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From sectoral to regional policies: A first step towards spatial planning in the European Union?
The reform of the Structural Funds has inaugurated a new integrated rural development policy in the European Union. It is our contention that such a policy shift, demanding coherent action between policy makers at the European, national and regional level requires a form of spatial planning. In this article we focus on the Objective 5b regional programme, analyzing and evaluating its co-ordination at the European level and its implementation in the Operational Programme for Friesland, The Netherlands. In this case, partnership between the European Commission and the regional authorities has been a partial success thanks to the advanced state of regional planning in Friesland in which the existence of a spatial plan was essential. However, the measures for agriculture in the Operational Programme lack any real connection with the integrated development strategy laid down in this spatial plan.
From sectoral to regional policies: A first step towards spatial planning in the European Union?
The reform of the Structural Funds has inaugurated a new integrated rural development policy in the European Union. It is our contention that such a policy shift, demanding coherent action between policy makers at the European, national and regional level requires a form of spatial planning. In this article we focus on the Objective 5b regional programme, analyzing and evaluating its co-ordination at the European level and its implementation in the Operational Programme for Friesland, The Netherlands. In this case, partnership between the European Commission and the regional authorities has been a partial success thanks to the advanced state of regional planning in Friesland in which the existence of a spatial plan was essential. However, the measures for agriculture in the Operational Programme lack any real connection with the integrated development strategy laid down in this spatial plan.
From sectoral to regional policies: A first step towards spatial planning in the European Union?
Buunk, Willem (author) / Hetsen, Hans (author) / Jansen, Anton J. (author)
European Planning Studies ; 7 ; 81-98
1999-02-01
18 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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