Act (1999)	89
III. ASIA
MALAYSIA
	Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (Act 172) (June 2003)	97
	Federal Territory (Planning) Act 1982 (Act 267)	111
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
	Law of Land Administration of the People’s Republic of China (1999)	122
	Law of the People’s Republic of China on Water and Soil Conservation (1991)	126
	Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China (1989)	131
SINGAPORE
	Planning Act (1998)	135
	Land Acquisition Act (1985)	140
IV. AUSTRALIA
	Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act (1988)	145
	Land (Planning and Environment) Act (1991)	148
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
	Development Act of 1993	160
	Development Regulations of 1993	176
V. EUROPE
DENMARK
	Planning Act (2002)	183
ENGLAND
	Town and Country Planning Act of 1990	190
ESTONIA
	Planning Act (2003)	206
GERMANY
	Federal Building Code (1997)	211
LITHUANIA
	Law on Territorial Planning (1995)	223
MALTA
	Special Development Areas Act (1956; and amended 1983)	228
	Administration of Lands Act (2002)	231
NETHERLANDS
	Spatial Planning Act (1999)	233
SCOTLAND
	Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997	237
SLOVAKIA
	Slovakia Act No. 237 (2000)	254
	Land Use Planning and Building Order Act (1976)	261
VI. LATIN AMERICA
LANDS CONQUERED BY SPAIN
	The Laws of the Indies, Spanish Decree of 1573	267
ARGENTINA
	Argentine Constitution (1994)	273
	General Environmental Law	274
	City of Buenos Aires City Constitution (1996)	276
BRAZIL
	Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil (1988)	278
	Medida Provisória No. 2.220 (2001)	281
	Federal Law No. 10.257, “City Statute” of July 10, 2001	283
	Brazil Decree No. 3,179 of September 21, 1999	289
	Law No. 9605 of February 12, 1998	292
MEXICO
	Article 27 National Constitution (1917)	297
	General Law of Social Development (2004)	302
VII. NORTH AMERICA
UNITED STATES
	Coastal Zone Management Act (1972; reauthorized and amended 1990)	307
	New York State Land Use Enabling Act [Town Law §§ 261, 262, 263, 272-a; Constitution art. IX §§ 1, 2, 3; Statute of Local Governments art. I § 2, art. II §§ 10, 11, 12; Municipal Home Rule Law art. II §§ 10(1)(a)(11), (12), (14)]	324
	New York State Coastal Erosion Hazard Areas Act (1981)	332
	Babylon, New York, Coastal Erosion Hazard Areas Ordinance (1989)	340
	New Hampshire State Land Use Enabling Act [Master Plan; Grant of Power; Innovative Land Use Controls] (1983–2004)	347
	Dover, New Hampshire, Overriding Districts Ordinance (1979–2004)	353
	Wisconsin’s Smart Growth Act (1999)	359
	River Falls, Wisconsin, Traditional Neighborhood Development Ordinance (2002)	364
	Washington State Growth Management Act (1990)	369
	Thurston County, Washington, Olympia Urban Growth Area Zoning Ordinance (1996)	378
CANADA
	Crown Forest Sustainability Act (1994)	386
	Muskwa-Kechika Management Area Act (British Columbia) (1998)	397
	The Manitoba Sustainable Development Act (1994)	401
	Oceans Act (1996)	407
	Ontario’s Sustainable Water and Sewage Systems Act (2002)	413
	Ontario Planning Act (1990)	417
Index		431