Passage of town and country planning acts, notably in 1947 and 1968, gave municipal authorities unprecedented powers of land purchase and control over development in London.
So much for the promise by the communities secretary, Eric Pickles, of more local control over development; this presents yet another barrier to communities trying to prevent Tesco from trashing their towns.
But Barry Rice, the architect whose firm designed the seven-story condominium that is replacing the three demolished town houses, said that extending the historic district might not provide the control over development that residents expect.
The findings provide evidence that large herbivores can exert control over development and persistence of glades through their effects on plant community dynamics.
In trying to bring the two elements together, Ms. Ashton has encountered a rearguard action from the commission, which wants to retain significant control over development aid and over spending in countries neighboring the E.U.
Since 1975, aboriginal groups in the north the Inuit in Nunavut and Indian bands in the Northwest Territories and the Yukon have negotiated 21 land claims, giving them more control over development in a vast stretch of territory.
It is under intense pressure from two sides: from its State Department overseers, who want to show progress before the troop pullouts are well under way, and from President Karzai, who wants more control over development funds and activities.
Molokoane is also a prominent member of Urban Poor Fund International, the first global fund to give poor people direct control over development spending in cities. "We are sick and tired of becoming the objects of development," she told an audience at a conference in Brazil last year.
