Compendium of Land Use Laws for Sustainable Development (IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Studies)

Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982)......Page 42
African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (1969)......Page 46
European Landscape Convention (2000)......Page 51
European Landscape Convention Explanatory Report (2000)......Page 56
Agenda 21 -- United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1992)......Page 65
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development -- United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1992)......Page 90
Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements -- United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) (1996)......Page 93
The Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development -- World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002)......Page 96
Order No. 86/IV/93 (1993)......Page 100
Forests Ordinance (Cap. 157) (1927)......Page 103
Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act No. 43 (1983)......Page 108
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (1996)......Page 114
National Environmental Management Act 107 (1998)......Page 117
National Forests Act (1998)......Page 123
The Village Land Act (1999)......Page 130
Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (Act 172) (June 2003)......Page 138
Federal Territory (Planning) Act 1982 (Act 267)......Page 152
Law of Land Administration of the People\'s Republic of China (1999)......Page 163
Law of the People\'s Republic of China on Water and Soil Conservation (1991)......Page 167
Environmental Protection Law of the People\'s Republic of China (1989)......Page 172
Planning Act (1998)......Page 176
Land Acquisition Act (1985)......Page 181
Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act (1988)......Page 186
Land (Planning and Environment) Act (1991)......Page 189
Development Act of 1993......Page 201
Development Regulations of 1993......Page 217
Planning Act (2002)......Page 224
Town and Country Planning Act of 1990......Page 231
Planning Act (2003)......Page 247
Federal Building Code (1997)......Page 252
Law on Territorial Planning (1995)......Page 264
Special Development Areas Act (1956; and amended 1983)......Page 269
Administration of Lands Act (2002)......Page 272
Spatial Planning Act (1999)......Page 274
Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997......Page 278
Slovakia Act No. 237 (2000)......Page 295
Land Use Planning and Building Order Act (1976)......Page 302
The Laws of the Indies, Spanish Decree of 1573......Page 308
Argentine Constitution (1994)......Page 314
General Environmental Law......Page 315
City of Buenos Aires City Constitution (1996)......Page 317
Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil (1988)......Page 319
Medida Provisória No. 2.220 (2001)......Page 322
Federal Law No. 10.257, \"City Statute\" of July 10, 2001......Page 324
Brazil Decree No. 3,179 of September 21, 1999......Page 330
Law No. 9605 of February 12, 1998......Page 333
Article 27 National Constitution (1917)......Page 338
General Law of Social Development (2004)......Page 343
Coastal Zone Management Act (1972; reauthorized and amended 1990)......Page 348
New York State Land Use Enabling Act [Town Law §§ 261, 262, 263, 272-a; Constitution art. IX §§ 1, 2, 3; Statute of Local Governments art. I § 2, art. II §§ 10, 11, 12; Municipal Home Rule Law art. II §§ 10(1)(a)(11), (12), (14)]......Page 365
New York State Coastal Erosion Hazard Areas Act (1981)......Page 373
Babylon, New York, Coastal Erosion Hazard Areas Ordinance (1989)......Page 381
New Hampshire State Land Use Enabling Act [Master Plan; Grant of Power; Innovative Land Use Controls] (1983--2004)......Page 388
Dover, New Hampshire, Overriding Districts Ordinance (1979--2004)......Page 394
Wisconsin\'s Smart Growth Act (1999)......Page 400
River Falls, Wisconsin, Traditional Neighborhood Development Ordinance (2002)......Page 405
Washington State Growth Management Act (1990)......Page 410
Thurston County, Washington, Olympia Urban Growth Area Zoning Ordinance (1996)......Page 419
Crown Forest Sustainability Act (1994)......Page 427
Muskwa-Kechika Management Area Act (British Columbia) (1998)......Page 438
The Manitoba Sustainable Development Act (1994)......Page 442
Oceans Act (1996)......Page 448
Ontario\'s Sustainable Water and Sewage Systems Act (2002)......Page 454
Ontario Planning Act (1990)......Page 458
Index......Page 472