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Darwin Regional Land Use Plan

Details:

Title

Darwin Regional Land Use Plan

Collection

Department of Lands, Planning and the Environment annual reports; Dept. of Lands, Planning and the Environment reports; PublicationNT; Reports; reports

Date

2015

Description

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).

Language

English

Subject

Northern Territory. Dept. of Lands and Planning -- Periodicals; Land use -- Northern Territory -- Planning -- Periodicals; Transportation -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Public works -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals

Publisher name

Department of Lands, Planning and the Environment

Place of publication

Darwin (N.T.)

Copyright owner

Check within Publication or with content Publisher.

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/257455

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/511960

Page content

67 Land use and development policies will aim first at avoiding biting insect exposure by establishing and maintaining effective separation distances between breeding areas and development, particularly urban residential. Where justified, this may include engineering measures to eradicate breeding sites that would otherwise put people at risk of suffering major nuisance or serious illness. Previously utilised techniques such as repeated applications of chemicals, delivered by regular fogging will not be an acceptable biting insect control strategy, given the potential for indiscriminate and severe environment impacts (possibly including introduced health hazards for residents) and the ongoing cost. REGIONAL CONTEXT AND POLICIES Source: NT Department of Health, Medical Entomology Biting Insects