Geography, planning and the law: a coastal perspective

摘要: This paper examines how legal structures interact with land‐use decisions in the coastal zone. The emphasis is on NSW where there has been a steady evolution of legislative and other measures to regulate coast be planned managed. These arise from long history individual, corporate, local government State agency actions directed more at private benefit than protecting conserving environmental values for public good. Alienation foreshores, restrictions access, buildings located hazardous areas, canals exposing soils rich acids, pollution waterways are examples degradation this coast. Yet much remains protected. Expansion national parks over past decade helped. But new planning controls have introduced support Coastal Policy (1997). In essence, evidence that seeks implement environmentally sustainable development principles ensure as population continue...