Regulatory compliance - exploring its limitations

Virginia Jackson

Abstract

The literature on regulatroy compliance is extensive although virtually no academic attention has been paid to compliance in urban animal management. This paper explores the role of regulation and enforcement in solving a range of different soical problems, playing particular attention to counterproductive regulations that either do more harm than good or inflict adverse side effects.

About the author

Virginia Jackson B.Trp (Hons), MRAPI

Harlock Jackson Pty Ltd

Town Planners and Urban Policy Analysts

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HAWTHORN EAST VIC 3123

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Virginia Jackson is a town planner and urban policy analyst with experience working in state and local government

and, since 1987, as a consultant to government, the private sector, community groups and individuals. She has been

conducting research in urban animal management for 5 years including a review of town planning policies and

regulations for their impact on pet ownership (1991), preparation of guidelines for pet friendly housing design

(1993) and a design and management guide for integrating dogs into public open space (1995). She has also made

preliminary investigations into the role that pets will play in cities of the future. Her current work on compliance

started with an introductory paper last year exploring the limitations of regulatory approaches in urban animal

management.

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