Box 2.1 Traditional and radical formats: an explication of theory
The given situation and problem involves a kilometre
square of rural land exhibiting three grades of soil
quality (Classes I, III and V). The rural square is divided
and retained in three equal area ownerships – from the
top-down: the forester’s, the orchardist’s and the hor-
ticulturalist’s. Each ‘properly manages’, ‘under-utilizes’
and ‘neglects’ the different soils on their landholding,
according to their ability to work the one-third part of
the landholding suited to their individual skill. ‘A’ Rural kilometre square
‘B’ Traditional (zoning) resolutionThe land usage rearrangement shown here – according
to soil type – has no time limitation for completion.
That is left to the inclinations of the current landown-
ers and market forces; a ‘traditional’ zoning approach
for adjusting out of a problematic land-usage situation.
To be effective, zoning must be coupled to enforcement.
Such powers are very seldom invoked solely to achieve
the correction of a supposedly inappropriate land usage.