Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) as a means of enhancing sustainability has been the topic of a model project promoted by the EU during the late 1990s. Meanwhile, all member states areurged by an EU recommendation to develop national ICZM strategies, based on a set of criteria derived...

In this paper we discuss the approach of using simulation for the planning process of flour silo installations. After a brief introduction in the topic the usual performed planning process is presented. Advantages of using simulation as support tool, the requirements for the acceptance and the...

1. Urban-rural development in an urbanizing world -- 2. China's urban-rural relationships and national modernization -- 3. The Chengdu model of coordinated urban-rural development : framework and strategy -- 4. Governance and public administration reform -- 5. Urban and rural planning and...