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| Citation | Satoh, Yohei. “Planning for Sustainable Development in Rural Areas.” In Space Informatics for Grassland Sustainable Development. Proceedings of the First International Seminar on Space Informatics for Sustainable Development: Grassland Monitoring and Management, Ulan Bator, Mongolia, 20-25 June 1995, 39-44. UNCRD Proceedings Series, no. 10. Nagoya, Japan: United Nations Centre for Regional Development; National Space Development Agency of Japan, 1996. | ||
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| Year | 1996 | ||
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| Material Type | Conference Paper | ||
| Features | 7 references; 3 tables | ||
| Pages | p. 39-44 | ||
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DEVELOPMENT PLANNING 02.01.02 LOCAL LEVEL 04.03.03 RURAL AREAS 14.04.02 RURAL DEVELOPMENT 14.04.02 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 16.01.01 | ||
| Abstract |
The Brundtland Commission defines the term sustainable development as "development that meets the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." The definition
stress the important fact that development should take place in a way in which natural resources are not
exploited but used in a manner that guarantees continuous use in the future.
Planning is defined as "the process of preparing a set of decisions for action in the future, directed at achieving goals by preferable means." On the administrative level, planning is largely classified into two types: national planning and local-level planning. The latter, complementary to the former, begins at the immediate sub-national level and descends step by step to the grass-root level. In local-level planning, not only should physical and biological resources be utilized better but this process should also be realized through a participatory mechanism. Development in this context includes widespread people's participation in the process of economic growth and a widespread distribution of gains made from that growth. A local-level plan generally incorporates five components into its framework. The emphasis given to any of the five components in a local-level plan varies according to particular socio-economic situations and special problems confronting each locality. --author's abstract | ||
| Control No. | PS 10e | ||