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diff --git a/assignment1/main.tex b/assignment1/main.tex index 79b884e..406c6be 100644 --- a/assignment1/main.tex +++ b/assignment1/main.tex @@ -102,6 +102,19 @@ The RMA three layers of plans +- devolved mandate, i.e. decision making is undertaken at the closest level to which it was given effect, e.g. land is a locally used resource and thus decisions are to be made by district and city councils. + +``Social Assessment'' (Taylor et al in the Green Book, chapter 25) +\begin{quote} + The New Zealand Resource Management Act (1991) is regarded by many as the + foremost and most innovative national legislation for environmental assessment in recent + years. This act has included mandatory requirements for the assessment of environmental + effects, with “social,” “cultural,” and “amenity values” clearly included in the definition + of environment. Also required are public involvement and community consultation, and + monitoring of effects once the plan or project has begun. +\end{quote} + + It provides a comprehensive framework with a single purpose of promoting “the sustainable management of natural and physical resources” (Section 5). A hierarchy of national and regional @@ -136,8 +149,4 @@ TODO - may produce regional plans - concentrate on water, air, and land (as its use relates to water and air quality) - DISTRICT / city councils - - - -- devolved mandate, i.e. decision making is undertaken at the closest level to which it was given effect, e.g. land is a locally used resource and thus decisions are to be made by district and city councils.
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