This study explored the nature of barriers to the implementation of sustainable
development planning on Vancouver Island as perceived by land use planners. The study
provides insights into strategies that planners see as useful when faced with barriers to
planning for sustainable development. Recent planning literature suggested the three
categories of planning employed throughout the study: political, institutional and public.
Qualitative methods were used because of their strengths for producing insights into
planners' decision-making in the context of their everyday work situations. The methods
were also suggested by a review of planning literature and other relevant descriptive
studies recently completed in the study region. The principal method used in this
exploratory and inductive study was in-depth, personal interviews in which open-ended
questions were asked of twenty practicing regional and city public planners from five
regional districts on Vancouver Island.
Respondents noted 133 challenges. These were analyzed and synthesized into 20
categories. These categories of challenges ranged from planners lacking professional
credibility with elected officials and the public to institutionalized conflicts within and
between municipal and provincial government departments. Respondents noted 73
planning strategies that were found to be comprised by 16 categories. The categories of
strategies ranged from increasing public trust in planning through using multiple, optimal
means of public consultation, to fostering interagency coordination, and educating elected
officials. Possible explanations are discussed as to why respondents identified relatively
few challenges and strategies explicitly related to sustainable development planning.
Concluding implications are offered for professionals and agencies involved with public
planning. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/10308 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Nelson, Chad Gregory |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Format | 6752503 bytes, application/pdf |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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