Knowra Environmental planning Environmental planning Environmental planning guides land use and development by assessing environmental conditions, likely impacts, and conservation needs. It integrates ecological limits and human goals into decisions about places.
Environmental impact assessment : A process for predicting and evaluating the environmental effects of a proposed project before approval. It evaluates project effects that environmental plans must address.
Environmental assessment : The systematic evaluation of environmental conditions or consequences to inform decisions. It is the broader assessment practice that planning draws upon.
Regional planning : Planning that coordinates land use, infrastructure, and development across a region larger than a single municipality. Environmental systems often cross municipal boundaries and require regional coordination.
Environmental management : The organized control of activities and resources to meet environmental objectives. Management implements ongoing controls, while planning shapes future land-use decisions.
Strategic environmental assessment : A process for assessing environmental effects of policies, plans, and programmes before they are adopted. It applies environmental assessment at the plan-making scale.
Geographic information system : A system for capturing, managing, analyzing, and mapping geographically referenced data. It overlays ecological, social, and development constraints across a landscape.
Coastal zone management : The coordinated management of coastal resources and development across land-sea interfaces. Coastal plans balance settlement and economic use with erosion and habitat risks.
Urban planning : The design and regulation of cities and settlements, including their land use, infrastructure, and public spaces. Urban planning has a broader settlement focus; environmental planning foregrounds ecological conditions and impacts.
Land-use planning : The public process of allocating land among uses such as housing, industry, agriculture, and conservation. It is the main decision-making framework environmental planning seeks to inform.
Environmental baseline study : A description of existing environmental conditions used as a reference for assessing change. It establishes the conditions against which proposed changes are judged.
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