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	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Sustainable development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Sustainable development is a process of developing (land, cities) that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" according to the Brundtland Report, a 1987 report from the United Nations.
		Sustainable development demands ways of living, working and being that enable all people of the world to lead healthy, fulfilling, and economically secure lives without destroying the environment and without endangering the future welfare of people and the planet.
		Sustainable development is one of the issues addressed by international environmental law.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Sustainable_development (897 words)

	Sustainable communities - Department for Communities and Local Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This is to create thriving, vibrant, sustainable communities which will improve everyone’s quality of life.
		A sustainable community is a place where people want to live and work now and in the future.
		The Plan sets out a long-term programme for delivering sustainable communities in both urban and rural areas.
	www.odpm.gov.uk /index.asp?id=1139865 (399 words)

	Planning Portal - Sustainable communities plan takes shape
		The government's ambitious plans for the Thames Gateway and other growth areas in south east England have begun to take shape now ministers have announced the scale of initial funding and where it will be targeted.
		There was a general welcome for the government's confirmation of its commitment to press ahead with plans for 200, 000 new homes but disappointment at the absence of clarification on such issues as the level of affordable housing and densities.
		The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) warned that the objective of creating sustainable communities could be undermined "if a fair share of rising land values are not captured through early control of key areas of land by the public sector."
	www.planningportal.gov.uk /wales/government/cy/1105619051364.html (363 words)

	Sheffield City Council - Sustainable Communities
		The plan is heralded as a step change in policy which sets out a framework for delivering decent homes in sustainable communities.
		An action plan is already in place which seeks to improve performance in the service to achieve the Government's targets for the processing for major and minor and other planning applications within the next 3 years.
		If successful this Action Plan will be rewarded by increase in planning improvement grant for next year and the subsequent years, and therefore a targeted strategy of improvement and focusing of resources on the Development Control process is currently in hand.
	www.sheffield.gov.uk /index.asp?pgid=8300&mtype=print (8850 words)

	Planning Portal - Conservationists give backing to sustainable communities plan
		An influential conservation group has come out strongly in favour of government plans to regenerate the Thames Gateway area as part of its sustainable communities plan.
		In a related development, the government has endorsed in principle a new Code for Sustainable Buildings that aims to encourage builders and developers to establish higher standards for energy and water efficiency, as well as waste and use of materials.
		The government has signalled that the first draft of the code should be ready in time for the Sustainable Communities Summit planned for January 2005.
	www.planningportal.gov.uk /england/professionals/en/1090430512168.html (304 words)

	Koolaupoko Sustainable Communities Plan
		The Plan, which has been prepared pursuant to the requirements of the 1992 amendments to the City Charter, is the culmination of an intense community-based planning process that commenced in July 1997.
		The Sustainable Communities Plan elucidates a vision for the long-term future of the Koolaupoko region of Oahu, and this vision forms the basic structure around which the remainder of the Plan has been constructed.
		The proposal for an "inn" in Kailua is particularly undesirable, and any plan that sets the stage for a community discussion of the feasibility and desirability of re-establishing the sort of facility that Kailua once had in the form of the Pali Palms is particularly inappropriate.
	www.pixi.com /~isd/misc_L1.html (765 words)

	Mark Smulian
		Onslow says the Sustainable Communities Plan largely only formalised what was happening anyway, with high growth pressures in the corridor leading to plans for the bulk of the county's growth to take place within a 15-mile radius of Cambridge.
		He believes that the plan's emphasis on building in the South East growth area 'means that English Partnerships has taken its eye off the regeneration ball in other parts of the country, because they are led by government policy'.
		Brown thinks the plan's premise that growth pressures in the South East must be accommodated is probably deliverable in the sense that land is available, but is mistaken in its conception.
	freespace.virgin.net /mark.smulian/arts04/sustain.html (1494 words)

	Government Offices \| North West \| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Sustainable Communities are places where people want to live and work, now and in the future.
		We work across organisations to enable partners to become engaged with the Sustainable Communities Plan, ensure good practice is recognised and exchanged, and lead on presentation and communication of Sustainable Communities Plan issues.
		Government Office for the North West works with a wide range of voluntary and community organisations to enable a strong and vibrant community and voluntary sector to be at the heart of regeneration and community cohesion in the North West.
	www.gonw.gov.uk /gonw/PeopleSustainableCommunities?a=42496 (377 words)

	Society \| Communities plan
		McCarthy will be responsible for plans to build 200,000 homes in four growth areas in the south-east: the Thames Gateway, Milton Keynes, Ashford in Kent and the M11 corridor in Essex.
		But he says the job will be as much about decline in the north of England and the Midlands as expansion in the south, as he will head the £500m initiative to rescue private housing in areas threatened with abandonment.
		Identifying his task as primarily one of persuasion, he says he would not be moving to Whitehall if every detail of the communities plan was set in stone, or if the job was only about housing.
	society.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4712693-105909,00.html (400 words)

