The Contribution of Ecological Footprinting to Planning Policy Development: Using REAP to Evaluate Policies for Sustainable Housing Construction

Michael Nye and Yvonne Rydin
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Michael Nye: Centre for Environmental Risk, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4, 7TJ, England
Yvonne Rydin: Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, Wates House, 22 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0QB, England

Environment and Planning B, 2008, vol. 35, issue 2, 227-247

Abstract: The complexity of the sustainable-development policy goal is such that policy makers are searching for tools to enable them to evaluate and develop policy directions. To date, ecological footprinting has been used mainly for raising awareness of environmental impacts but it also has considerable potential as a policy tool, enabling policy makers in their strategic work. The paper presents an application of a specific ecological footprinting development, the REAP (Resource and Energy Analysis Programme) tool, to a current policy issue, the promotion of sustainable construction. Using the London Plan of the Greater London Authority as a case study, it considers the strengths and weaknesses of this approach and how it can contribute to policy development.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1068/b3379

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