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Transport and land‐use planning policy: really joined up?
Author(s) -
Stead Dominic
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international social science journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.237
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1468-2451
pISSN - 0020-8701
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2451.2003.05502012.x
Subject(s) - land use , environmental planning , land use planning , political science , economic growth , development economics , natural resource economics , economics , geography , engineering , civil engineering
The need to integrate transport and land‐use planning policies has been widely recognised in many countries for a number of years. England is no exception – government planning guidance has emphasised the need for integration of land‐use planning and transport policy for some time. This paper looks at the reality of the situation in practice and examines the extent to which transport and land‐use planning policies are integrated in local authorities in England. The paper outlines the policy context for integrated transport and land‐use planning policies in England and discusses some of the professional and organisational barriers to policy integration. It synthesises recent literature on the subject and also the views of local government officers involved in transport and land‐use planning policy. The paper reports that in practice transport and land‐use planning policy making is not always well integrated at the local level.