	Sustainable Communities Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Deputy Prime Minister launched the Communities Plan (Sustainable Communities: Building for the future) on 5 February 2003.
		The Plan sets out a long-term programme of action for delivering sustainable communities in both urban and rural areas.
		The Plan includes not just a significant increase in resources and major reforms of housing and planning, but a new approach to how we build and what we build.
	www.neighbourhood.gov.uk /page.asp?id=633 (166 words)

	CPRE : News releases : Sustainable communities plan is far from sustainable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Exactly one year on from publication of the Government's Sustainable Communities Plan{1}, countryside campaigners fear it is already failing on five key tests of sustainability.
		The Sustainable Communities Plan Sustainable Communities: building for the future was published by the Government on February 2003.
		The plan proposes very large-scale housing and employment growth, with transport infrastructure to match, in the greater South East (including parts of the East Midlands and the East of England).
	www.cpre.org.uk /news-releases/news-rel-2004/07-04.htm (630 words)

	edie news centre - Sustainable Communities plan builds across Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott said: "Sustainable Communities is a big idea for a bigger Europe.
		Ministers also signed up to a Sustainable Communities Skills Symposium to help drive forward the implementation of the Accord.
		The Community URBACT network of cities for exchanges of experience will contribute with finance and expertise to a pilot project on skills relevant to urban regeneration.
	www.edie.net /news/news_story.asp?id=10871&channel=0 (405 words)

	Department of Planning & Permitting > Planning > Koolaupoko
		The Plan seeks to preserve Koolaupoko's natural, scenic, cultural, historical and agricultural resources, and to protect the residential environment of its neighborhoods.
		The Plan calls for adaptation of the traditional "ahupuaa" concept as a basis for land use and natural resources management.
		While every attempt has been made to assure the accuracy of the information presented in these files, they are not the official version of the plan as filed with the Office of the City Clerk, City and County of Honolulu.
	www.honoluludpp.org /Planning/DevSust_Koolaupoko.asp (249 words)

	edie news centre - Negative perceptions could blight sustainable communities plan
		Plans to build genuinely mixed sustainable communities in the Thames Gateway could well be blighted by the fact that many people have negative perceptions of new build homes in large developments.
		A series of focus groups and interviews revealed that corner shops and local facilities, such as being able to buy a pint of milk late at night, are the most common desires for people moving into new homes.
		IPPR suggests the research highlights the need for planners and developers to understand the housing aspirations of people that are likely to live in the gateway and to invest in transport infrastructure, community and cultural facilities, and to maximise the use of planning powers to ensure high standards of housing and neighbourhood design.
	www.edie.net /news/news_story.asp?id=10922&channel=0 (401 words)

	Sustainable Communities Plan - is it deliverable?
		There are sometimes acute tensions between government objectives and practical barriers to delivery; between affordable and high quality housing; between social landlord and developer constraints; between the depleted ex-industrial conurbations further north and the booming south east; between the pressures of social segregation and the benefits of mixed use, mixed income developments.
		Shifting to sustainable building and regeneration is the only way to create sustainable communities.
		It brings together major organisations in housing, the built environment, sustainable development, planning, regeneration, neighbourhood renewal and race relations, in order to ask all the awkward questions and develop creative solutions to the challenges the Communities Plan poses.
	lse.ac.uk /collections/LSEHousing/events/sustainableCommunitiesPlan.htm (236 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		London is to receive a multi-million pound boost as a major part of a Government drive to tackle deprivation and shortage of affordable housing through the Sustainable Communities Plan.
		The Plan, announced today by the Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott aims to invest £5bn over the next three years in new affordable housing, including £1bn provision for key workers, with a target of ensuring all social housing reaches a decent standard by 2010.
		More than £600 million will be made available for the growth areas for site assembly and remediation of brownfield land, delivery mechanisms, additional affordable housing and essential local infrastructure.
	www.lsx.org.uk /news/_page58.aspx (487 words)

	Catalyst Corby UK - Sustainable Communities
		Alongside its regeneration remit, Catalyst Corby is playing a key delivery agency role in delivering the government's Sustainable Communities Plan.
		As well as supporting Catalyst Corby’s plans for major housing and employment growth in the town, the MKSM Strategy recognises that regeneration and peripheral development can be complimentary to the focus at Corby, to secure higher quality employment, and through associated increased spending power, the regeneration of the town centre.
		Now forming part of the statutory development plan the MKSM paves the way for the growth of the town to the north-east, north-west, south, south-west and west of Corby.
	www.catalyst-corby.co.uk /sustainable (257 words)

	Representatives of the housing voluntary sector offer their views on the sustainable communities plan — Homeless ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A number of speakers focused on the issue of homelessness and it was felt that many of the issues addressed in the plan would not be relevant to homeless people.
		Stevie Graves of the YMCA also noted that the most vulnerable people are excluded from the plan and called for all young people to be recognized as part of the community.
		Adam Simpson from Shelter focused on the homelessness aspect of the communities plan.
	www.homeless.org.uk /db/20030930093928 (379 words)

