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- Title
SICK CITY STREAMS: NEW APPROACHES TO LEGAL TREATMENTS.
- Authors
NELSON, REBECCA
- Abstract
The ecological condition of many urban waterways in Australia is poor and declining. A key driver for the decline is excess urban stormwater runoff caused by the cumulative effects of urban developments. Inspired by insights from scientific studies of cumulative environmental effects, this article undertakes a traditional legal analysis across five areas of law to explore their potential to address this problem, and pioneers an approach to spatio-legal analysis to understand key gaps in the application of legal mechanisms to Melbourne. Although many legal mechanisms might be used to address sick city streams, and despite significant recent reforms, many lack strong goals and quantitative standards, and the strength of legal controls varies greatly across Melbourne. The Yarra Strategic Plan under the groundbreaking Yarra River Protection (Wilip-gin Birrarung murron) Act 2017 (Vic) presents an opportunity to pilot an improved approach to protecting and restoring city streams in the context of the stormwater impacts of intensifying development.
- Subjects
YARRA River (Vic.); AUSTRALIA; LAW; RUNOFF; URBANIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL impact analysis
- Publication
Melbourne University Law Review, 2019, Vol 43, Issue 2, p748
- ISSN
0025-8938
- Publication type
Article