The concept of ecologically oriented regional planning

Title of book or article

Combining human and environmental needs in land use planning (McHarg, 1969) .

Design with nature

In this planning, the relationship between humans and nature is crucial for decision-making towards achieving balance between the ecosystem, economy, and society (Miller, 1996) .

Balancing the scales: guidelines for increasing biodiversity’s chances through bioregional management

This planning integrates biophysical and social information, with a focus on ecosystems, and does not rely on political boundaries as the unit of analysis (Johnson, Swanson, Herring, & Greene, 1999) .

Bioregional assessments: science at the crossroads of management and policy

A way to develop regional governance and provide decision-making in the context of sustainability and environmental conservation (Hodge, Hall, & Robinson, 2017) .

Planning Canadian Regions

Planning for the sustainable use of resources and conservation of biodiversity, simultaneously considering the “natural” environmental boundaries and local residents’ uses (Thayer, 2003) .

Life Place: Bioregional thought and practice

Planning in a specific ecological region where understanding and regulating the relationship between ecological, social, and physical components is necessary to achieve conservation goals at the landscape level (Bailey, 2004; Bailey & Ropes, 2002) .

Ecoregion-based design for sustainability

Planning for a specific region defined by natural boundaries (Mason, 2011) .

Ecoregional Planning Retreat or Reinvention