Cohesion, coherence, cooperation : European spatial planning coming of age? / Andreas Faludi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faludi, Andreas, author.

Series:

RTPI library series.

RTPI library series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land use--European Union countries--Planning.

Land use.

Regional planning--European Union countries.

Regional planning.

European Union countries--Economic policy.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since its foundation the European Union has gradually developed policies that are aimed at achieving increased economic and social cohesion. This book examines the most recent of these, the concept of territorial cohesion.Territorial cohesion is the pursuit of balanced development, competitiveness, sustainable development, and good governance. These concerns are most readily addressed by the formulation of spatial strategies under the umbrella of spatial planning, that brings together a multitude of public and private actors in a process that requires cohesion, coherence and co-opera

Contents:

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PART I THE LAUNCH ERA; CHAPTER 1 PLANNERS GOING INTERNATIONAL; CHAPTER 2 DASHED EXPECTATIONS: THE TREATY OF ROME; PART II IN THE DOLDRUMS; CHAPTER 3 INDIRECT APPROACH; CHAPTER 4 A EUROPEAN PLANNING PROGRAMME; PART III THE BOOM ERA; CHAPTER 5 THE TRAILBLAZERS; CHAPTER 6 DELORS AND THE CONSEQUENCES; CHAPTER 7 THE 'MOTHER DOCUMENT'; CHAPTER 8 THE LEARNING MACHINE; PART IV CRISIS; CHAPTER 9 RENEWED EFFORT; CHAPTER 10 AT THE CROSSROADS; CONCLUSIONS: IF EUROPEAN PLANNING HAS A FUTURE, THEN IT IS SOFT; EPILOGUE

REFERENCESINDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-195) and index.

ISBN:

1-136-90488-3

1-136-90489-1

1-282-93015-X

9786612930157

0-203-84232-4

9780203842324

OCLC:

741356651