ENV118 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Infant Mortality, Typhoid Fever
20 Nov 2018
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ENV118 Lecture Notes
Lecture 18
Environmental Management and Planning
By Dr Alison Ziller
One of the important rules of planning is to say NO.
Planning is fundamentally about land use relates back
to environmental management.
Planning began with concerns about public health such
as the slums, typhoid, tuberculosis, infant mortality
This led to the idea of garden cities
Garden cities and slum clearance are just alternative
words for relocation and displacement
The idea that where the jobs are located is an important
feature of the quality of life is losing traction with the
onset of the internet.
Traditional planning is being transformed. Climate
change is a large driver of this transition as it has
become the new re-locator.
Climate change augments existing problems
Climate change will displace populations
Managing and trying to prevent draughts is an
environmental management response but there needs
to be a response that deals with the displaced people
The risk is that population displacement (favours the
rich) mirrors existing land use distributions
- When faced with a risk such as climate change
these unjust distributions may be exacerbated
Planning is one of the important practical tools for
good environmental management
Roles of environmental management:
1. Where and how to locate displaced
populations
2. When and by how much to require ocean
setbacks, requires a stronger state rule
3. How to require and regulate shade, heat
absorption, water conservation
4. How to respond to vulnerability of very young
and very old
5. Whether to have special facilities for climate
change and what they should be (cooling
stations?)
The high cost of planning failures: Grenfell Tower Fire
- History of poor building compliance
- A history of ignored warnings
- Quality cladding rejected due to cost (all
cladding is to some extent flammable)
- Shonky implementation of standards
- Development density + new school = poor
access for emergency services
Land use planning manages environments in numerous
ways by
- Protecting natural environments
- Manages the quality of residential
environments
- Manages the availability of food and water
- To permit social segregation or inclusion (the
consequences spill out to everyone)
- Plays an important role in disaster prevention
or amelioration
- Responding to climate change
- Responding to the consequences of climate
change
Document Summary
One of the important rules of planning is to say no. Planning is fundamentally about land use relates back to environmental management. Planning began with concerns about public health such as the slums, typhoid, tuberculosis, infant mortality. This led to the idea of garden cities. Garden cities and slum clearance are just alternative words for relocation and displacement. The idea that where the jobs are located is an important feature of the quality of life is losing traction with the onset of the internet. Climate change is a large driver of this transition as it has become the new re-locator. Managing and trying to prevent draughts is an environmental management response but there needs to be a response that deals with the displaced people. The risk is that population displacement (favours the rich) mirrors existing land use distributions. When faced with a risk such as climate change these unjust distributions may be exacerbated.
