capacity building The enablement and empowerment of stakeholders to
participate effectively in development and conservation:
i.e. to effect an improving impact on the environment and
habitat through effective participation.
CER A protocol for Closer Economic Relations between
Australia and New Zealand.
CNU Congress for New Urbanism; a US-based coalition of
urban professionals promoting diversity of design and
population in pedestrian-scaled ecologically sound urban
environments.
conservation In environmental terms, and from many social aspects, a
retention of acceptable (usually ‘native’) flora and fauna,
together with soil water and air purity; sustainably and
indefinitely. Conservation sets out to deliver ‘the greatest
good to the greatest number for the longest time possible’
(Gifford Pinchot, cited in Stewart, Drew and Wexler 1999).
CBD Central Business District
CZM Coastal Zone Management
development Progressive advancement of an overall sense of material
improvement over time. Sustainable Developmentexpands
and enhances the quality of human life without debasing
the ecological capital.
EEZ Economic Exclusion Zone
Ex-urban The prefix ‘ex’ relative to the noun ‘urban’ denotes land-
scapes which are physically beyond the urban edge,
although not wholly within the rural heartland. Ex-urban
landscapes can be thought of as uneven bands around set-
tlements, often lying within the influence and attraction
of one or more settlements. Ex-urban localities offer
opportunities to reside (the dominantactivity), in close
proximity to some farming (the regressingactivity).
eminent domain The doctrine which decrees that individual rights yield to
collective interests; thus the right of a state government to
take private property for public purposes.
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