National-level planning in democratic countries : an international comparison of city and regional policy-making / [electronic resource]
Alterman, Rachelle,editor.
National-level spatial planning in democratic countries has been all but ignored by researchers in urban and regional planning since the reconstruction years following World War II. Being synonymous for many with repressive regimes and coercive government practices, national-level planning also fell into some disrepute. A set of specially commissioned papers from leading researchers has produced this challenging and comprehensive study of current national-level planning in ten countries of the developed world. Challenging common assumptions, this comparative international study finds that there seems to be a modest trend whereby, on the threshold of the 21st century, national-level planning has grown in importance in democratic, advanced-economy countries.
Title Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; About the Contributors; 1. National-Level Planning in Democratic Countries: A Comparative Perspective; 2. National Land-Use Planning and Regulation in the United States: Understanding its Fundamental Importance; 3. Structures for Policy-Making and the Implementation of Planning in the Republic of Ireland; 4. Rethinking Swedish National Planning; 5. National-Level Institutions and Decision-Making Processes for Spatial Planning in the United Kingdom
6. National-Level Planning Institutions and Decisions in the Federal Republic of Germany 7. National-Level Planning in the Danish System; 8. National-Level Planning Institutions and Decision-Making in France; 9. National-Level Economic and Spatial Planning in Japan; 10. Dutch National Planning at the Turning Point: Rethinking Institutional Arrangements; 11. National-Level Planning in Israel: Walking the Tightrope between Government Control and Privatisation
Includes bibliographical references.
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National-level spatial planning in democratic countries has been all but ignored by researchers in urban and regional planning since the reconstruction years following World War II. Being synonymous for many with repressive regimes and coercive government practices, national-level planning also fell into some disrepute. A set of specially commissioned papers from leading researchers has produced this challenging and comprehensive study of current national-level planning in ten countries of the developed world. Challenging common assumptions, this comparative international study finds that there seems to be a modest trend whereby, on the threshold of the 21st century, national-level planning has grown in importance in democratic, advanced-economy countries.
Land use
Regional planning
Planning