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Agriculture
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Urban planning and design for adaptation
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- Urban planning and design for mitigation (18)
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- Development approval and mitigation (3)
- Economic and non-economic instruments (5)
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Resources for urban planning and climate change
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Showing 1 - 10 of 17 resultsLegislation | 2018 |Marine and Coastal Access Act 2018
AustraliaAustralia Marine and Coastal Access Act 2018 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Marine and Coastal Act 2018 No. 26 of 2018 The Parliament of Victoria enacts: Part 1 1. Purposes The purposes of this Act are— (a) to establish an integrated and co-ordinated whole-of-government approach to protect and manage Victoria's marine and coastal environment...Legislation | 2016 |Coastal Management Act 2016
AustraliaAustralia Coastal Management Act 2016 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] An Act to make provision for the ecologically sustainable management, use and occupation of the New South Wales coast; and for related purposes. Part 1 – Preliminary 1. Name of Act This Act is the Coastal Management Act 2016. 2. Commencement This Act commences on a day or days...Legislation | 2014 |Planning and Facilitation of Development Act 2014
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Planning and Facilitation of Development Act 2014 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] AN ACT relating to the planning and development of land and to repeal and replace the Town and Country Planning Act, Chap. 35:01 WHEREAS it is provided by subsection (1) of section 13 of the Constitution that an Act of Parliament to which that...Legislation | 2012 |National Spatial Planning and Management Act 2012
TongaTonga National Spatial Planning and Management Act 2012 Act 7 of 2012 Assented to on 17 September 2012 Commenced on 30 June 2017 [This is the version of this document from 30 June 2017.] An Act to provide a framework for planning the use, development, management and protection of land in the Kingdom in the public interest and for related purposes BE IT ENACTED by the King and the Legislative...Legislation | 2011 |Human Habitation Law 2011
RwandaRwanda Human Habitation Law 2011 Commenced on 12 July 2011 [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] THE PARLIAMENT HAS ADOPTED AND WE SANCTION, PROMULGATE THE FOLLOWING LAW AND ORDER IT BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA. THE PARLIAMENT: The Chamber of Deputies, in its session of 06 December 2010; Pursuant to the Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda...Legislation | 2010 |Flood and Water Management Act 2010
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom Flood and Water Management Act 2010 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Flood and Water Management Act 2010 An Act to make provision about water, including provision about the management of risks in connection with flooding and coastal erosion. BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of...Legislation | 2010 |Urban Planning Subsidiary Law 2010
Viet NamVietnam Urban Planning Subsidiary Law 2010 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government; Pursuant to the June 17, 2009 Law on Urban Planning; Chapter IGENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1. Scope of regulation This Decree applies to the formulation, evaluation and approval of urban planning; the...Legislation | 2009 |Coast Management Act 2009
Republic of KoreaSouth Korea Coast Management Act 2009 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] Chapter IGENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1 (Purpose) The purpose of this Act is to prescribe necessary matters concerning the efficient preservation, use, and development of coasts, thereby contributing to enhancing the preservation of the coastal environment, facilitating the...Legislation | 2009 |Urban Planning Law 2009
Viet NamVietnam Urban Planning Law 2009 Commenced on 1 January 2010 [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] LAW ON URBAN PLANNING (No. 30/2009/QH12) Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/2001/QH10; The National Assembly promulgates the Law on Urban Planning. Chapter IGENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1...Legislation | 2008 |National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008
South AfricaSouth Africa National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 Act 24 of 2008 Published in Government Gazette 31884 on 11 February 2009 Assented to on 9 February 2009 There are multiple commencements Provisions Status Chapter 1 (section 1–6); Chapter 2, Part 1, section 7–10, section 12–15; Part 2 (section 16–17); Part 3 (section 18–20); Part 4 (section 21); Part 5 (section...Pagination
- Urban form and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from transportation and infrastructure (5)
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- Participatory governance (16)
- Identification and prioritization of adaptation options (4)
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Climate risks and vulnerability for planned areas and infrastructure
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Urban planning and design for adaptation
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Targets, plans and strategies
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