Doing it better: Improving scientific guidance for land use planners
Authors: M Kilvington, W S A Saunders, GNS Science
Paper number: 4342
Abstract
This report is aimed at understanding how non-regulatory technical guidance is used by land use planners. It also explores the barrier with uptake, and what could be done to improve future guidance material.
The report is aimed primarily at authors of guidance material, but includes some suggestions for how the users of the guidance material themselves can contribute to better guidance generation. It highlights key areas for improving guidance material, and provides prompts, tips and suggestions for those involved in the design and distribution of guidance material.
The report is based on a summary of views expressed in focus group interviews held in five different regions around New Zealand.
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