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Some of the most successful environmental protection programmes started from a single idea. People can have emotional ties to the environment and can become very passionate about protecting it. For a number of reasons, initiatives to protect the environment can quickly gain strength and legitimacy. It is important for practitioners to be aware of and support such movements as much as possible. Maintaining an ongoing dialogue with community members will allow practitioners to easily understand the meaning of undeveloped land to residents and visitors (see ‘Community Dialogue’ component). They can then use this information to shape and influence any new development, protecting the valuable natural assets within and around the town.
Recommended Reading:
Cicia, G. and Scarpa R. (2000), “Willingness to Pay for Rural Landscape Preservation: A Case in Mediterranean Agriculture” [online] www.ncl.ac.uk/cre/publish/pdfs/wp51a.pdf
Stapleton, R.M. (2001) “A Small Town Thinks Big” in Land and People Fall 2001 [online] www.tpl.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=5303&folder_id=1545
Strategic Environmental Assessment Toolkit – www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/09
Forum for the Future, (2007), ‘The Sustainable Cities Index’, www.PlanningResource.co.uk/doc
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