The concept of ecologically oriented regional planning | Title of book or article |
Combining human and environmental needs in land use planning | 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 | 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 | 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 | Planning Canadian Regions |
Planning for the sustainable use of resources and conservation of biodiversity, simultaneously considering the “natural” environmental boundaries and local residents’ uses | 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 | Ecoregion-based design for sustainability |
Planning for a specific region defined by natural boundaries | Ecoregional Planning Retreat or Reinvention |