Strategic thinking and the environment: planning the future in New Zealand?

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New Zealand's planned environmental protection policy entitled Environment 2010 Strategy illustrates how successful a strategic environmental plan can be. It was probably implemented by the government for political, rather than environmental, reasons and focuses on economic, rather than environmental, goals. The strategy specifies the sustainable use of natural resources and public utility infrastructure.

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Grassroots innovations for sustainable development: towards a new research and policy agenda

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Grassroots action for sustainable developments takes different forms but the innovativeness of this activity has been rarely acknowledged. The existing gap between understanding of the innovative potential of grassroots initiatives and its full potential for change is bridged with a theoretical approach.

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Green planning in Australia and Canada: dead or alive?

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Research is presented describing the failure of green planning policies to flourish in both Canada and Australia.

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