Collection: Tech Book

Explains the roles of both Total Catchment Management and the planning system, and how, through co-ordination and co-operation, catchment management committees and trusts, councils, the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning, other government agencies and individuals can make a contribution for...

Describes the plan seeking to provide a national framework for tourism policy formulation and industry planning. The plan is directed towards developing an internationally competitive tourism industry.

Outlines role & structure of the tourism industry, focuses on environmental, social and cultural impacts, examines the characteristics of ecologically sustainable tourism, reviews existing policy and details recommendations.

Towards 2020 aims to ensure that the government continues to build linkages with host communities and develop more robust and workable public/private partnerships.

Provides a strong framework within which sustainable transport can be investigated, moving towards structural and cultural change, involving all actors and institutions in new organisational alliances.

Considers the idea of a national spatial policy framework for Australia, encompassing the economic and social planning of space and drawing in policy realms and portfolios outside the traditional core concerns of urban & rural planning.