	Speakers
		More recently he has written on sustainability, examining the widespread misuse of the term, and examining the conditions that are necessary and sufficient for sustainability in any society.
		Modeling green building and landscaping practices, she built a solar-powered Sustainable Living Resouce Center to house a large collection of resources on a variety of sustainability related topics and wrote a grant for NYSERDA funding to install a 10 kW solar system at the Rosendale Rec Center.
		She avidly supports collaborative land use planning and problem-solving and is deeply committed to the beliefs that humans can live in harmony with each other and the Earth, and that if your cause is just and you are persistent, you will eventually triumph.
	www.energysolutionsconference.org /Speakers/speakers.html (6039 words)

	Government Offices \| East Midlands \| Sustainable Communities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This five-year plan showing how, working across the whole of Government, we can promote prosperity for all and help local people create communities they feel proud of.
		This regional document explains what we are doing in the next five years to drive forward our regional agenda and make a substantial impact on delivering sustainable communities and a more prosperous future for all people in our region.
		Since that Plan was first published in February 2003 many things have happened in the region and a flavour of what has been going on can be seen in the series of East Midlands annual reports which are available on the DCLG website.
	www.goem.gov.uk /goem/psc/suscom?a=42496 (500 words)

	June 2003: Sustainable Communities Plan
		The plan stresses the need to get the right kind of houses in the right places to ensure thriving communities.
		A key aim is to support independence for some of the most socially excluded groups, so it can contribute towards sustainable communities and has a role in delivering local and regional housing strategies.
		The strategic planning cycles of SP Commissioning Bodies and the RHB will need to dovetail to ensure a link between bricks and mortar supported accommodation and separately funded support packages.
	www.sitra.org.uk /index.php?id=463 (656 words)

	Sustainable Communities Network Home Page -- Welcome!
		The 5th Annual Working Session on Tools for Community Design and Decision-Making is December 11 in San Francisco.
		New tools for community planning can make a remarkable difference in crafting a satisfying outcome for regional, community, and neighborhood planning and design.
		is a starter kit for a community member, city official, planner, or design professional to identify currently available planning tools and to assess their applicability and appropriateness to specific projects or issues, alone or in combination.
	www.sustainable.org (266 words)

	Government Offices \| London \| Sustainable Communities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Government Office for London's role is to work across organisations to enable partners to become engaged on the Sustainable Communities Plan, ensure good practice is recognised and exchanged, and lead on presentation and communication of Sustainable Communities Plan issues.
		Government Offices make a vital contribution to the Government’s commitment to develop thriving, vibrant, sustainable communities.
		The ‘Sustainable Communities Plan’, published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, will affect every region as part of the Government’s drive to raise the quality of life in our communities through increasing prosperity, reducing inequalities, producing more employment, better public services and better health and education.
	www.gos.gov.uk /gol/People_sustain_comms/sustainablecommunities (112 words)

	The Sustainable Communities Plan - Department for Communities and Local Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Sustainable Communities Plan - Department for Communities and Local Government
		The Sustainable Communities Plan and regional action plans.
		Three years on from the Sustainable Communities Plan
	www.odpm.gov.uk /index.asp?id=1139868 (150 words)

	Department of Planning and Permitting > Planning > Koolauloa
		The Plan seeks to preserve Koolauloa's rustic character and distinctive sense of "old Hawaii".
		Some of its measures for accomplishing this include geographic boundaries and policies which define how community needs should be balanced with the protection and enhancement of Koolauloa's spectacular natural, scenic, and cultural qualities.
		Online copies of the Koolauloa Sustainable Communities Plan are provided in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format and are listed in the table below.
	www.honoluludpp.org /Planning/DevSust_Koolauloa.asp (264 words)

	CPRE : Campaigns : Planning : Housing Sprawl : Introduction
		The Government published its Sustainable Communities Plan in February 2003.
		The plan has important implications for the countryside.
		More homes will be built in every district, but the Government wants extra, major growth in four main areas in the greater South East of England.
	www.cpre.org.uk /campaigns/planning/sustainable-communities (150 words)

	The Canadian Land Centre - Web Library Search Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Community and Development Plans for the City of Burnaby
		Excerpts from the Township of Esquimalt Official Community Plan
		UBC Planning Principles and the Official Community Plan
	www.landcentre.ca /infolinkbasic.cfm?keyword=Planning&&subject=yes (3142 words)

	Downing Street Says...: Sustainable Communities Plan
		The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) advised journalists that the Deputy Prime Minister was in Manchester today to launch the Sustainable Communities Plan.
		The report, Making It Happen - The Northern Way, outlined plans to work closely with regional development agencies and regional planning bodies to quicken the pace of growth and development in cities such as Sheffield, Newcastle, Liverpool and Leeds.
		The package included: £69m over two years to revive the housing market in Newcastle and Gateshead; £86m over two years to revive the housing market in Merseyside; working with three northern regional development agencies to develop the idea of a Northern Way which exploited existing inter-regional economic and transport corridors in the North.
	www.downingstreetsays.org /archives/000212.html (286 words)

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