Perhaps the violation comes as Beijing has stepped up its enforcement of land use policies.

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All this with a still limited consideration of the tsunami risk in the land use planning policies all around the region.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

The main purpose of the inquiry is to look at how successful national and local land use planning policies are in delivering government policy objectives e.g. climate change, affordable housing and regeneration.

BBC: Sustainability committee

To rank all 50 states, the group focused on a variety of programs, including standards for equipment and appliances, energy codes for buildings and policies for land use and transportation, as well as public spending on initiatives at utilities, tailpipe standards and tax incentives.

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Their policies in terms of land use regulation and greenhouse gas emissions will make it even harder for existing factories, warehouses, homebuilders and other traditional employers of the middle- or working class.

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Otherwise there will be no chance of the many reforms required outside the forestry sector: in land-use planning and rural development, in agriculture, energy and infrastructure policies, and much else.

ECONOMIST: Seeing the wood

The realisation that the effects of land-use changes in the Thames catchment take more than 30 years to show themselves fully has profound implications for policies to monitor and manage the river's water quality.

BBC: Thames archive reveals long nitrate rise