Air pollution control by land use planning techniques: a British‐American review

The use of land use planning techniques can make a substantial contribution to the control of air pollution arising from new development. British and American literature on the various source location and design techniques, intensity of use of land control techniques, settlement location and design techniques, and settlement size control techniques is reviewed. While it is generally accepted that the use of these techniques can provide cost‐effective controls over atmospheric pollution, and while source location and design techniques are not infrequently employed, there is little reliable published quantification of the reductions in concentrations of different pollutants resulting from the use of all the various techniques in practice. This is largely because the political will to use the potentially most effective settlement size control and other techniques has been lacking because of their direct effect on personal lifestyles.