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Understanding strategic spatial planning to effectively guide development of urban regions
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5407-533X
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8838-2493
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0521-107X
Abstract Strategic spatial planning is increasingly practised throughout the world to develop a coordinated vision for guiding the medium- to long-term development of urban regions. However, from a theoretical and conceptual perspective, strategic spatial planning is hard to grasp, as it is multidimensional, embedded in sociopolitical and institutional complexity and highly context-dependent. Moreover, current planning debates mainly focus on the outputs of the strategic planning process while largely neglecting the impact that strategic spatial plans can have on urban transformations. Here, we show an empirically-based analytical framework grounded on an analysis of 21 European urban regions, representing the key components of plan-making and plan-implementation as well as the main interrelationships among them. The proposed framework (SPlaMI) reflects current planning practices and intends to contribute towards consolidating a European understanding of strategic spatial planning while providing the basis for dialogue with broader discourses on sustainable development in a global context.
Highlights The empirically derived SPlaMI framework highlights key components of plan-making and -implementation The framework is a flexible tool for future research on strategic spatial planning The 21 urban regions seem to converge in terms of components, interactions and planning themes Strategic spatial plans focus on a combination of development strategies and strategic urban projects The ‘plan’ holds a central position in strategic spatial planning
Understanding strategic spatial planning to effectively guide development of urban regions
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5407-533X
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8838-2493
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0521-107X
Abstract Strategic spatial planning is increasingly practised throughout the world to develop a coordinated vision for guiding the medium- to long-term development of urban regions. However, from a theoretical and conceptual perspective, strategic spatial planning is hard to grasp, as it is multidimensional, embedded in sociopolitical and institutional complexity and highly context-dependent. Moreover, current planning debates mainly focus on the outputs of the strategic planning process while largely neglecting the impact that strategic spatial plans can have on urban transformations. Here, we show an empirically-based analytical framework grounded on an analysis of 21 European urban regions, representing the key components of plan-making and plan-implementation as well as the main interrelationships among them. The proposed framework (SPlaMI) reflects current planning practices and intends to contribute towards consolidating a European understanding of strategic spatial planning while providing the basis for dialogue with broader discourses on sustainable development in a global context.
Highlights The empirically derived SPlaMI framework highlights key components of plan-making and -implementation The framework is a flexible tool for future research on strategic spatial planning The 21 urban regions seem to converge in terms of components, interactions and planning themes Strategic spatial plans focus on a combination of development strategies and strategic urban projects The ‘plan’ holds a central position in strategic spatial planning
Understanding strategic spatial planning to effectively guide development of urban regions
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5407-533X
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8838-2493
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0521-107X
Abstract Strategic spatial planning is increasingly practised throughout the world to develop a coordinated vision for guiding the medium- to long-term development of urban regions. However, from a theoretical and conceptual perspective, strategic spatial planning is hard to grasp, as it is multidimensional, embedded in sociopolitical and institutional complexity and highly context-dependent. Moreover, current planning debates mainly focus on the outputs of the strategic planning process while largely neglecting the impact that strategic spatial plans can have on urban transformations. Here, we show an empirically-based analytical framework grounded on an analysis of 21 European urban regions, representing the key components of plan-making and plan-implementation as well as the main interrelationships among them. The proposed framework (SPlaMI) reflects current planning practices and intends to contribute towards consolidating a European understanding of strategic spatial planning while providing the basis for dialogue with broader discourses on sustainable development in a global context.
Highlights The empirically derived SPlaMI framework highlights key components of plan-making and -implementation The framework is a flexible tool for future research on strategic spatial planning The 21 urban regions seem to converge in terms of components, interactions and planning themes Strategic spatial plans focus on a combination of development strategies and strategic urban projects The ‘plan’ holds a central position in strategic spatial planning
Understanding strategic spatial planning to effectively guide development of urban regions
Hersperger, Anna M. (author) / Grădinaru, Simona (author) / Oliveira, Eduardo (author) / Pagliarin, Sofia (author) / Palka, Gaëtan (author)
Cities ; 94 ; 96-105
2019-05-25
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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