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The legal environment of planned urban growth
Author(s) -
McAuslan Patrick
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/pad.4230010406
Subject(s) - disadvantage , agency (philosophy) , work (physics) , urban planning , political science , law , sociology , social science , engineering , civil engineering , mechanical engineering
The part that law as a skill and as a discipline can and should play in urban development and in the work of an urban development agency is discussed on the basis of recent experience in three countries. Emphasis is given to the importance of involving lawyers from the start of any programme for planned urban growth, and the disadvantage of bringing lawyers in only for specific legal jobs is stressed. The article surveys the range of work in which a lawyer is necessarily involved where planned urban development proceeds within a framework of law.