The institutionalisation of European spatial planning / Bas Waterhout.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waterhout, Bas.

Series:

Sustainable urban areas ; 18.

Sustainable urban areas ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regional planning--European Union countries.

Regional planning.

Regional planning--Law and legislation--European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : IOS Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Intends to clarify the enterprise of European spatial planning. This book places emphasis on the need for a understanding of the process of European integration in general. It points at the middle range theories that used concepts that were showing similarity to those that academics were accustomed to, such as networks, discourses and governance.

Contents:

Title page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Introduction; European organisations and the institutionalisation of a territorial dimension in EU policy; Polycentric development: What is behind it?; Visions on territorial cohesion; Territorial cohesion: The underlying discourses; The emerging EU Territorial cohesion agenda: The ball in the court of the member states; Mixed messages: How the ESDP's concepts have been applied in INTERREG IIIB programmes, priorities and projects; Episodes of Europeanisation of Dutch national spatial planning

Institutionalising European spatial planningEpilogue; Samenvatting; Curriculum Vitae

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Technische Universiteit Delft, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-4416-1677-2

1-60750-347-6

600-00-1438-4

OCLC:

503446262