What is it about?
This paper analyses the underlying reasons which influence the poor performance of the system of urban and regional planning in the Caribbean and suggests recommendations as to how these deficiencies may be remedied to make the practice of planning more responsive to the needs of citizens.
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Why is it important?
This article is especially important in firstly guiding researchers, policymakers and decision-makers to conduct investigations into why the planning system continues to impact negatively on investment decisions of the corporate world, human settlements and communities and the environment. Secondly, the article sheds light on the types of reform which are necessary to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal 11 for safer, resilient sustainable settlements and the UN Habitat New Urban Agenda for Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean.
Perspectives
Despite the best efforts of planning departments in the Caribbean to produce technically sound physical development plans and implement robust policies and regulations more than 50% of development is occurring without planning guidance. In an era of climate change and growing natural hazards, the shortcomings of the region's planning agencies are major concerns and should be addressed through timely reforms.
Professor Michelle A. Mycoo
Dept. of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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This page is a summary of: Reforming spatial planning in anglophone Caribbean countries, Planning Theory & Practice, November 2016, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2016.1241423.
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