Development controls for sensitive slopes
Keywords:
Hillside development regulations, slope development regulationsAbstract
In the past land was treated as a commodity which was bought, bartered or sold through the real estate market. When land was cheap, wetlands and hills were left alone, where land was expensive it was made buildable by flattening, draining or filling. Experience however shows that land is a complicated resource and that the real estate market alone cannot handle all allocation considerations. These considerations now vest in the hands of planners.
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