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Environmental policies and programmes of India
Constraints for Introducing Integrated Spatial Planning in
India
- Economic interest are generally override environmental aspects
- Country is very large.
- Highly Complex nature of Planning activities.
- Spatial Planning has limited existence.
- Lack of legal framework.
- Lack of financial resources.
- Lack of Environmental Awareness.
- Shortage of Manpower
- Limitation technical competence.
- Environmental Management includes:
- Spatial Aspects
- "Restriction of areasin which any industries, operations or processes shall
not be carried out or shall be carried out subject to certain safeguards"
- This calls for a spatial approach in environmental management.
- Further substantiated in the EP Act Rules which states "Such restrictions be
carried out under consideration of environmentally compatible land use."
Need for Introducing Spatial Environmental Planning in
India
- Rapid industrialisation and urbanisation
- Increasing intervention of judiciary
- Increasing regulatory risk to industries
- Demand for improved quality of life
- Increasing environmental awareness
- Need for optimal utilization of resources
- Protection of ecological assets
- Well prepared plan - economic and social development - environment
protection.
Strategy for Spatial Environmental Planning
- Compile and assess information on all aspects and locations of natural
resources.
- Develop prior to investment spatial protection and development objectives.
- Offer to all investors/future land uses sufficent and ecologically
compatible sites for industrial development and residential purposes.
- Extensive co-ordination with the sectoral Ministries/ Departments
- Annual regular interactive meetings with concerned Ministries/ Departments
- Training and Awareness programmes to actual users.
- Integration of spatial environmental data into sectoral planning activities
(town and country planning departments, district adm., municipalities etc)
- Introduction of regional planningat district level (district-wise zoning
atlas).
- Strengthening of CPCB (technically and administratively)
- Institutionalisation of the concept of spatial environmental planning
- Rules for spatial environmental planning under the EP act.
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