Article: Spatial planning, water and the Water Framework Directive: insights from theory and practice.(Report)

Introduction

Land is a finite resource under strain from various often competing demands. These include social and economic pressures arising from the development of housing estates and transport infrastructure for example, and also the need to protect natural resources and land that provides environmental benefits (e.g. functional floodplains). Spatial planning essentially involves the development and implementation of strategies and procedures to regulate land use and development in an attempt to manage and balance the numerous pressures placed upon land. Spatial planning, therefore, has an important role to play in addressing water issues such as flooding and ...

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