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After 1975 the main weight of Spanish regional planning passed down to the 17 autonomous communities. This has resulted in very variable territorial planning activity. Since 1980 the Catalan government, the Generalitat, has been preparing a territorial plan for the whole of Catalonia. A draft of the plan was issued for discussion in 1993. The history of the making of the plan is analyzed, before giving an account of the plan's content. The plan received many criticisms and these are described and assessed. In particular, several paradoxes are considered: why has one of the most dynamically distinctive of Spanish autonomous communities, with a great commitment in 1980 to produce a plan, taken so long to complete the exercise? How is it that a centre-right government has produced a plan with certain clear goals on such a long time-scale—to 2026? And why has such apparently ambitious planning been criticized so strongly by professionals and authorities to the left of the government?
After 1975 the main weight of Spanish regional planning passed down to the 17 autonomous communities. This has resulted in very variable territorial planning activity. Since 1980 the Catalan government, the Generalitat, has been preparing a territorial plan for the whole of Catalonia. A draft of the plan was issued for discussion in 1993. The history of the making of the plan is analyzed, before giving an account of the plan's content. The plan received many criticisms and these are described and assessed. In particular, several paradoxes are considered: why has one of the most dynamically distinctive of Spanish autonomous communities, with a great commitment in 1980 to produce a plan, taken so long to complete the exercise? How is it that a centre-right government has produced a plan with certain clear goals on such a long time-scale—to 2026? And why has such apparently ambitious planning been criticized so strongly by professionals and authorities to the left of the government?
Regional planning in Catalonia
Marshall, Tim (author)
European Planning Studies ; 3 ; 25-45
1995-03-01
21 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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